Turning and Mechanical Manipulation
Vol. III:
Abrasive and Other Processes
Not Accomplished With Cutting Tools
By Charles and John Jacob Holtzapffel
This reprint
of Volume III is the first to include the supplemental 300 pages
of revisions and 250 additional woodcuts provided by John Jacob
Holtzapffel in 1894, thus making available the complete text of
this very rare book. Volume III covers in complete detail processes
used to reduce and shape other than with cutting tools: the shaping
and polishing of stone and marble; the grinding and sharpening of
cutting tools to precise forms and angles; the producing of cylindrical,
spherical, conical and plane surfaces by abrasion and surface grinding;
glass cutting and etching, lens grinding and polishing; the use
of diamonds in drilling and grinding; grinding of internal cylinders;
lapidary work; gem and glass engraving; watchmaker’s turning tools;
varnishing, lacquering, and bronzing; and much more.
816 pages.
430 illustrations. 6 x 9-1/4. Soft cover. $32.50. (1994) ISBN 1879335476
