.JUST PUBLISHED. 



In demy 8vo, cloth, 600 pages, and 1420 Illustrations, 6s. 



SPONS' 

 MECHANICS' OWN BOOK; 



A MANUAL FOR HANDICRAFTSMEN AND AMATEURS. 



CONTENTS. 



Mechanical Drawing Casting and Founding in Iron, Brass, Bronze, 

 and other Alloys Forging and Finishing Iron Sheetmetal Working 

 Soldering, Brazing, and Burning Carpentry and Joinery, embracing 

 descriptions of some 400 Woods, over 200 Illustrations of Tools and 

 their uses, Explanations (with Diagrams) of 1 16 joints and hinges, and 

 Details of Construction of Workshop appliances, rough furniture, 

 Garden and Yard Erections, and House Building Cabinet-Making 

 and Veneering Carving and Fretcutting Upholstery Painting, 

 Graining, and Marbling Staining Furniture, Woods, Floors, and 

 Fittings Gilding, dead and bright, on various grounds Polishing 

 Marble, Metals, and Wood Varnishing Mechanical movements, 

 illustrating contrivances for transmitting motion Turning in Wood 

 and Metals Masonry, embracing Stonework, Brickwork, Terracotta, 

 and Concrete Roofing with Thatch, Tiles, Slates, Felt, Zinc, &c. 

 Glazing with and without putty, and lead glazing Plastering and 

 Whitewashing Paper-hanging Gas-fitting Bell-hanging, ordinary 

 and electric Systems Lighting Warming Ventilating Roads, 

 Pavements, and Bridges Hedges, Ditches, and Drains Water 

 Supply and Sanitation Hints on House Construction suited to new 

 countries. 



London: E. & F. N. SPON, 125, Strand. 



New York : 12, Cortlandt Street. 



