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"A comprehensive course an all aspects of woodworking, for both the novice and the accomplished woodworking enthusiast. The book features extensive sections on hand and power tools and how to use them, making simple and advanced joints, carving and woodturning techniques, and how to finish your work for a professional appearance."--Back cover.
First published in 1950, the FREEMASONS' GUIDE AND COMPENDIUM is filled with authentic, detailed information on a wide variety of subjects related to masons and masonry. Written by an experienced Freemason with the interests of rank-and-file members of the ordinary lodge in mind'especially the young Craftsman who wishes to learn the nature of Freemasonry's claim to have a history that goes back to ancient days'it provides key facts about masonic history, tradition, and lore. In doing so, the book offers a far greater scope of information than any other comparable work. And Bernard E. Jones critically examines conflicting ideas about how some of the traditions came to be, coming to conclusion...
Created as a guide to simple hand tools and time-tested methods of carpentry, this ageless book details traditional ways of working with wood. 1,000+ illustrations and photos.
This present work meets the need for a simple, practical book on accumulator construction and management, and is addressed to all, whether professionals or amateurs, who use accumulators or who are interested in them. Contents Include: The Electric Current; Principle of the Accumulator; Construction of Accumulators; Instructions on Erecting and Starting an Accumulator Plant; Managing, Maintaining and Repairing an Accumulator Plant; Charging Accumulators from Direct Current Sources; Charging Accumulator from Alternating Current Sources; The Use of the Booster in Accumulator Plants; Various Types of Accumulators Described; Definitions of Chief Terms Relating to Accumulators; Home-made Pocket Accumulators. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
A biography of one of the most influential creators and talents of the twentieth century
A thirtieth-anniversary edition of the classic baking guide provides updated advice on baking, storing, and freezing a wide assortment of breads, and includes chapters on croissants, flatbreads, brioches, and crackers.
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This volume is the only collected edition of poems by Jean Toomer, the enigmatic American writer, Gurdjieffian guru, and Quaker convert who is perhaps best known for his 1923 lyrical narrative Cane. The fifty-five poems here -- most of them previously unpublished -- chart a fascinating evolution of artistic consciousness. The book is divided into sections reflecting four distinct periods of creativity in Toomer's career. The Aesthetic period includes Imagist, Symbolist, and other experimental pieces, such as "Five Vignettes," while "Georgia Dusk" and the newly discovered poem "Tell Me" come from Toomer' s Ancestral Consciousness period in the early 1920s. "The Blue Meridian" and other Object...