Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon.
- 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 May 19, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- PREFACE.
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MECHANICK EXERCISES:
OR,
The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
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Of SMITHING in General.
- Definition.
- Of setting up a Smith's Forge.
- Of the Anvil.
- Of the Tongs.
- Of the Hammer, and the Sledge.
- Of the Vice.
- Of the Hand-Vice.
- Of the Plyers.
- Of the Drill, and Drill-Bow.
- Of the Screw-Plate, and its Taps.
- Of Forging in general.
- Of the several Heats Smiths take of their Iron.
- Of Brazing and Soldering.
- Of several Sorts of Iron, and their proper Uses.
- Of Filing in general.
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Of SMITHING in General.
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- title page
- MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
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MECHANICK EXERCISES:
OR,
The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
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subsection
- Viz. The making of Jacks, and Bullet-Molds, the twisting of Iron, and Case-hardning it, with the use of some Tools not treated of before: Also of the several Sorts of Steel, the manner of Softning, Hardning and Tempering them.
- Of the Square, and its Use.
- Of Twisting of the Iron.
- Of Case-Hardning.
- The Rule to know good Steel by.
- Of Nealing of Steel.
- Of Hardning and Tempering Steel.
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subsection
- frontispiece
- title page
- frontispiece
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MECHANICK EXERCISES:
OR,
The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
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The ART of JOYNERY.
- Definition.
- § 1. The Names of Joyners Tools described, In Plate IIII.
- § 2. BBBBBBB Planes of several Sorts: as,
- § 3. Of setting the Iron.
- § 4. Of the Joynter. B 2.
- § 5. The Use of the Strike-block.
- § 6. The Use of the Smoothing-Plane.
- § 7. The Use of the Rabbet-Plane.
- § 8. The Use of the Plow.
- § 9. Of Molding-Planes.
- § 10. Of Grinding and Whetting the Iron, and other Edge-Tools.
- § 10. Of Chissels of several Sorts. And first of Formers.
- § 11. Of the Paring-Chissel.
- § 12. Of the Skew-Former.
- § 13. Of the Mortess-Chissel.
- § 14. Of the Gouge.
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The ART of JOYNERY.
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section
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Continued in the ART of JOYNERY.
- § 15. Of the Square, and its Use.
- § 16. The manner of Plaining and Trying a piece of Stuff square.
- § 17. To Frame two Quarters Square into one another.
- § 18. Of the Miter Square. And its Use.
- § 19. Of the Bevil.
- § 20. Of the Miter-Box.
- § 21. Of the Gage.
- § 22. Of the Piercer.
- § 23. Of the Gimblet.
- § 24. Of the Augre.
- § 25. Of the Hatchet.
- § 26. The Use of the Saw in general.
- § 27. The Use of the Pit-Taw, marked M. in Plate 4.
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Continued in the ART of JOYNERY.
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MECHANICK EXERCISES:
OR,
The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
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Continued in the ART of JOYNERY.
- § 28. The Use of the Whip-Saw, marked N in Plate 4.
- § 29. The use of the Hand-Saw marked D, the Frame or Bow Saw, the Tennant-Saw, marked O in Plate 4.
- § 30. The Use of the Compass-Saw, marked Q Plate 4.
- § 31. Of the Rule marked D in Plate 5.
- § 32. Of the Compasses marked E in Plate 5.
- § 33. Of the Glew-pot marked F in Plate 5.
- § 34. Of Chusing and Boiling Glew.
- § 35. Of Using the Glew.
- § 36. Of the Waving Engine.
- § 37. Of Wainscoting Rooms.
- An Explanation of Terms used among Joyners.
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Continued in the ART of JOYNERY.
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section
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MECHANICK EXERCISES:
OR,
The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
- § 1. Of several Tools used in Carpentry, that are not used in Joynery. And first of the Ax
- § 2. Of the Adz, and its use.
- § 3. Of Carpenters Chissels in general.
- § 4. Of the Ripping Chissel, and its use.
- § 5. Of the Draw-knife, and its use.
- § 6. Of Hook-Pins, and their use.
- § 7. Of the Level, and its use.
- § 8. Of the Plumb-line, and its use.
- § 9. Of the Hammer, and its use.
- § 10. Of the Commander, and its use.
- § 11. Of the Crow, and its use.
- § 12. Of the Drug, and its use.
- § 13. Of the Ten-foot Rod, and thereby to measure and describe the Ground-plot.
- § 14. Of Foundations.
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MECHANICK EXERCISES:
OR,
The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
- MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
- MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
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- MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
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MECHANICK EXERCISES:
OR,
The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
- § III. Of Flat Chissels.
- § IV. Of Hooks.
- § V. Of Grooving Hooks, and Grooving Tools.
- § VI. Of Mandrels. And ¶ 1. Of Flat Mandrels.
- § VII. Of Collers.
- MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
- § IX. Of the Hatchet, Draw-knife, and Cleaving Knife.
- § X. Of the Chopping-Block.
- § XI. Of the Callippers.
- § XII. Of the Drill-Bench.
- § XIII, Of Turning a Cilinder in Soft Wood,
- § 14. Of Turning Flat Boards.
- MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
- § XVI. Of Turning long and slender Work of Ivory.
- § XVII. Of the Brasiers Lathe and Turning Tools; and their manner of using them.
- § XVIII. Of Turning Small Work of Brass, or other Mettle
- § XIX. Of laying Moldings either upon Mettal, or Wood, without fitting the Work in a Lathe.
- § XX. To Turn several Globes or Balls of Ivory within one another, with a Solid Ball in the middle.
- § XXI. To Turn a Globe with several loose Spheres in it, and a Solid Cube, or Dy, in the middle of it.
- § XXII. To Turn a Cube, or Dy, in an Hollow Globe, that shall have but one Hole on the outside to work at.
- MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
- § XXIV. Of Rose-Work, &c.
- § XXV. Of Turning Swash-Work.
- An Explanation of Terms used in these Exercises of Turning, Alphabetically digisted.
- advert for navigational gear
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- MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
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MECHANICK EXERCISES:
OR,
The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
- And now Concerning the Foundations.
- To describe the Scima Recta, or Ogee, both ways.
- To describe the same Ogee by a Semicircle. Fig. 4.
- Here follows the Names of the several parts of the Archytrave.
- To describe an Oval to any Length and Breadth given.
- Another way to describe the same.
- You may likewise find it Geometrically thus.
- I shall concude this Exercise with the Art of making two sorts of Cements, for the Cementing Bricks.
- errata