

HANDICRAFT SERIES (continued}. 



Glass Working: by Heat and Abrasion. With 300 Engravings 

 and Diagrams. 



Contents. Appliances used in Glass Blowing. Manipulating Glass Tubing. 

 Blowing Bulbs and Flasks. Jointing Tubes to Bulbs forming Thistle Funnels, 

 etc. Blowing and Etching Glass Fancy Articles ; Embossing and Gilding Flat 

 Surfaces. Utilising Broken Glass Apparatus ; Boring Holes in, and Riveting 

 Glass. Hand-working of Telescope Specula. Turning, Chipping, and Grinding 

 Glass. The Manufacture of Glass. 

 Building: Model Boats. With 168 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. Building Model Yachts. Rigging and Sailing Model Yachts. 

 Making and Fitting Simple Model Boats. Building a Model Atlantic Liner. 

 Vertical Engine for a Model Launch. Model Launch Engine with Reversing 

 Gear. Making a Show Case for a Model Boat. 



Electric Bells, How to Make and Fit Them. With 162 En. 

 graving s and Diagrams. 



Contents. The Electric Current and the Laws that Govern it. Current 

 Conductors used in Electric-Bell Work. Wiring for Electric Bells. Elaborated 

 Systems of Wiring ; Burglar Alarms. Batteries for Electric Bells. The Con- 

 struction of Electric Bells, Pushes, and Switches. Indicators for Electric- Bell 

 Systems. 

 BambOO Work. With 177 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. Bamboo : Its Sources and Uses. How to Work Bamboo. Bamboo 

 Tables. Bamboo Chairs and Seats. Bamboo Bedroom Furniture. Bamboo 

 Hall Racks and Stands. Bamboo Music Racks. Bamboo Cabinets and Book- 

 cases. Bambco Window Blinds. Miscellaneous Articles of Bamboo. Bamboo 

 Mail Cart. 

 Taxidermy. With 108 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. Skinning Birds. Stuffing and Mounting Birds. Skinning and 

 Stuffing Mammals. Mounting Animals' Horned Heads : Polishing and Mount- 

 ing Horns. Skinning, Stuffing, and Casting Fish. Pieserving, Cleaning, and 

 Dyeing Skins. Preserving Insects, and Birds' Eggs. Cases for Mounting 

 Specimens. 

 Tailoring:. With 180 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. Tailors' Requisites and Methods of Stitching. Simple Repairs 

 and Pressing. Relining, Repocketing, and Recollaring. How to Cut and 

 Make Trousers. How to Cut and Make Vests. Cutting and Making Lounge 

 and Reefer Jackets. Cutting and Making Morning and Frock Coats. 

 Photographic Cameras and Accessories. Comprising How TO 

 MAKE CAMERAS, DARK SLIDES, SHUTTERS, and STANDS. With 160 

 Illustrations. 



Contents. Photographic Lenses and How to Test them. Modern Half-plate 

 Cameras. Hand and Pocket Cameras. Ferrotype Cameras. Stereoscopic 

 Cameras. Enlarging Cameras. Dark Slides. Cinematograph Management. 



Optical Lanterns. Comprising THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT 

 OF OPTICAL LANTERNS AND THE MAKING OF SLIDES. With 160 

 Illustrations. 



Contents. Single Lanterns. Dissolving View Lanterns. Illuminant for 

 Optical Lanterns. Optical Lantern Accessories. Conducting a Limelight 

 Lantern Exhibition. Experiments with Optical Lanterns. Painting Lantern 

 Slides. Photographic Lantern Slides. Mechanical Lantern Slides. Cinemato- 

 graph Management. 

 Engraving: Metals. With Numerous Illustrations. 



Contents. Introduction and Terms used. Engravers' Tools and their Uses. 

 Elementary Exercises in Engraving. Engraving Plate and Precious Metals. 

 Engraving Monograms. Transfer Processes of Engraving Metals. Engraving 

 Name Plates. Engraving Coffin Plates. Engraving Steel Plates. Chasing 

 and Embossing Metals. Etching Metals. 



Basket Work. With 189 Illustrations. 



Contents. Tools and Materials. Simple Baskets. Grocer's Square Baskets. 

 Round Baskets. Oval Baskets. Flat Fruit Baskets. Wicker Elbow Chairs. 

 Basket Bottle-casings. Doctors' and Chemists' Baskets. Fancy Basket Work. 

 Sussex Trug Basket. Miscellaneous Basket Work. Index 



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