+------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES | | | | Transcriptions used in this e-text: | | italics text in the original work is presented here between | | underscores, as in text; | | bold-face text in the original work is presented here between | | equal-signs, as in =text=; | | small-capitals in the original work are presented here as ALL | | CAPITALS; | | fractions are transcribed as, for example, 2-1/2 for 2½; where | | the author uses the form 1-64, this form has been retained, | | except in tables; | | superscript texts are transcribed as in ^{text}; | | subscript texts are transcribed as in _{text}; | | single Greek letters are transcribed as [alpha], [beta], etc.; | | the (single) oe-ligature used in the book has been transcribed | | as oe (Phoenixville); | | multi-line in-line formulas and calculations from the original | | work have been transcribed as single-line in-line formulas and | | calculations, where necessary with the addition of brackets. | | The following transcriptions are used for special characters and | | symbols, where x can be any character: | | [=x] x-macron; | | [)x] x-breve; | | [x.] x-dot-below; | | [<--] left-pointing hand. | | The author uses letters from a different font to describe shapes.| | These are transcribed between square brackets: [V] or [V]-shaped,| | [T] or [T]-shaped, etc. Where the original work uses regular | | letters for the same purpose, this transcription has not been | | used. Special cases are __|¯¯ for a stretched S-shape, [/\] for | | an upside-down V, and [_|_] for an upside-down T. | | | | More extensive Transcriber's Notes will be found at the end of | | this text. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+
MODERN
MACHINE-SHOP PRACTICE
BY
JOSHUA ROSE, M.E.
ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE THAN 3000 ENGRAVINGS