Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon.

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Title
Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon.
Author
Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691.
Publication
London :: Printed and sold by J. Moxon,
1693-1701.
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Industrial arts -- Early works to 1800.
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"Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51548.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.

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§ 35. Of Using the Glew.

Your Glew must be very warm, for then it is thinnest, and as it chills, it thickens: with a small Brush you must smear the Glew well upon the Joint of each piece you are to Glew together; And before you set them as they are to stand, you must jostle them

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one upon the other, that the Glew may very well touch and take hold of the Wood; and that the Glew on each Joints may well incorporate. Then fit the two Joints as they must stand; And when you set them by to dry, let the one stand upright upon the other; For if they stand a-slope, the weight of the Stuff when it leans upon two extream edges, may make one end of the Joint Open.

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