A NEW SERIES OF PRACTICAL BOOKS. 



WORK MANUALS. 



The intention of the publishers is to give in this Series a number of small books which 



will give Thorough and Reliable Information in the plainest possible language, upon the 



ARTS OF EVERYUAY LIFE. 



Each volume will be by some one who is not only practically familiar with his subject, 

 but who has the ability to make it clear to others. The volumes will each contain from 

 50 to 75 pages , will be neatly and clearly printed on good paper and bound in tough 

 and durable binding. The price will be & cents each, or jive for One Dollar. 



The following are the titles of the volumes already issued. Others will follow at 

 short intervals. 



I. Cements and Glue. 



A Practical Treatise on the Preparation and Use of All Kinds of Cements, Glue 

 and Paste. By JOHN PHIN, Editor of the Young Scientist and the A merica 

 Journal of Microscopy 

 .Every mechanic and householder will find this volume of almost everyday use. It 



contains nearly 200 recipes for the preparation of Cements for almost every conceivable 



purpose. 



II. The Slide Rule, and How to Use It. 



This is a compilation of Explanations, Rules and Instructions suitable for mechanics 

 And others interested in the industrial arts. Rules are given for the measurement of 

 all kinds of boards and planks, timber u. the round or square, glaziers' work and paint- 

 ing, brickwork, paviors' work, tiling and slating, the measurement of vessels of various 

 shapes, the wedge, inclined planes, wheels and axles, levers, the weighing and meas- 

 urement of metals and all solid bodies, cylinders, cones, globes, octagon rules and 

 formulae, the measurement of circles, and a comparison of French and English measures, 

 with much other information, useful to builders, carpenters, bricklayers, glaziers, 

 paviors, slaters, machinists and other mechanics. 



Possessed of this little Book and a good Slide Rule, mechanics might carry in their 

 pockets some hundreds ol times the power of calculation that they now have in the- 

 heads, and the use of the instrument is very easily acquired. 



III. Hints for Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers. 



Being a selection of Useful Rules, Data, Memoranda, Methods and Suggest 

 for House, Ship, and Furniture Fainting, Paperhanging, Gilding, Color Mix 



stions 

 lixing, 



and other matters Useful and Instructive to Painters and Decorn'ors. Prepared 

 with Special Reference to the Wants of Amateurs. By an Old Hand. 



IV. Construction, Use and Care of Drawing Instruments. 



Being a Treatise on Draughting Instruments, with Rules for their Use and Care, 

 Explanations "of Scale-., Sectors and Protractors. Together with Memoranda for 

 Draughtsmen, Hints on Purchasing Paper, Ink, Instruments, Pencils, etc. Also a 

 Price List of all materials required by Draughtsmen. Illustrated with twenty-four 

 Explanatory Illustrations. By FRED. T. HODGSON. 



V. The Steel Square. 



Some Difficult Problems in Carpentry and Joinery Simplified and Solved by the 

 aid of the Carpenters' Steel Square, together with a Full Description of the Tool, 

 and Explanations of the Scales, Lines and Figures on the Blade and Tongue, and 

 How to Use them in Everyday Work. Showing how the Square may be Used 

 in Obtaining the Lengths and Bevels of Rafters, Hips, Groins, Braces, Brackets., 

 Purlins, Collar- Beams, and Jack-Rafteis. Also, its Application in Obtaining 

 the Bevels and Cuts for Hoppers, Spiing Mouldings, Octagons, Diminished 

 Styles, etc., etc. Illustrated by Numerous Wood-cuts. By FRED. T. HODOSON, 

 Author of the ''Carpenters' Stee Squaie." 



Note. This -Aork is intended as an elementary introduction for the u.-,c of those who 

 have not time to study Mr. Hodgson's larger work on the same subject. 



