Teacher's Handbook of Manual Training: Metal Work

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Whittaker, 1903 - Manual training - 147 pages
 

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Page 69 - Brazing is the joining together of two or more pieces of metal by means of a brass spelter or one of silver.
Page 25 - Explain that chisels vary in size and shape according to the purpose for which they are to be used.
Page 12 - ... pressed against it perpendicularly. A single rotary turn is then made, without altering the pressure, exposing a circle of derma but causing no bleeding. Three abrasions should be made, 1 inch apart. The virus is dropped on two of the abraded spots and rubbed in with a sterilized toothpick...
Page 85 - Explain to the class that to start the furnace, fire is put in at the bottom. It is then gradually filled with coke, and care is taken that it does not heat too rapidly, very little air being allowed to enter.
Page 50 - Pake is a rod of iron or steel, one end of which is formed into a handle, and the other end is flattened out and bent at right angles.
Page 89 - The iron or charge is put into the furnace through a cast iron door lined with firebrick ; this door can be raised or lowered by means of a chain and lever.
Page 47 - Rivets are made of brass, copper, iron and steel, according to the uses to which they are to be put. If a...
Page 8 - Hold the handle firmly in the centre of the palm of the right hand, with the thumb and index finger pointing along the handle, and the remaining fingers grasping it on the under side.

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