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July 2 , 1888 The Publishers' Circular 779
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Handybooks for Handicrafts . , Wtr The Volumes of this Series are written to supply hoth Handicraftsmen and Amateurs with information on Workshop practice ; and they are intended to convey , in plain language , technical knowledge of the several crafts treated on , rather than to discuss the abstruse problems of scientists . Workshop terms are used and workshop practice is described , the text being freely illustrated with drawings of modern tools , appliances , and processes of most approved descriptions . % * The following Volumes are now ready : THE MECHANICS WORKSHOP HANDYBOOK : a Practical Manual on Mechanical Manipulation , embracing information on various handicraft processes , with useful Notes and Miscellaneous Memoranda . By P . N . Hasluck , A . I . M . E ., Author of . ' Lathe . Work ' & c . - Crown 8 vo . 2 s . cloth . \_ yustpublished . THE METAL TURNERS HANDYBOOK . With upwards of One Hundred Illustrations . By P . N . Ha-SLUCK . Crown 8 vo . 2 s . cloth . 'Altogether admirably adapted to initiate students into the art of turning . ' — Leicester Post . ' The work lets handicraftsmen know what & re the resources of the turning-lathe and how these may be developed . ' Dundee Advertiser . THE WOOD TURNERS HANDYBOOK . With upwards of One Hundred Illustrations . By P . N . Hasluck . Crown 8 vo . 2 s . cloth . * An excellent manual for workers at the lathe . '—Glasgow if erald . ' We recommend the book to young turners and amateurs . A multitude of workmen have hitherto sought in vain for a manual of this special industry . '—Mechanical World . THE WATCH JOBBERS HANDYBOOK . With upwards of One Hundred Illustrations . By P . N . Hasluck . Crown 8 vo . 2 s . cloth . * We recommend it to craftsmen in watchmaking as a useful and well-written grammar of their art . '—Scotsman . 'All young persons connected with the trade should acquire and study this excellent , and at the same time inexpensive work . '—Clerkenwell Chronicle . THE PATTERN MAKERS HANDYBOOK . With One Hundred Illustrations . By P . N . Hasluck . Crown 8 vo . 2 f . cloth ., ' Furnishes the studious workman with a very large amount of practical information , carefully thought out and fully explained . '—Lloyd ' s News . ' Will be useful to beginners , but the general information which it contains makes it a welcome book of reference also to practical hands of wider experience . '—Iron . OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON 'HANDYBOOKS FOR HANDICRAFTS : 'These little books are clear and simple . The plates are very good ; and those who wish to become acquainted with turning , without taking the best methodj that of passing through the workshop , will find the volumes well worth purchase . ATHEN . IiUM . ' Mr . Hasluck has shown once more that the reputation he already has , as an authority on mechanical appliances , is one whole gained of the after information much ex g perience iven is written in practical in a clear working and , readable and this reputation style , and at he th full , e same y maintains time embodies in his all writings the technicalities . . . . __ . . . The which sometimes form dry and weary reading for students and amateurs . '—Machinery Market . * The first of a series of handybooks for handicrafts which promise to be welcome additions to the libraries of metalworkers and mechanics . Clearly and concisely written , giving in brief compass just such information as is wanted , and at a price which is well within the means of the poorest artisan . '—Mechanical Wokld . Crown 8 vo . 5 J . cloth . THE FOREIGN COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT : being Aids to Commercial Correspondence in Five I ^ anguag-es—English , French , German , Italian , and Spanish . By Conrad E . Baker . { Just ready . % &~ In the eighteen chapters of this book will be found Forms of Commercial Correspondence such as are required for daily use in a Merchant ' s Office , rendered in Five Languages English , Gkkman , French , Italian , and Spanish . The Manual is designed with the special object of enabling an Knglish student who has been well grounded in Latin speedily to correspond in four Foreign Languages . Every sentence is designed to illustrate either some special commercial phrase in actual current use , or some important idiom or grammatical peculiarity in each language ; so that if a student be sufficiently equipped at starting , he will find no difficulty in adapting the materials supplied to the varied requirements of commercial routine . Notes are also given for the assistance of the student who aims at something more than proficiency in simple commercial correspondence . Crown 8 vo . 3 s . 6 d . cloth . POLE PLANTATIONS AND UNDERWOODS : a Handbook for Estimating the Cost of Construction and Maintenance , and their Valuation for Rental , Sale , or Assessment . With Comprehensive Tables . By Tom Bright , Agricultural Surveyor . \ Just ready . Crown 8 vo . 75 . 6 d . cloth . WATER ENGINEERING : a Practical Treatise on the Measurement , Storage , Conveyance , and Utilisation of Water for the Supply of Towns for Mill Power , and for other purposes . By Charles Slagc ; , Water and Drainage Engineer , A .-M . Inst . C . E ., Author of ' Sanitary Work in the Smaller Towns and in Villages . ' \ J ready . ' Crown 8 vo . ^ s . cloth . ELECTRO-PLATING : a Practical Handbook on the Deposition of Copper , Silver , Nickel , Gold , Aluminium , Brass , Platinum , & c . & c . With Descriptions of the Chemicals , Materials , Batteries , and Dynamo Machines used in the Art . By J . W . Urquhart , ' C . E . Second Edition , Revised , with Additions . [ Justpublished . ! ! CROSBY LOCKWOOD & SON , 7 Stationers' Hall Court , Ludgate Hill , E . C .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 2, 1888, page 779, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02071888/page/33/
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