A Manual of Mending and Repairing

About this eBook

Author

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903

Title

A Manual of Mending and Repairing; With Diagrams

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Subject

Repairing

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61786

Release Date

April 8, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A MANUAL OF Mending and Repairing WITH DIAGRAMS BY Charles Godfrey Leland —— NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1896
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.MATERIALS USED IN MENDING
4. 4.MENDING BROKEN CHINA, PORCELAIN, CROCKERY, MAJOLICA, TERRA-COTTA, BRICK AND TILE WORK.
5. 5.MENDING GLASS WITH SEVERAL ALLIED PROCESSES APPROVED CEMENTS—SILICATE OF SODA
6. 6.WOOD-SHAVINGS IN MENDING AND MAKING MANY OBJECTS — ORNAMENTAL WORK OF SHAVINGS—MARQUETRY — REPAIRING PANEL PICTURES WITH SHAVINGS
7. 7.REPAIRING WOODWORK
8. 8.ON REPAIRING AND RESTORING BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND PAPERS WITH DIRECTIONS FOR EASY BINDING AND PAPER-MENDING—BOOK-WORMS — THE RAVAGES OF BOOK-WORMS
9. 9.PAPIER-MÂCHÉ REPAIRING TOYS—MAKING GROUNDS FOR PICTURES AND WALLS—CARTON-CUIR AND CARTON-PIERRE
10. 10.MENDING STONE-WORK MOSAICS—CERESA-WORK—PORCELAIN OR CROCKERY MOSAIC
11. 11.REPAIRING IVORY
12. 12.REPAIRING AMBER HOW TO PERFECTLY RE-JOIN BROKEN AMBER, AND TO IMITATE IT—HOW TO MELT AMBER IN FRAGMENTS TO A SINGLE BODY
13. 13.INDIARUBBER AND GUTTA-PERCHA MENDING INDIARUBBER SHOES AND MAKING GARMENTS WATERPROOF, WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS
14. 14.MENDING METAL-WORK OR REPAIRING BY MEANS OF IT FIREPROOF CEMENTS, WITH IRON BINDERS
15. 15.REPAIRING LEATHER-WORK TRUNKS, SHOES, OR IN ANY OTHER FORMS—JOINING STRAPS—MAKING CHEAP SHOES
16. 16.TO MEND HATS, BLANKETS, AND SIMILAR FABRICS BY FELTING
17. 17.INVISIBLE MENDING OF GARMENTS, LACES, OR EMBROIDERIES
18. 18.MENDING MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND CORAL
19. 19.RESTORING AND REPAIRING PICTURES
20. 20.GENERAL RECIPES — I. — II.
21. 21.INDEX
22. 22.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note:

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