N. HASLUCK. With numerous Illustrations in the Text. 

 Each book contains about 1 60 pages, crown 8vo. Cloth, 

 $1.00 each, postpaid. 

 Practical Draughtsmen's Work. With 226 Illustrations. 



Contents. Drawing Boards. Paper and Mounting. Draughtsmen's Instru- 

 ments. Drawing Straight Lines. Drawing Circular Lines. Elliptical Curves. 

 Projection. Back Lining Drawings. Scale Drawings and Maps. Colouring 

 Drawings. Making a Drawing. Index. 



Practical Gasfitting. With 120 Illustrations. 



Contents. How Coal Gas is Made. Coal Gas from the Retort to the Gas 

 Holder. Gas Supply from Gas Holder to Meter. Laying the Gas Pipe in the 

 House. Gas Meters. Gas Burners. Incandescent Lights. Gas Fittings in 

 Workshops and Theatres. Gas Fittings for Festival Illuminations. Gas Fires 

 and Cooking Stoves. Index. 



Practical Staircase Joinery. With 215 Illustrations. 



Contents. Introduction : Explanation of Terms. Simple Form of Staircase 

 Housed String Stair : Measuring, Planning, and Setting Out. Two-flight 

 Staircase. Staircase with Winders at Bottom. Staircase with Winders at Top 

 and Bottom. Staircase with Half-space of Winders. Staircase over an Oblique 

 Plan. Staircase with Open or Cut Strings. Cut String Staircase with Brackets. 

 Open String Staircase with Bull nose Step. Geometrical Staircases. Winding 

 Staircases. Ships' Staircases. Index. 



Practical Metal Plate Work. With 247 Illustrations. 



Contents. Materials used in Metal Plate Work. Geometrical Construction 

 of Plane Figures. Geometrical Construction and Development of Solid 

 Figures. Tools and Appliances used in Metal Plate Work. Soldering and 

 Brazing. Tinning. Re-tinning and Galvanising. Examples of Practical 

 Metal Plate Work. Examples of Practical Pattern Drawing. Index. 



Practical Graining and Marbling, with 79 illustrations. 



Contents. Graining: Introduction, Tools, and Mechanical Aids. Graining 

 Grounds and Graining Colors. Oak Graining in Oil. Oak Graining in Spirit 

 and Water Colours. Pollard Oak and Knotted Oak Graining. Maple Graining 

 Mahogany and Pitch-pine Graining. Walnut Graining. Fancy Wood Grain- 

 ing. Furniture Graining Imitating Woods by Staining. Imitating Inlaid 

 Woods. Marbling : Introduction, Tools, and Materials. Imitating Varieties 

 of Marble. Index. 



Painters' Oils Colors and Varnishes. With Numerous 



Illustrations. 



Contents. Painters' Oils. Color and Pigments. White Pigments. Blue 

 Pigments. Chrome Pigments. Lake Pigments. Green Pigments. Red Pig- 

 ments. Brown and Black Pigments. Yellow and Orange Pigments. Bronze 

 Colors. Driers. Paint Grinding and Mixing. Gums, Oils, and Solvents for 

 Varnishes. Varnish Manufacture. Index. 



Practical Plumbers 1 Work. With 298 Illustrations. 



Contents. Materials and Tools Used. Solder and How to Make It. Sheet 

 Lead Working. Pipe Bending. Pipe Jointing. Lead Burning. Lead-Work 

 on Roofs. Index. 



Practical Pattern Making. With 295 Illustrations. 



Contents. Foundry Patterns and Foundry Practice. Jointing-up Patterns. 

 Finishing Patterns. Circular Patterns. Making Core Boxes. Boring Holes 

 in Castings. Patterns and Moulds for Iron Columns. Steam-Engine Cylinder 

 Patterns and Core Boxes. Worm Wheel Pattern. Lathe Bed Patterns. 

 Head Stock and Poppet Patterns. Slide-rest Patterns. Valve Patterns and 

 Core Boxes. Index. 



Practical Handrailing. With 144 illustrations. 



Contents. Principles of Handrailing. Definition of Terms. Geometrical 

 Drawing. Simple Handrails. Wreathed Handrails on the Cylindrical System 

 The Uses of Models. Obtaining Tangents and Bevels. Face Moulds : their 

 Construction and Use. Twisting the Wreath. Completing the Handrail. 

 Orthogonal or Right-angle System of Setting Wreathed Handrails. Handrails 

 for Stone Stairs. Setting out Scrolls for Handrails. Setting out Moulded 

 Caps. Intersecting Handrails without Basements. Index. 



