A NEW SERIES OF PRACtlCAL ROOKS. 



WORK MANUALS 



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

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

 OF EVERYDAY 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 con- 

 tain 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 25 cents each. 



The following are the titles of the volumes, and the order in which they will be 

 issued. No. I. is ready for delivery, No. II. is in press, and the 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 merican 

 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 in the round or square, glaziers' work and 

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

 various shapes', the wedge, inclined planes, wheels and axles, levers, the weighing and 

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

 formula, 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 of times the power of calculation that they now have in their 

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



III. Construction, Use and Care of Drawing Instruments. 



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

 Care, Explanations of Scales, Sectors and Protractors. Together with Memor- 

 anda 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. 



IV. Plaster : How to Make and How to Use It. 



V. Hints for Painters and Paperhangers. 



VI. Rules, Tables, Data and Memoranda for Mechanics and 



Others. (Parti.) 



VII. The Construction and Use of Saws. 

 With Directions for Filing, Setting, etc. 



VIII. Rules, Tables, Data and Memoranda for Mechanics and 



Others. (Part II.) 



INDUSTRIAL PUBLICATION CO., 



F. O. B 9 x 3853. 14 Dey Street, New York. 



