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This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the tools and machinery found in an engineer's workshop, including descriptions of some of the gauging and measuring instruments, hand cutting tools, lathes, drilling, planing, and other equipment. This text was originally written for the student or apprentice, and is full of invaluable tips and timeless information that will be of considerable utility to the modern reader with an interest in the subject. The chapters of this book include: 'On Measures of Length and Methods of Measuring', 'On Hand Tools Used for Wood', 'On Hand Tools Used for Metal', 'On the Formation of Straight-Edge and Surface Plates', 'On Foot Lathes', 'On Power Lathes', 'On Drilling and Boring Machinery', etcetera. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
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This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the tools and machinery found in an engineer's workshop, including descriptions of some of the gauging and measuring instruments, hand cutting tools, lathes, drilling, planing, and other equipment. This text was originally written for the student or apprentice, and is full of invaluable tips and timeless information that will be of considerable utility to the modern reader with an interest in the subject. The chapters of this book include: 'On Measures of Length and Methods of Measuring', 'On Hand Tools Used for Wood', 'On Hand Tools Used for Metal', 'On the Formation of Straight-Edge and Surface Plates', 'On Foot Lathes', 'On Power Lathes', 'On Drilling and Boring Machinery', etcetera. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
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