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Published by L. Booth, London and sold by Holtzapffel and Co. The Art of Double Counting on the Lathe; whereby a Variety of Patterns, in the form of Ellipses, Triangles, Squares, Hexagons,......besides others of a more complex character, m ay be produced by means of THE COMMON ECCENTRIC CHUCK, used in combination with the Division-Plate and the Eccentric and Elliptical Cutters. With Sixty Illustr ations. 1st edition. Some signatures are loose.
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"A valuable work breaking entirely new ground; as one eminent turner remarked, Robinson has something the others hadn't got." (See entry in A Bibliography of the Art of Turning by Abell, Leggat and Ogden). 1906 E.F. Spon, London.
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16 copies of the bulletin dating from Number 51, Sept 1974 through Number 66, March 1982. Contains a wealth of information on ornamental turning, projects, the Holtzapffel lathe and more. Paperbound, stapled bulleting, A4 size. Illustrated in B&W with photos and line art. The bulletins vary in page count but usually average 35 pages.
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"Directions for taking dimensions, abstracting the same, and bringing the quantities into bill: with tables of constants.....bricklayer and slater, carpenter and joiner, sawyer, stone mason, plasterer, paper-hanger, plumber, smith and ironmonger, painter and glazier". Signatures uncut. Very interesting work for contractors to use in estimating jobs.
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Two volumes, 1936 and 1937. Packed with photos and articles on carving, lumbering, furniture, marquetry, wood, woodwork, all types of information of interest to woodworkers. Example articles, "The Woodwork of the Queen Mary", "Packing Cases", "Education in Woodwork", "A Glossary of Wood", "Barred Doors and How They Evolved (Cabinet Doors) by Charles Hayward, "Tennis Rackets", "Railway Cars", "Timber Ports in Great Britain", "Timbered Town Halls in Germany", "The Coastal Forests of Kenya", "Notable Examples of Woodwork", "Mfg. of Cricket Bats".