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The Mechanic's Friend: A Collection Of Receipts And Practical Suggestions (1875)

US $35.00

Mebane, North Carolina, United States
Jan 30th

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The Mechanic's Friend: A Collection of Receipts and Practical Suggestions, by William E. A. Axon, published by D. Vam Nostrand, new York, NY 1875. 5 x 7 hardcover, 337 pages. This ORIGINAL book from 1875 is in good condition. The front cover is heavily soiled and there is a one inch tear in the cloth at the spine near the top. The spine is cracked at the front and rear flyleaves, but the text block binding is intact and all pages are present. The pages are clean and free of marks, though the paper is yellowed. Remarkably, there is no foxing in evidence. The full title on the title page reads: "The Mechanic's Friend: A Collection of Receipts and Practical Suggestions Relating to Aquaria, Bronzing Cements, Drawing, Dyes, Electricity, Gilding, Glass-Working, Glues, Horology, Lacquers, Locomotives, Magnetism, Metal-Working, Modelling, Photography, Pyrotechny, Solders, Steam-Engine, Taxidermy, Telegraphy, Varnishes, Waterproofing, and Miscellaneous Tools, Instruments, Machines, and Processes Connected With the Chemical and Mechanical Arts" From the Preface: The present differs in some important particulars from the many " receipt-books " which have preceded it. It is the result, not so much of individual judgment as of the action of a number of “friends in council," whose varied practical experiences have inspired the instructions and hints it contains. The articles of which the volume consists have already appeared in the English Mechanic, a well-known periodical, in whose pages lovers of science, practical mechanics, chemists, photographers, &c. &c., have for years past been in the habit of affording mutual help to each other. Hence almost every item of information in the present volume is a statement of a difficulty experienced by one person, and responded to by another, who has already met and overcome it. This fact will stamp the book with a practical value in the eyes of those who know how much more important such individual experience is than any mere theory or tradition. The workman who looks here for help will know that he is listening to those who have been in his own circumstances, and who by perseverance, it may be, in spite of repeated failures, have at last found out the method they now offer to him.

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Seller Notes	“This ORIGINAL book from 1875 is in good condition. The front cover is heavily soiled and there is a one inch tear in the cloth at the spine near the top. The spine is cracked at the front and rear flyleaves, but the text block binding is intact and all pages are present. The pages are clean and free of marks, though the paper is yellowed. Remarkably, there is no foxing in evidence.”