Carpentry for Boys by J. S. Zerbe

About this eBook

Author

Zerbe, James Slough, 1849-1921

Title

Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations

Credits

Produced by Ross Wilburn, Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

TH: Technology: Building construction

Subject

Carpentry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20763

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20763

Release Date

March 7, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The "How-to-do-it" Books
2. 2.CARPENTRY FOR BOYS — THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS
3. 3.CARPENTRY FOR BOYS — in simple language, including chapters on drawing, laying out work, designing and architecture — WITH 250 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS — By J. S. ZERBE, M.E. — THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.CARPENTRY — A PRACTICAL COURSE, WHICH TELLS IN CONCISE AND SIMPLE FORM "HOW TO DO IT"
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY — CARPENTRY FOR BOYS
6. 6.CHAPTER I — TOOLS AND THEIR USES
7. 7.CHAPTER II — HOW TO GRIND AND SHARPEN TOOLS
8. 8.CHAPTER III — HOW TO HOLD AND HANDLE TOOLS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — HOW TO DESIGN ARTICLES
10. 10.CHAPTER V — HOW WORK IS LAID OUT
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE USES OF THE COMPASS AND THE SQUARE
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — HOW THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL PARTS ARE DESIGNATED
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — DRAWING AND ITS UTILITY
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — MOLDINGS, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS IN EMBELLISHING WORK
15. 15.CHAPTER X — AN ANALYSIS OF TENONING, MORTISING, RABBETING AND BEADING
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — HOUSE BUILDING
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — BRIDGES, TRUSSED WORK AND LIKE STRUCTURES
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — THE BEST WOODS FOR THE BEGINNER
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — WOOD TURNING
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — ON THE USE OF STAINS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — THE CARPENTER AND THE ARCHITECT
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — USEFUL ARTICLES TO MAKE
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — SPECIAL TOOLS AND THEIR USES
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — ROOFING TRUSSES
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF JOINTS
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — SOME MISTAKES, AND A LITTLE ADVICE IN CARPENTRY
27. 27.GLOSSARY OF WORDS — USED IN TEXT OF THIS VOLUME — THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS — Carpentry for Boys — Electricity for Boys — Practical Mechanics for Boys — THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY — 147 Fourth Avenue New York — THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS — By ROGER T. FINLAY — Six titles—60 cents per volume — THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS The Castaways THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS Exploring the Island THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS The Mysteries of the Caverns THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS The Tribesmen THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS The Capture and Pursuit THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS The Conquest of the Savages — THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY — The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts — A SERIES OF BOOKS FOR BOYS — Boy Scout Nature Lore to be Found in The Hickory Ridge Boy Scout Series — THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY — 147 FOURTH AVENUE (near 14th St.) NEW YORK — THE
28. 28.Campfire and Trail Series — THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY — 147 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK — Christy Mathewson's Book — THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY — 147 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK — ECONOMICAL COOKING — Planned for Two or More Persons — MISS WINIFRED S. GIBBS — THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY — 147 FOURTH AVENUE (near 14th St.) NEW YORK — CUT-OUT and PAINT BOOKS — THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY — 147 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK

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