TURNING

AND

MECHANICAL MANIPULATION.

BY

CHARLES HOLTZAPFFEL,

ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, LONDON; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF ARTS, EDINBURGH; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK; ALSO OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA,

ETC. ETC.

Third Thousand.

VOL. I.

MATERIALS; THEIR DIFFERENCES, CHOICE, AND PREPARATION; VARIOUS MODES OF WORKING THEM, GENERALLY WITHOUT CUTTING TOOLS.

VOL. II.

THE PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION, ACTION, AND APPLICATION, OF CUTTING
TOOLS USED BY HAND; AND ALSO OF MACHINES DERIVED
FROM THE HAND TOOLS.

VOL. III.

ABRASIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCESSES, WHICH CANNOT BE
ACCOMPLISHED WITH CUTTING TOOLS.

VOL. IV.

THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HAND OR SIMPLE TURNING.

VOL. V.

THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF ORNAMENTAL OR COMPLEX TURNING.

VOL. VI.

THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF AMATEUR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

Every Volume is complete in itself.

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V.I

TURNING

AND

MECHANICAL MANIPULATION.

INTENDED AS

A WORK OF GENERAL REFERENCE AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION,

ON THE LATHE,

AND THE VARIOUS MECHANICAL PURSUITS

FOLLOWED BY AMATEURS.

BY

CHARLES HOLTZAPFFEL,

ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, LONDON;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF ARTS, EDINBURGH;
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK;
ALSO OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA,

ETC. ETC.

MATERIALS; THEIR DIFFERENCES, CHOICE, AND PREPARATION;
VARIOUS MODES OF WORKING THEM GENERALLY
WITHOUT CUTTING TOOLS.

Illustrated by upwards of Three Hundred Woodcuts.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR,

BY HOLTZAPFFEL & Co., 64, CHARING CROSS, AND 127, LONG ACRE.

And to be had of all Booksellers.

1852.

THIRD THOUSAND.