1908 Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Six volumes of an eight volume set. Lacking volumes VII and VIII. Special edition. Each volume is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed cyclopaedia of mechanics containing receipts, processes, and memoranda for workshop use based on personal experience and expert knowledge. Being a convenient reference for everyday use with complicated processes made plain to those less experienced. Exploring subjects such as: bookbinding, gun manufacture, marble sculpting, photography, bricklaying, wallpaper, bronzes and their uses, damp-proofing, leatherwork, lead furnaces, papier-mache, and much more. Edited by Paul Nooncree Hasluck, an Anglo-Australian writer and editor. Dated from the British Library.