Excerpt from Practical Sheet Metal Work and Demonstrated Patterns, Vol. 5: A Comprehensive Treatise in Several Volumes on Shop and Outside Practice and Pattern Drafting; Cornice Patterns It has been proved that the average person prefers a direct demonstration of his problem, and the new metal worker pattern book, which has long been considered the standard authority on pattern drafting, not only elucidates the principles, but presents such a large collection of problems that it would seem all problems were covered. In reality this is true, for though the exact problem may not appear, there surely is one, the principles of which could be adapted to the problem at hand, with a little adjusting. 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.