Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Foundry Work (70 Illustrations) 5
Smiths' Work (274 Illustrations) 40
Surfacing Metals (129 Illustrations) 98
Polishing Metals: The Machines and Processes (54 Illustrations) 131
Annealing, Hardening, and Tempering (12 Illustrations) 149
Drilling and Boring (60 Illustrations) 167
Taps, Screw-Plates, and Dies (54 Illustrations) 189
Soldering, Brazing, and Riveting (89 Illustrations) 213
Forging Iron and Steel (61 Illustrations) 259
Working Sheet Metal (177 Illustrations) 277
Repoussé Work (113 Illustrations) 329
Oriental Decorative Brasswork (23 Illustrations) 363
Finishing, Lacquering, and Colouring Brass (1 Illustration) 375
Lathes and Lathework (237 Illustrations) 385
Spinning Metals on the Lathe (71 Illustrations) 478
Tools for Measuring and Testing Metalwork (86 Illustrations) 499
Building A 4½-In. Centre Lathe (39 Illustrations) 525
Gold and Silver Working (244 Illustrations) 538
Making a Skeleton Clock (50 Illustrations) 570
Building a Small Horizontal Steam Engine (58 Illustrations) 586
Making a ¼H.P. Vertical Steam Engine (81 Illustrations) 623
Boiler Making (34 Illustrations) 645
Building a Petrol Motor (36 Illustrations) 659
Making Water Motors (29 Illustrations) 678
Building a Dynamo and Electric Motor (10 Illustrations) 687
Electro-Plating (6 Illustrations) 697
Wire Working (54 Illustrations) 712
Electric Bell Making (21 Illustrations) 724
Making a Microscope and a Telescope (33 Illustrations) 732
Index 741