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Levers, pulleys, gears, screws and the machines built from them, explained to boys with the arithmetic kept and the mathematics left out. Zerbe wrote a shelf of these practical books when a workbench was ordinary household equipment. The drawings carry the argument, and the exercises assume a reader who will actually build the thing. Thirty-nine plates after painters including Thomas Gainsborough and Thomas Eakins widen the book's world of work into harbours, fields and studies, showing the tasks and tools of an older workshop age.
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LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Introductory
- Chapter I. On Tools Generally
- Chapter II. How to Grind and Sharpen Tools
- Chapter III. Setting and Holding Tools
- Chapter IV. On the Use of the File
- Chapter V. How to Commence Work
- Chapter VI. Illustrating Some of the Fundamental Devices
- Chapter VII. Properties of Materials
- Chapter VIII. How Draughting Becomes a Valuable Aid
- Chapter IX. Treatment and Use of Metals
- Chapter X. On Gearing and How Ordered
- Chapter XI. Mechanical Powers
- Chapter XII. On Measures
- Metrical Table, Showing Measurements in Feet and Inches
- Metric System, Showing the Equivalents in Our Measures
- Chapter XIII. Useful Information for the Workshop
- Chapter XIV. The Simplicity of Great Inventions, and of Nature’s Manifestations
- Chapter XV. Workshop Recipes and Formulas
- Chapter XVI. Handy Tables. Table of Weights for Round and Square Steel
- Weight of Flat Steel Bars
- Avoirdupois Weight
- Troy Weight. For Gold, Silver, and Precious Metals.
- Apothecaries Weight. For Drugs, Medicals and Chemicals.
- Long Measure
- Square Measure
- Solid or Cubic Measure
- Dry Measure
- Liquid Measure
- Paper Measure
- Table of Temperatures
- Strength of Various Metals
- Freezing Mixtures
- Ignition Temperatures
- Power and Heat Equivalents
- Chapter XVII. Inventions and Patents, and Information About the Rights and Duties of Inventors and Workmen
- Glossary of Words Used in Text of This Volume
- About the Author
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