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Practical Mechanics for Boys

by James Slough Zerbe

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  1. 1Introductory
  2. 2Chapter I — On Tools Generally
  3. 3Chapter II — How to Grind and Sharpen Tools
  4. 4Chapter III — Setting and Holding Tools
  5. 5Chapter IV — On the Use of the File
  6. 6Chapter V — How to Commence Work
  7. 7Chapter VI — Illustrating Some of the Fundamental Devices
  8. 8Chapter VII — Properties of Materials
  9. 9Chapter VIII — How Draughting Becomes a Valuable Aid
  10. 10Chapter IX — Treatment and Use of Metals
  11. 11Chapter X — On Gearing and How Ordered
  12. 12Chapter XI — Mechanical Powers
  13. 13Chapter XII — On Measures
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Useful Information for the Workshop
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Simplicity of Great Inventions, and of Nature’s M…
  16. 16Chapter XV — Workshop Recipes and Formulas
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Handy Tables
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Inventions and Patents, and Information About — The…
  19. 19The “How-to-Do-It” Books
  20. 20Phil Bradley — Notes

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