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This is a valuable volume for all Metal Workers;—the following are a few of the many subjects treated:
Materials.—Definitions; Qualities of Matter; Iron, Steel; Various Metals, Alloys, etc.; Gravity and Tables; Three Laws of Motion; Strength of Materials; Fatigue of Metals; Table of Melting Points of Solids; Useful Weights and Measures.
Shop Drawing.—Free-hand Drawing; Instruments; Penciling; Inking; Lettering Drawings; Dimensioning; Shading; Section-Lining; Reading Working Drawings; Problems in Geometrical Drawing—Points Relating to Drawing.
Gearing.—Cog Wheels, Spur and Bevel Wheels; Mitre Wheel; Mortise Wheel; Worm Gearing; Helical Wheel; Designing Gears; Speed of Gear Wheels.
Bench and Vice.—Tempering and Hardening Metals; Grades of Steel; Cementation Process; Bessemer and Siemen-Martin Process; Case-Hardening; Annealing; Hand Tools; Machine Tools; Work Benches; Sledge and Anvil; Surfacing; Red Marking; Hand Drilling; Broaching; Screw Cutting by Hand; Pipe Cutting.
Tools and Machines.—Machine and Hand Tools; Portable Tools; Action of Machines; Classification of Machine Work; Turning and Boring; Planing; Milling; Drilling; Grinding; Punching and Shearing.
Lathe Work.—Forms and use of Foot Lathes; Hand Lathes; Chuck or Surfacing Lathe; Engine Lathe; Parts of the Lathe; Cutting Tools Used in the Lathe; Tempering of Lathe Tools Rule; Lathe Practice; Measuring Instruments; Mandrels; Lathe-Dogs; Driving Work Between Centers; Turning Work Between Centers; Lathe Speed; Chuck and Face-plate Work; Drilling and Boring in the Lathe; Proportion of Parts of a Lathe; Useful References; Tables and Index.