Dedication
To brighten stains, 78.
The requisites, 84.
To prevent gold adhering, 86.
To manipulate gold leaf, 91.
Varnishing and polishing, 27.
Varnishing hardwood, 35.
Varnish brushes, 35.
Veneered panels, 43.
Varnish polishing, 43.
Varnish finish for cheap work, 50.
Varnish pans, 51.
Wood fillers and wood-filling, 14.
Walnut filler, medium, 17.
Walnut filler for wax finish, 17.
Walnut filler for first-class work, 17.
Wheeler’s wood-filler, 22.
Wax finish, 50.
Walnut, 68.
Established 1870.
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THE STEEL SQUARE AND ITS USES.
Being a Description of the Square and Its Uses in Obtaining the Lengths and Bevels of all kinds of Rafters, Hips, Groins, Braces, Brackets, Purlins, Collar-Beams, and Jack-Rafters.—Also, its Application in Obtaining the Bevels and Cuts for Hoppers, Spring Moldings, Octagons, Stairs, Diminished Stiles, &c.—By Fred. T. Hodgson, author of “Practical Carpentry,” “The Builders’ Guide,” &c.—Third Edition, Revised and Greatly Enlarged.—Illustrated by Nearly One Hundred Fine Engravings.—Cloth, gilt.
$1
This is the only practical work on the steel square and its uses ever published. It is thorough, accurate, clear, and easily understood. Confounding terms and scientific phrases have been religiously avoided where possible; and everything in the book has been made so plain that a boy of twelve years of age, possessing ordinary intelligence, can understand it from end to end.
This new edition, just issued, is illustrated by nearly one hundred handsome engravings, showing how the square may be used for solving nearly every problem in the whole art of carpentry. The carpenter who possesses this book need not waste time and material “cutting and trying.” He can lay out his work to a hair’s breadth, and “cut to the line.” And, in these days, the workman who can not lay out his work accurately at the first attempt stands no show.
The book is absolutely indispensable to every person who may have to use a carpenter’s square. Joiners, cabinet-makers, bricklayers, stonecutters, plasterers, lumber-dealers, amateurs, and all who build a fence, tinker a gate, or make a chicken-coop will find something in this little volume that will help and aid them to do their work better and more intelligently than they could without a knowledge of its contents.
Many difficult and troublesome mathematical problems can be solved by the use of this tool, and the methods of solving them are shown in this book. It describes how painting, plastering, and brickwork can be measured, and how many mechanical difficulties can be overcome with great ease. It explains how ellipses, parabolas, octagons, circles, and many other figures, may be described by the steel square.
It is safe to say that this dollar book will easily enable any intelligent mechanic to save ten dollars in time and material during the first three months that he has it in use.
STEEL SQUARES AND THEIR USES.
Being a Description of the Various Steel Squares and Their Uses in Solving a large number of Mechanical Problems in Constructive Carpentry, Joinery, Sheet-metal Work, Cut-stone or Brick-work. Also, showing how many Geometrical and other Problems may be solved by the use of the Steel Square.—By Fred. T. Hodgson, author of “The Steel Square and Its Uses,” “The Slide-Rule, and Its Uses,” “Practical Carpentry,” “The Builders’ Guide,” &c.—Finely Illustrated.
—Cloth.
$1
This forms Part II of “The Steel Square and Its Uses,” and is not in any sense a substitute for the First Part, which still remains what it always has been—a necessity to every intelligent workman. Part II is an extension and enlargement of the First Part, giving new problems, new methods, and new wrinkles for shortening the labor and increasing the accuracy of the workman. It is illustrated in the same handsome manner which characterizes the First Part, to which it forms a companion volume.
With these two volumes in his possession the workman has at command the entire practical mathematics of construction, and is prepared to lay out any piece of work more easily, quickly, and accurately than it can be done by any other method.
PRACTICAL CARPENTRY.
Being a Guide to the Correct Working and Laying out of all kinds of Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Work, with the Solutions of the Various Problems in Hip-Roofs, Gothic Work, Centering, Splayed Work, Joints and Jointing, Hingeing, Dovetailing, Mitering, Timber-Splicing, Hopper-work, Skylights, Raking Moldings, Circular Work, &c.—To which is prefixed a thorough treatise on “Carpenters’ Geometry.”—By Fred. T. Hodgson, author of “The Steel Square and Its Uses,” “The Slide-Rule, and How to Use It,” “The Builders’ Guide,” &c.—Illustrated by over Three Hundred Engravings.—Cloth, gilt.
$1
This is the most thorough book of the kind ever published. It is thorough, practical, and reliable; and at the same time is written in a style so plain that any workman or apprentice can easily understand it.
STAIR-BUILDING MADE EASY.
Being a Full and Clear Description of the Art of Building the Bodies, Carriages, and Cases for all kinds of Stairs and Steps.—Together with Illustrations Showing the Manner of Laying Out Stairs, forming Treads and Risers, building Cylinders, preparing Strings; with Instructions for making Carriages for Common, Platform, Dog-legged, and Winding Stairs.—To which is added an Illustrated Glossary of Terms used in Stair-Building, and Designs for Newels, Balusters, Brackets, Stair-Moldings, and Sections of Hand-Rails.—By Fred. T. Hodgson, author of “The Steel Square and Its Uses,” &c.—Illustrated by over One Hundred and Twenty Engravings, many of them full-page size.—Cloth, gilt.
$1
This work takes hold at the very beginning of the subject, and carries the student along by easy stages until the entire subject of stairbuilding has been unfolded, so far as ordinary practice can ever require. This book, and the following one on Hand-Railing, cover nearly the whole subject of Stair-Building.
A NEW SYSTEM OF HAND-RAILING.
$1
The system is new, novel, economic, and easily learned. Rules, instructions, and working drawings for building rails for seven different kinds of stairs are given.
The builders’ Guide, and Estimators’ Price-Book.
Being a Compilation of Current Prices of Lumber, Hardware, Glass, Plumbers’ Supplies, Paints, Slates, Stones, Limes, Cements, Bricks, Tin, and other Building Materials. Also, Prices of Labor and Cost of Performing the Several Kinds of Work Required in Building; together with Prices of Doors, Frames, Sashes, Stairs, Moldings, Newels, and other Machine-work.—To which is appended a large number of Building Rules, Data, Tables, and Useful Memoranda, with a Glossary of Architectural and Building Terms.—By Fred. T. Hodgson, author of “The Steel Square and Its Uses,” “The Slide-Rule, and How to Use It,” “Practical Carpentry,” &c.
—Cloth
$2
Carpenters’ and JOINERS’ POCKET COMPANION
Containing Rules, Data, and Directions for Laying Out Work, and for Calculating and Estimating.—With Frontispiece showing the parts of an Architectural Column; also containing many other Illustrative Engravings.—Compiled by Thomas Moloney, Carpenter and Joiner.
—Cloth
50 cents.
This is a compact and handy little volume, containing the most useful rules and memoranda, practically tested by many years’ experience in the shop, factory, and building. Also, a treatise on the framing-square. It is by a thoroughly practical man, and contains enough that is not easily found any where else to make it worth more than its price to every intelligent carpenter.
EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE.
Consisting of a Series of Questions and Answers explaining in Simple Language the Principles and Progress of Architecture from the Earliest Times.—By Thomas Mitchell.—Illustrated by nearly One Hundred and Fifty Engravings.—New Edition, with American additions.
—Cloth
50 cents.
Architecture is not only a profession and an art, but an important branch of every liberal education. No person can be said to be well educated who has not some knowledge of its general principles and of the characteristics of the different styles. The present work is probably the best architectural textbook for beginners ever published. The numerous illustrative engravings make the subject very simple, and prevent all misunderstanding. It tells all about the different styles, their peculiar features, their origin, and the principles that underlie their construction.
HINTS AND AIDS TO BUILDERS
Gives hints and prices, tells how to measure, explains building terms, and, in short, contains a fund of information for all who are interested in building.
—Paper
25 cents.
BUCK’S COTTAGE AND OTHER DESIGNS.
Buck’s Designs in Architecture, showing a Variety of Designs, together with a large amount of Miscellaneous Matter, making it a very valuable book.
—Forty designs for fifty cents.
Just the book you want, if you are going to build a cheap and comfortable home. It shows a great variety of cheap and medium-priced cottages, besides giving a number of useful hints and suggestions on the various questions liable to arise in building, such as selections of site, general arrangement of the plans, sanatary questions. &c. Cottages costing from $500 to $5,000 are shown in considerable variety, and nearly every taste can be satisfied.
The information on site, general arrangement of plan, sanatary matters, &c., is worth a great deal more than the cost of the book.
WATER-CLOSETS.
$1
This book contains over 250 engravings, drawn expressly for the work by the author. The drawings are so clear that the distinctive features of every device are easily seen at a glance, and the descriptions are particularly full and thorough. Every known water-closet is fully described, and an account given of its qualities, advantages, and defects. The paramount importance of this department of the construction of our houses renders all comment upon the value of such a work unnecessary.
PLASTER: HOW TO MAKE AND HOW TO USE.
Being a Complete Guide for the Plasterer in the Preparation and Application of all kinds of Plaster, Stucco, Portland Cement, Hydraulic Cements, Lime of Tiel, Rosendale and other Cements. With Useful and Practical Information on the Chemistry, Qualities, and Uses of the Various Kinds of Limes and Cements.—Together with Rules for Measuring, Computing, and Valuing Plaster and Stucco Work.—To which is appended an Illustrated Glossary of Terms used in Plastering, &c.—By Fred. T. Hodgson, author of “The Builders’ Guide, and Estimators’ Price-Book,” “Practical Carpentry,” &c.—Cloth, gilt
$1
This work is illustrated with numerous engravings in the text and three plates, giving some forty figures of ceilings, center-pieces, cornices, panels, and soffits. It is an invaluable book for plasterers, bricklayers, masons, builders, architects, and engineers.
HANDSAWS: THEIR USE, CARE, AND ABUSE.
How to Select and How to File Them.—Being a Complete Guide for Selecting, Using, and Filing all kinds of Handsaws, Back-saws, Compass and Key-hole Saws, Web, Hack, and Butchers’ Saws. Showing the Shapes, Forms, Angles, Pitches, and Sizes of Saw-teeth suitable for all kinds of Saws, and for all kinds of Wood, Bone, Ivory, and Metal.—Together with Hints and Suggestions on the Choice of Files, Saw-sets, Filing-clamps, and other matters pertaining to the Care and Management of all classes of Hand and other Small Saws.—By Fred. T. Hodgson, author of “The Steel Square and Its Uses,” “The Slide-Rule, and How to Use It,” “The Builders’ Guide,” “Practical Carpentry,” &c.—Illustrated by over Seventy-five Engravings.—Cloth, gilt
$1
This work is intended more particularly for operative carpenters, joiners, cabinet-makers, carriage-builders, and woodworkers generally, amateurs or professionals.
THE PRACTICAL UPHOLSTERER.
Giving Clear Directions for Skillfully Performing all kinds of Upholsterers’ Work in Leather, Silk, Plush, Reps, Cottons, Velvets, and Carpetings.—Also, for Stuffing, Embossing, Welting, and Covering all kinds of Mattresses, &c.—Rules for Measuring Valances, Curtains, Tapestry, Window and Door Drapery, Curtain Rods, Persian Beds, Mantel Drapery, Lambrequins, Cushions, Floor-Cloths, Festoon Blinds and Curtain-Hangings, and all kinds of Upholstery.—Fully Illustrated with Engravings of Tools, Sketches of Furniture, and numerous full-page Illustrations of Original Decorative Designs.—By A Practical Upholsterer. 12mo, cloth
$1
This work contains a number of original designs in drapery and upholstery, with full explanatory text, and an immense number of working illustrations. It gives a description of tools, appliances, and materials. It tells how to upholster chairs, parlor furniture, bedroom furniture, &c. It contains rules for cutting bed-hangings, window-curtains, door-hangings, blinds, and for measuring and cutting carpets. It gives arithmetical calculations for cutting carpets, curtains, &c., mantle-board drapery, festoons, and, in short, everything pertaining to upholstery.
There is nothing published in this country that is so thorough and complete in the instructions given for upholstering, as this book. It is invaluable alike to the practical workman and the amateur.
CABINET-MAKING, UPHOLSTERING, FURNITURE.
$1
This book contains an immense amount of the most useful information for those who are engaged in the manufacture, superintendence, or construction of furniture or wood-work of any kind. It is one of the cheapest and best books ever published, and contains over one thousand hints, suggestions, and methods; and descriptions of tools, appliances, and materials. All the recipes, rules, and directions have been carefully revised and corrected by practical men of great experience, so that they will be found thoroughly trustworthy. It contains many of the recipes recently sold at from $5 to $500.
THE WORKSHOP COMPANION.—Part I.
A Collection of Useful and Reliable Recipes, Rules, Processes, Methods, Wrinkles, and Practical Hints, for the Household and the Shop.
This is a book of 164 closely printed pages, forming a dictionary of practical information for mechanics, amateurs, housekeepers, farmers,—everybody. It is not a mere collection of newspaper clippings, but a series of original treatises on various subjects, such as alloys, cements, inks, steel, signal-lights, polishing materials, and the art of polishing wood, metals, &c.; varnishing, gilding, silvering, bronzing, lacquering, and the working of brass, ivory, alabaster, iron, steel, glass, &c.
THE WORKSHOP COMPANION.—Part II.
A Collection of Useful and Reliable Recipes, Rules, Processes, Methods, Wrinkles, and Practical Hints, for the Household and the Shop.
This is an extension of the first part, and contains subjects which have not been discussed in the earlier volume. These two volumes contain an immense amount of practical instruction on matters in regard to which information is constantly desired by amateurs and practical men.
THE PRACTICAL ASSISTANT, AND WORKSHOP COMPANION.
A Treasury of Useful Information relating to the Arts and Sciences of everyday life.—Containing Useful and Reliable Processes, Recipes, Wrinkles, Methods, Rules, Data, Tables; and Hints for the Factory and the Household, the Shop and the Farm.—Edited by John Phin.—Cloth,
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THE AMATEURS’ HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION, for the Workshop and Laboratory.
15 cents.
This is a handy little book, containing just the information needed by amateurs in the workshop and laboratory. Directions for making alloys, fusible metals, cements, glues, &c.; and for soldering, brazing, lacquering, bronzing, staining and polishing wood, tempering tools, cutting and working glass, varnishing, silvering, gilding, preparing skins, &c. The new edition contains extended directions for preparing polishing powders, freezing mixtures, colored lights for tableaux, solutions for rendering ladies’ dresses incombustible, &c. There has also been added a Very large number of new and valuable recipes.
The Workshop Companion, Part I, above described, contains all the matter that is to be found in “The Amateurs’ Handbook.”
MECHANICAL DRAUGHTING.
$1
This is a simple but thorough book, by a draughtsman of twenty-five years’ experience. It is intended for beginners and self-taught students, as well as for those who pursue the study under the direction of a teacher.
DRAWING INSTRUMENTS.
Being a Treatise on Draughting Instruments, with Rules for their Use and Care; Explanations of Scales, Sectors, and Protractors. Together with Memoranda for Draughtsmen; Hints on Purchasing Instruments, Paper, Ink, Pencils, &c. Also, a Price-list of all Materials required by Draughtsmen.—Illustrated with twenty-four Explanatory Illustrations.—By Fred. T. Hodgson.
—Paper.
25 cents.
THE SLIDE-RULE, AND HOW TO USE IT.
Being a Compilation of Explanations, Rules, and Instructions, suitable for Mechanics and others interested in the Industrial Arts.—Compiled and arranged by Fred. T. Hodgson.—25 cents.
Rules are given for the measurement of all kinds of boards and planks, timber in the round or square, glaziers’ work and painting, brickwork, paviors’ work, tiling and slating, the measurement of vessels of various shapes, the wedge, inclined planes, wheels and axles, levers, the weighing and measurement of metals and all solid bodies, cylinders, cones, globes, octagon rules and formulæ, the measurement of circles, and a comparison of French and English measures, with much other information useful to builders, carpenters, bricklayers, glaziers, paviors, slaters, machinists, and other mechanics.
Possessed of this little book and a good slide-rule, mechanics might carry in their pockets some hundreds of times the power of calculation that they now have in their heads, and the use of the instrument is very easily acquired.
The Engineer’s slide-rule, and Its Applications.
A Complete Investigation of the Principles upon which the Slide-Rule is constructed; together with the Method of its Application to all the Purposes of the Practical Mechanic.—By William Tonkes.
—Paper.
25 cents.
THE LIGHTNING CALCULATOR.
Practical Hints on Lightning Calculating.—To which are added Rules, Tables, Data, Formulæ, and Memoranda, for making rapidly those everyday calculations that are required in business, mechanics, and agriculture.
—Paper.
20 cents.
A CENTURY OF INVENTIONS.
An exact reprint of the famous “Century of Inventions” of the Marquis of Worcester (first published in 1663).—With an Introduction, Notes, and a Life of the Author.—With Portrait after a Painting by Van Dyke.—Edited by John Phin.
—Cloth.
$1
This is one of the most extraordinary books ever published. The famous “Century of Inventions” is of more than mere historical interest. It contains numerous hints and suggestions of what might be accomplished, and will be found of great interest and value to every one interested in mechanics. Many persons claim that the Marquis of Worcester anticipated many of our most important modern inventions and discoveries. Great care has been taken to reproduce exactly (so far as modern type, &c., could do it) the edition published by the Marquis himself. It has been entirely out of print for many years.
THE ELECTRICIAN’S POCKET COMPANION.
Electrical Rules, Tables, Tests, and Formulæ.—By Andrew Jamieson, C. E., F. R. S. E.—Fully illustrated.
—Cloth.
75 cents.
This is the most compact and thorough work in the market for the practical electrician. It contains minute directions for all calculations, tests, &c., with clear engravings of the apparatus employed. The following list of contents will give an idea of its scope:—
Formulæ of the Absolute Units.—Practical, Electrical, and Mechanical.
Heat and Light Units.
Electro-chemical Equivalents, Electrolysis, Heat and Energy of Combustion.
Practical Methods of Electrical Measurements.
Electric Conductors: Copper, &c.—Insulators: Guttapercha, &c.
Submarine Cables.—Aerial Land-lines.
Electric Lighting and Transmission of Power.
LECTURES IN A WORKSHOP.
$1
We have here a sprightly, fascinating book, full of valuable hints, interesting anecdotes, and sharp sayings. It is not a compilation of dull sermons or dry mathematics, but a live, readable book. The papers by Whitworth, now first made readily accessible to the American reader, form the basis of our modern systems of accurate work.
THE NEW POCKET CYCLOPEDIA.
50 cents.
This is a handy volume of 164 pages, printed in small but clear type on very fine thin paper, so that the book may be readily carried in the pocket or trunk. It contains all those facts and figures which are most commonly referred to in everyday life, great care being taken to secure accuracy and clearness. It is not a collection of “curious information” made up from newspaper clippings, but a thoroughly arranged manual of the most useful general knowledge.
HOW TO BECOME A GOOD MECHANIC.
Intended as a Practical Guide to Self-taught Men: Telling What to Study; What Books to Use; How to Begin; What Difficulties will be met; How to Overcome Them. In a word, how to carry on such a course of self-instruction as will enable the young mechanic to rise from the bench to something higher.
—Paper.
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CEMENTS, GLUE, AND PASTE.
A Practical Treatise on the Preparation and Use of all kinds of Cements, Glue, and Paste.—By John Phin, author of “How to Use the Microscope.”
—Paper.
25 cents.
Every mechanic and householder will find this volume of almost everyday use. It contains nearly two hundred recipes for the preparation of cements for almost every conceivable purpose.
HINTS FOR PAINTERS, DECORATORS, AND PAPER-HANGERS.
Being a Selection of Useful Rules, Data, Memoranda, Methods, and Suggestions for House, Ship, and Furniture Painting; Paper-Hanging, Gilding, Color-Mixing, and other matters useful and instructive to painters and decorators.—Prepared with special reference to the wants of amateurs.—By An Old Hand.
—Paper.
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25 cents.
While it is an undoubted fact that many of the recipes published in the ordinary collections are erroneous, either from original blunders on the part of the authors or from mistakes in copying, failure in the use of others frequently arises from defective information and vicious methods on the part of those who attempt to put them in practice. The object of the present book is to give such hints and cautions as will enable the worker to secure success where success is possible; and where the products are intended for sale it gives special and valuable advice as to the best methods of putting them on the market.
A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN
THE ART OF WOOD ENGRAVING.
With a Description of the necessary Tools and Apparatus, and Concise Directions for their Use; Explanations of the Terms used and the Methods employed for producing the various classes of Wood Engravings.—By S. E. Fuller.—Fully illustrated with engravings by the author, separate sheets of engravings for transfer and practice being added.—New edition, neatly bound.
50 cents.
A really thorough and practical work, written for those who want to learn the art without the aid of a teacher.
A GUIDE TO COLLODIO ETCHING.
$1.00
This volume gives complete and minute instructions for one of the most delightful of amateur arts. It is fully illustrated by woodcuts of all the apparatus used (which is very simple and easily made), and also by actual photo-prints of the etchings themselves.
THE PRACTICAL POCKET COMPANION.
A Cyclopedia of the most useful Facts, Figures, and General Information required by everybody in everyday life.—Edited by John Phin, author of “How to Use the Microscope,” “The Workshop Companion,” “Chemical History of the Six Days of Creation,” &c.
—Numerous illustrations.
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Contents.—Abbreviations in Common Use—Business Laws and Commercial Rules—Acceptances—Agencies—Bills of Exchange—Checques—Common Carriers—Corporations—Law of Finding—Indorsements—Innkeepers—Negotiable Instruments—Partnerships—Promissory Notes—Protests—Receipts—Concrete Walls for Houses—Copyrights—Rules for Correspondence—How to treat Accidents to the Eye—Factors of Safety—Best Methods of Extinguishing Fires—Language of Flowers—Significance of Gems and Precious Stones—Periods of Gestation and Incubation—Legal Holidays—Homestead Law—Distinguishing Characteristics and Anxious Periods of Infectious Diseases—Prevention or Attacks of Insects—Knots, and How to Tie Them, with full page of illustrations—General Rules—Single Draw-knot—Galley-knot—Square-knot, or Reefing-knot—Weaver’s-knot, or Sheet-bend-knot—Half-hitch—Two Half-hitches—Clove-hitch—Timber-hitch—Bowline-knot—Fisherman’s-knot—Whipping or Binding—Tying Parcels—Care of Leather—Lightning-rods, general rules for—Best Materials—Proper Size and Best Shapes of Rod—Painting—Points, or Air-Terminals—Ground Connections—Arrangement and Mode of Attaching the Rod to the House—Value of Moneys of Foreign Nations—Passports—Patents—Antidotes for Poisons—Postal Rules and Rates—Railroad and Steamboat Signals—Rules for Spelling and the Use of Capitals—Trade-marks—Weather Indications, &c.
WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT IN CASE OF ACCIDENT.
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COMMON SENSE IN THE POULTRY-YARD.
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This is a lively and entertaining work, which embodies the actual experience of many years in the keeping of poultry in large and small numbers. It is the most thoroughly practical work on poultry in the market, and contains an amount of solid information which, to even the keeper of a dozen fowls, will make it worth many times its cost.
A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL BEE-KEEPING.
50 cents.
This work discusses thoroughly nearly five hundred subjects. Gives in condensed form an immense amount of valuable information under the different headings. Under the heads Bee, Comb, Glucose, Honey, Race, Species, Sugar, Wax, and others, it brings together a large number of important facts and figures now scattered through our bee literature and costly scientific works, and are not easily found when wanted. Here they can be referred to at once under the proper head.
PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR ACQUIRING
THE ART OF SHOOTING ON THE WING.
75 cents.
This book contains a novel and most valuable feature found in no other work on this subject. This is a series of graduated lessons by which the self-taught young sportsman is enabled to advance step by step from such easy marks as a sheet of paper nailed on a fence to the most difficult trap-shooting and the sharpest snap-shots.
THE PISTOL AS A WEAPON OF DEFENCE
50 cents.
This work aims to instruct peaceable and law-abiding citizens in the best means of protecting themselves from the attacks of the brutal and the lawless, and it is the only practical book published on this subject. Its contents are as follows:—
The Pistol as a Weapon of Defence—The Carrying of Firearms—Different kinds of Pistols in Market—How to Choose a Pistol—Ammunition, different kinds: powder, caps, bullets, copper cartridges, &c.—Best form of Bullet—How to Load—Best Charge for Pistols—How to Regulate the Charge—Care of the Pistol: how to clean it—How to Handle and Carry the Pistol—How to Learn to Shoot—Practical Use of the Pistol—How to Protect Yourself and Disable your Antagonist.
The Hardwood Finisher.
With Rules and Directions for Finishing in Natural Colors, and
in Antique, Mahogany, Cherry, Birch, Walnut, Oak,
Ash, Redwood, Sycamore, Pine, and all
other Domestic Woods;
ALSO FOR FILLING, STAINING, POLISHING, DYEING, GILDING AND BRONZING.
Compiled and Edited by FRED. T. HODGSON,
Editor of “The Operative Builder,” late editor of “The Builder and Woodworker,” and of “The Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer.”
In these days of “Hardwood Finish,” the carpenter and joiner who does not make himself acquainted with all the new and latest methods of working and finishing our native woods is handicapped, and will not be as likely to receive as much money for his day’s work as the workman who “knows all about it.”
This work has just been brought out at the very time it is wanted the most, for finishing in the natural woods has lately become the fashion, particularly in the better class of buildings. This is a proper and healthy fashion, for paint, while all right in its way, is neither in as good taste as the natural finish, nor is it as clean or as handsome. We know that most carpenters and joiners who have had no experience in preparing wood for this kind of finish do not care to try it for fear of failure; but we can assure such that if they follow closely the methods laid down in this book they will be astonished and gratified at the results.
Directions are given at length for the preparation of the wood and the application of “fillers,” with some good and sound advice regarding these important operations. Hints in fixing hardwood finish so that nail or screw heads cannot be seen are clearly presented, and the whole practice of scraping, rubbing and polishing are given with a clearness and simplicity that the dullest workman may readily understand.
The work is equally useful to the cabinet-maker, painter and decorator as it is to the carpenter and joiner.
This book is written to enable the workman to know, who does not know, as well as the man who does know, but who desires to know more; and, to the American workman’s credit be it said, in this last class there are many.
The following are a few of the many commendatory press notices the work has received since its publication:
“Should be in the library of every painter who aims to keep up with the times in the practice of his art, as a work of this character will be of great assistance and value. The formulas and suggestions laid down are good, and we find much to admire in the general make-up of the work.
“The writer is well known as the author of many practical books of the day, and thoroughly understands the wants of the trade and meets them in a satisfactory manner.”—National Builder, Chicago, Ill.
“In order to make it as complete as possible, a variety of authorities on the subject have been consulted, and every effort put forth to make the work practical in all respects.”—Carpentry and Building, New York, N. Y.
“This excellent work, with its very practical aspect, seems to cover a field that has been, perhaps, somewhat neglected. It is exceedingly practical, and with numerous formulæ for all kinds of stains and wood dyes, as well as finishes, is one that is to be found of value to many operatives.”—Scientific American, New York, N. Y.
PRACTICAL CARPENTRY.
BEING A GUIDE TO THE
Correct Working and Laying Out of all kinds
of Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Work.
With the Solutions of the Various Problems in Hip-Roofs, Gothic
Work, Centering, Splayed Work, Joints and Jointing, Hinging,
Dovetailing, Mitering, Timber Splicing, Hopper
Work, Skylights, Raking Mouldings, Circular
Work, Etc., Etc.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A THOROUGH TREATISE ON
“CARPENTER’S GEOMETRY.”
ILLUSTRATED BY OVER 300 ENGRAVINGS.
By FRED. T. HODGSON,
Author of “The Steel Square and Its Uses,” “The Builder’s Guide
and Estimator’s Price Book,” “The Slide Rule and
How to Use It,” Etc., Etc.
This is the most complete book of the kind ever published. It is Thorough, Practical and Reliable, and at the same time is written in a style so plain that any workman or apprentice can easily understand it. The annexed table of contents will give a better idea of its scope and value than can be had from any amount of notices or descriptions:
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PART I.
Geometry.—Straight Lines.—Curved Lines.—Solids.—Compound Lines.—Parallel Lines—Oblique or Converging Lines.—Plane Figures.—Angles.—Right Angles.—Acute Angles.—Obtuse Angles.—Right-angled Triangles.—Quadrilateral Figures.—Parallelograms.—Rectangles.—Squares.—Rhomboids.— Trapeziums.—Trapezoids.—Diagonals.—Polygons.—Pentagons.—Hexagons.— Heptagons.—Octagons.—Circles.—Chords.—Tangents.— Sectors.—Quadrants.—Arcs.—Concentric and Eccentric Circles.—Altitudes.—Problems I. to XXIX.—Drawing of Angles.—Construction of Geometrical Figures.—Bisection of Lines.—Trisection of Lines and Angles.—Division of Lines into any Number of Parts.—Construction of Triangles, Squares and Parallelograms.—Construction of Proportionate Squares.—Construction of Polygons.—Areas of Polygons.—Areas of Concentric Rings and Circles.—Segments of Circles.—The use of Ordinates for Obtaining Arcs of Circles.—Drawing an Ellipse with a Trammel.—Drawing an Ellipse by means of a String.—Same by Ordinates.—Raking Ellipses.—Ovals.—Sixty-two Illustrations.