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A
MANUAL
OF THE
HAND LATHE:
COMPRISING
CONCISE DIRECTIONS
FOR
WORKING METALS OF ALL KINDS, IVORY, BONE AND PRECIOUS
WOODS; DYEING, COLORING, AND FRENCH POLISHING;
INLAYING BY VENEERS, AND VARIOUS METHODS
PRACTICED TO PRODUCE ELABORATE WORK
WITH DISPATCH, AND AT SMALL EXPENSE.
BY EGBERT P. WATSON,
LATE OF “THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,” AUTHOR OF “THE MODERN PRACTICE OF
AMERICAN MACHINISTS AND ENGINEERS.”
ILLUSTRATED BY SEVENTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS.
PHILADELPHIA:
HENRY CAREY BAIRD, INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHER,
406 WALNUT STREET.
LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, SON & MARSTON,
Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet St.
1869.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
HENRY CAREY BAIRD,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, in
and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
TO MY DEAR SON,
EGBERT PERLEY WATSON,
I DEDICATE
THIS LITTLE BOOK,
IN THE
HOPE THAT HE MAY BE A GOOD MAN,
AND A GOOD MECHANIC.
PREFACE.
I did not write this little book with theintention of apologizing to the prospectivereader, so soon as I had done so, but withthe honest, I hope not egotistical, feelingthat I had something to say that was notgenerally known. We live to learn and toimpart what we know to others, and I havetaken this method of giving my experiencein a pastime that is elevating, artistic inevery sense of the word, and a wholesomerelief from the cares of business.
In regard to the work itself, I can showsamples of every thing o
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