Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Treatise on Files and Rasps Descriptive and Illustrated: For the Use of Master Mechanics, Dealers, &C
In considering whether this matter should be illustrated by full sized lithographs as found in some, of both the English and American file makers' lists, we were met by the necessarily inconvenient size of the book, if to be used as a work of ready reference. We there fore decided to limit the work to its present quarto size, and make the illustrations conform to the space we have allotted them, which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
