JUST PXJBLISHEO. 



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



SPONS' 

 MECHANIC'S 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 116 joints and hinges, afid 

 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 — Rooiing 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, 1S5, Strand. 



New York : 35, Murray Street- 



