Workshop appliances including descriptions of the gauging and measuring instruments, the hand cuttingtools, lathes, drilling, planning, and other machinetools ... used by engineers. by C. P. B. Shelley ...
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781425532833
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: MORE than two hundred and fifty years ago the greatest English writer on philosophical subjects, wishing 'to quicken the industry and rouse and kindle the zeal of others,' expressed himself as follows:-'The introduction of famous discoveries appears to hold by far the first place among human actions; and this was the judgment of former ages.