The Young Mechanic
by James Lukin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Lukin, James, 1828-1917
- Title
- The Young Mechanic Containing directions for the use of all kinds of tools, and for the construction of steam engines and mechanical models, including the art of turning in wood and metal
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow 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
- Handicraft
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 60765
- Release Date
- November 22, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE YOUNG MECHANIC
- 2.INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
- 3.Preface.
- 4.Contents.
- 5.Chapter I.
- 6.Chapter II.
- 7.Chapter III.
- 8.Chapter IV.
- 9.Chapter V.
- 10.Chapter VI.
- 11.Chapter VII.
- 12.Chapter VIII. — HARD WOODS. — ORDER AND ARRANGEMENT OF TOOLS.
- 13.Chapter IX. — POSITION OF CUTTING TOOLS.
- 14.Chapter X. — HOLLOWING OUT WORK. — SCREWS AND TWISTS.
- 15.Chapter XI. — HARD-WOOD TURNING. — TURNING BRASS AND OTHER METALS. — THE SLIDE-REST.
- 16.Chapter XII.
- 17.Chapter XIII. — WATT’S ENGINE.
- 18.Chapter XIV. — HOW TO MAKE AN ENGINE. — THE SAFETY-VALVE. — ENGINES WITHOUT SLIDE-VALVES EASY TO MAKE. — THE DOUBLE-ACTION OSCILLATING ENGINE.
- 19.Chapter XV. — HARDENING AND TEMPERING TOOLS. — HOW TO TEMPER TOOLS.
- 20.FOOTNOTES
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