THE

MODERN PRACTICE

OF

AMERICAN MACHINISTS & ENGINEERS,

INCLUDING THE

CONSTRUCTION, APPLICATION, AND USE OF DRILLS,
LATHE TOOLS, CUTTERS FOR BORING CYLINDERS
AND HOLLOW WORK GENERALLY, WITH THE
MOST ECONOMICAL SPEED FOR THE SAME;
THE RESULTS VERIFIED BY ACTUAL

PRACTICE AT THE LATHE,

THE

VICE, AND ON THE FLOOR.

TOGETHER

WITH WORKSHOP MANAGEMENT, ECONOMY OF MANUFACTURE,
THE STEAM-ENGINE, BOILERS, GEARS, BELTING, ETC., ETC.

HENRY CAREY BAIRD,

INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHER, 406 WALNUT STREET.

LONDON:

TRÜBNER & CO., 60 PATERNOSTER ROW

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by

HENRY CAREY BAIRD,

In the Clerk's Office of the United States District Court, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.