A Practical Workshop Companion for Tin, Sheet Iron, and Copper Plate Workers: Containing Rules for Describing Various Kinds of Patterns used by Tin, Sheet Iron, and Copper Plate Workers, Practical Geometry, Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids, Tables of the Weights of Metals, Lead Pipe, Tables of Areas and Circumferences

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Read Books Ltd, 2017 M08 25 - 190 pages
This vintage book contains a complete guide to the different types of patterns used by tin, sheet iron, and copper plate workers, as well as recipes for varnishes, lacquers, cements, Japans, and more. With detailed diagrams and a wealth of practical information, this volume will appeal to those with a keen interest in metalworking and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "An Envelope for a Cone", "A Frustrum of a Cone", "A Can top or Deck Flange", "A Pattern for, or an Envelope for, a Frustrum or a Cone", "A Tapering Oval Article to be in four Sections", "A Tapering Oval Article to be in two Sections", "A Tapering Oval Article", "A Tapering Oval or Oblong Article, the sides to be Straight, with Quarter Circle corners, to be in two Section", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metalworking. First published in 1865.
 

Contents

A Tapering Oval Article to be in two Sections
10
A Tapering Oval or Oblong Article the sides to be Straight with Quarter
18
Covering of Circular Roofs
26
A Tapering Article the Base to be a Rectangle and the Top Square
33
A Tapering Article the Top and Base to be a Rectangle in two Sections
35
A Miter Joint at any Angle for a Semicircle Gutter
41
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