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Excerpt from The Practical Upholsterer: Giving Clear Directions for Skillfully Performing All Kinds of Upholsteres' Work in Leather, Silk, Plush, Reps, Cottons, Velvets, and Carpetings, Also, for Stuffing, Embossing, Welting, and Covering All Kinds of Mattresses CIn this treatise almost every phase of the upholsterer's art has been fully dealt with, and illustrations have been given, with a view to make the text more easily intelligible. It ha...

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Excerpt from Common-Sense Stair Building and Handrailing: Handrailing in Three Divisions, Showing Three of the Simplest Methods Known in the Art, With Complete Instructions for Laying Out and Working Handrails Suitable for Any Kind of a Stair, Straight, Circular or EllipticalIt must be remembered that the reader of this book is supposed to have a considerable knowledge regard ing the various methods of building the stair proper in all its diff...

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MANAGEMENT CLEANING-DRIVING-MAINTENANCE BY the late JAS. T. HODGSON, M.1, Mech.E. RORMERLY CHIEP.ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT OF WORKS, MUNICIPAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANCHESTER PRESIDENT, RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVEMENS CRAFT GUILD, MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT AND I CHAS. S. LAKE, M.I.Mech.E., M.1.Loco.E. ASSOCIATE EDITOR, THE RALWAY GAZETTE PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION THIS book was first published in 1908, and in 1928 reached its sixth edition.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Excerpt from PycnogonidaSegmentation is not regarded as perfect or complete unless the four segments of the trunk and the abdomen are distinctly articulated.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the o...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Originally published in 1903, with extensive commentary, instructions, and diagrams for stairs and handrails, including straight, circular, elliptical staricases. Fred T. Hodgson was an architect, editor of the National Builder, and author of many other books on construction techniques.

Originally published in 1915, this book goes into great technical detail on the qualities of different types of wood, tools, filling, staining, varnishing, polishing, gilding, enameling, and finishing all kinds of woodwork. Fred T. Hodgson was an architect, editor of the National Builder, and author of many other books on construction techniques.

Originally published in 1910, .described at the time as: "with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture together with many practical directions for making cabinet work generally, and a number of pieces of furniture in particular, along with hundreds of recipes for finishing, staining, varnishing, polishing and gilding all kinds of cabinet work." Fred T....

Originally published in 1916, this book covers all the methods of mixing, proportioning, and application of plaster, mortar, stucco, lime, mastic and cement "in as simple and plain a manner as possible." The book includes much interesting history, and working drawings, ceiling designs and examples of ornamental stucco work.Fred T. Hodgson was an architect, editor of the National Builder, and author of other books on construction techniques.

Techniques, tools, and designs used in wood carving are described and illustrated in this edition originally published in 1905 - a practical manual and guide to all kinds of wood carving, including chip carving, flat carving, incised work and figure carving, together with an essay on the principles of design for carved work of all kinds. Fred T. Hodgson was an architect, editor of the National Builder, and author of many other books on constru...