A Manual of the Hand Lathe: Comprising Concise Directions for Working Metals of All Kinds, Ivory, Bone and Precious Woods; Dyeing, Coloring, and ... to Produce Elaborate Work With Dispatch, - Hardcover

Watson, Egbert P.

9780666436498: A Manual of the Hand Lathe: Comprising Concise Directions for Working Metals of All Kinds, Ivory, Bone and Precious Woods; Dyeing, Coloring, and ... to Produce Elaborate Work With Dispatch,

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ISBN 10: 0666436495 ISBN 13: 9780666436498

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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I DID not write this little book With the intention of apologizing to the prospective reader, so soon as I had done so, but With the honest, I hope not egotistical, feeling that I had something to say that was not generally known. We live to learn'and to impart what we know to others, and I have taken this method of giving my experience in a pastime that is elevating, artistic in every sense of the word, and a wholesome relief from the cares of business.

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