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



SPONS' 

 MECHANICS' OWN BOGE:; 



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, and 



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 — PoHshing 



Marble, Metals, and Wood — Varnishing — Mechanical movements, 



illustrating contrivances for transmitting motion — Turning in Wood 



and Metals — Masonry, embracing Stonework, Brickwork, Terracotta, 



and Concrete — Roofing 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: B, & F. N. SPOM", 125, Strand. 



New York: 85, Murray Street. 



