The Amateur Mechanic's Workshop: a Treatise Containing Plain and Concise Directions for the Manipulation of Wood and Metals: Including Casting, Forging Brazing, Soldering, and Carpentry |
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... " ( for it pretends to little more ) may suffice to render more easy those manifold and varied operations carried on with more or less success in the workshop of the amateur mechanic . MOBTIC PAGE 1 56 57 58 139 96 89 68.
... " ( for it pretends to little more ) may suffice to render more easy those manifold and varied operations carried on with more or less success in the workshop of the amateur mechanic . MOBTIC PAGE 1 56 57 58 139 96 89 68.
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... less than in the actual use of the tools , is needed the third qualification— " intelligence . " Beware of desultory methods of work - such as cutting a screw or two to - day , because you feel in a humour for it , toying with the file ...
... less than in the actual use of the tools , is needed the third qualification— " intelligence . " Beware of desultory methods of work - such as cutting a screw or two to - day , because you feel in a humour for it , toying with the file ...
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... less than fin . " The cotton wicks must be clean , and be trimmed a little below the level of the blowpipe c . If properly managed they do not readily burn away , but can be used for several fusions . The reser- voir should be filled ...
... less than fin . " The cotton wicks must be clean , and be trimmed a little below the level of the blowpipe c . If properly managed they do not readily burn away , but can be used for several fusions . The reser- voir should be filled ...
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... less effective and more expensive than turpenzine . Care must be taken not to spill the oil on the table or floor , and not to decant it carelessly in the neighbourhood of a light , because atmospheric air strongly charged with the ...
... less effective and more expensive than turpenzine . Care must be taken not to spill the oil on the table or floor , and not to decant it carelessly in the neighbourhood of a light , because atmospheric air strongly charged with the ...
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... twenty , five minutes , 1lb . in thirty minutes , 4lb . in forty - five minutes- and 5lb . in sixty minutes . When the furnace is hot , such fusions can be effected in much less time - for example 14 THE AMATEUR MECHANIC'S WORKSHOP .
... twenty , five minutes , 1lb . in thirty minutes , 4lb . in forty - five minutes- and 5lb . in sixty minutes . When the furnace is hot , such fusions can be effected in much less time - for example 14 THE AMATEUR MECHANIC'S WORKSHOP .
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