The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-07
BY EDWARD II. KNIGHT, A. NJ.
CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER.

This book is in tended to b. in practical mechan
ism not only what lexicon is i'll language.-a
compendium OF nam, $. dvhHitions. descriptions,
and uses.-but in addition history OF the devel-
opment of the industrial aris. machines and tools.
II is designed to enable any person knowing the
name Of an instrument or ma hine TO hnd lnfor-
nation promptly; AM, ia scope and method, the
first attempt OF the Lind III this or any other
language.
Its scope concerns Agricultural Machinery,
Wood. Metal, Glass. Stone. Clay, Cement. and
Leather working; Mining. Hydraulic, Railway.
Marine and Military Engineering; Working in
Cotton, Wool, Silk, Flax, Hemp, and Paper;
Steam, Air, and Gas Engines, and other Motors !;
Lighting, Heating Drying and Ventilating; Fine
Arts Photographic Electric, Telegraphic, Optical
Horologicul Calculating, Surgical, and Dental In
struments. etc.
Its method is two-fold:
l, Each subject is considered in its alphabetical
order.
2. Each Art, Trade, or Special Manufacture has
its own index, under which are assembled the
various terms and names of tools, machines, and
processes of the trade. By consulting this index,
a subject may be found by searching among its
congeners when name is imperfectly known or
has temporarily slipped the memory. About Is
900 words have been thus gathered into over $50
specific Inderes which themselves occur in their
alphabetical places.
The work treats of 20, 900 subjects, and is iiust
rated with 5000 carefully prepared engravings. 1t
would indeed be correct to say that the ilus'ra-
tons will be fully 1900 in number, inasInuch as
a variety OF distinct forms Of u machine or tool
tBometlnek hs many AZ IOTty) are frequently US
sociated in single cut, and might, had the object
been to spread them out and make u show, have
been enumerated as separate figures.
THE value Of this work II tn, t. W. r. n print
others Of similar nature, would he very great on
account Of its scope, its great number Of ilustra
tons and the trustworthiness Of its author; but
at present its value is enhanced by the fact that 1t
has, properly speaking no competitor. There is
published no book Of similar intent which is ut
oace so large, SO well illustrated, 80 closely
brought down to the present time and SO full Of
Illustrations. II will be Ms much in place in pub
lie and private libraries as will the lexicon and
cyclopeda. Dentists. surgeons. philosophers. che
mists, engineers, mechanics, and scientific men
and students OF every grade will find here describ
ed and illustrated more of the instruments and
machine peculiar 10 the professions than can be
found in weil-furnishel stores and manllfac
tories; and they will also find constant supple
m"ntary course of instruction SO arranged rs to be
available for instant reference.
"fhe magnitude of this undertaking my be
Judged from the fact that it embraces some TWEEN
ty thousand subjects. and is illustrated by up
wards of five thousand engravii IS. mostly incor-
rated with the text, but many fu lpage like shat
facing page 229 which shows sixty eight varieti,
OF sewing machine st tches. One or two featur,
o. this work new and of great practical utility.
8 ich is the general alphabetical technical index
of material appliances, etc, appertaining. say. to
d process like photography, or a manufacture like
paper. or implements like axes, hammer. forks,
etc. etc. There are no less than one hundred and
fft' such indexes scattered through the three
NoiuHiC5 AUDtHeT COUNcFltuSc lbE a III leGlFS
memory is lists of graphs meters and types,
which show at glance all the instruments whose
names thus terminate. Each name may tn n be
rererred to in its proper place in the 'Diction-
ary.'"-N Y Nation, Dec. 0, 1875
am leased to see your >pt cial indexes. They
are a new feature. and will be very useful."-F.
A. P. BARNARD, President Of Columbia College,
New York.
THE history Of the mechanical arts firm the
earliest period of civilization to the present time,
with fu and exact descriptions of the most i'm
p0rtant machines, inventions, and processes. is
presented in this comprehensive manual."-N. I.
Tribune. March, 10, 1873.
The work has bee n in active preparation for tbs:
past eight years. II makes three handsome octave
volumes. and will be found an invaluable book
Df reference in the family. the counting room, and
The workshop. No better educational work could
be placed be ore children. adapted as it is to ava
ken latent tagtr which may have an important
bearing ON their life career. Sold only by snb-
scriptnn
Fr particulars Gs to price, ETC.. address The
publishers,
II. o. HOUGHTON & CO.,
Somerset Street, Boston.
HURD AND HOUGHTON,
81 10 Astor Place, New York.
The Rioersiae Press, Cambridge.