A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON COACH-BUILDING
by James W. Burgess
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About this eBook
- Author
- Burgess, James W.
- Title
- A practical treatise on coach-building historical and descriptive : Containing full information of the various trades and processes involved, with hints on the proper keeping of carriages, &c.
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1881.
- Credits
- deaurider, A. Marshall 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
- TS: Technology: Manufactures
- Subject
- Carriage and wagon making
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72016
- Release Date
- November 3, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Untitled
- 3.A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON COACH-BUILDING HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
- 4.Untitled
- 5.PREFACE.
- 6.CONTENTS.
- 7.CHAPTER I. GENERAL HISTORY.
- 8.CHAPTER II. PREPARATION OF THE DESIGN AND SETTING OUT THE FULL-SIZED DRAUGHT.
- 9.CHAPTER III. VARIOUS MATERIALS USED IN COACH-BUILDING.
- 10.CHAPTER IV. POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE COMMENCING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CARRIAGE.—COMPONENT PARTS OF THE BODY.—SMITH’S WORK.—GLUE. — Waterproof Glue.
- 11.CHAPTER V. PARTS COMPOSING THE UNDER-CARRIAGE.—FRAMING THEM TOGETHER.—WROUGHT-IRON PERCHES.—BRAKES.
- 12.CHAPTER VI. WHEELS.
- 13.CHAPTER VII. AXLES. — Welding Steel Axles. — Setting Axles.
- 14.CHAPTER VIII. SPRINGS. — Setting and Tempering old Springs. — Varieties of Springs.
- 15.FOOTNOTES:
- 16.CHAPTER IX. WHEEL-PLATES AND FORE-CARRIAGES.
- 17.CHAPTER X. IRON AND METAL-WORK GENERALLY.—LAMPS.—PRINCIPLES OF COMBUSTION.
- 18.CHAPTER XI. PAINTING. — PRINCIPLES OF COLOURING IN PAINTING. — Complementary Colours. — Chiaro-oscuro and Flat Tints. — Paint Shop. — Colours. — Painting the Coach. — Irregularities in Varnish.
- 19.CHAPTER XII. ORNAMENTAL PAINTING. — MONOGRAMS. — Initial Letters. — Crests and Heraldic Bearings.
- 20.CHAPTER XIII. LINING AND TRIMMING. — Landau Back, Quarter, and Fall.
- 21.CHAPTER XIV. GENERAL REMARKS ON THE COACH-BUILDING TRADE.
- 22.CHAPTER XV. INVENTION.
- 23.CHAPTER XVI. REMARKS ON KEEPING CARRIAGES. — Directions for keeping Carriages clean, &c.
- 24.INDEX.
- 25.Untitled
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