This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1747 Excerpt: ...Brick-Work sound upton which it is laid, ft may last as long as some-soft Stone. The Plaisterer is always White-washer, and 'for that and his Other Work is-paid by the Yard. It is a-very profitable Business to the-Master; and.the Journeyman earns the common Wages, from Their Twelve to Fifteen Shillings a Week. It requires lVagit, a strong Arm, as they are obliged to-work much above Hand; and they ought not to be dull of Apprehension, if they ale to be employed in the Plaister'Way. They are out of Business about four Months, except'in Jobbing. We have employed Carpenters, Joiners, and Plaisterers: It is time to call for the Glazier to Sect. fr. 'keep Out tbeTCo)d and Dmp from the new-fur-T Gla"niihed Work. 'His Business consists but in few f.-uh I iitt T. e-, jM;a; Articles, j# ' BuJ flV.' 3 ntst. Articles: This Branch was more employed before the Invention of Sales than now; if our House is flashed, he has only to put in the Pains: He cuts the Glass with a small diamond, fixed in the End of a Pencil, and fixes them with putty, made of Whiting and Linseed Oil; but as to the Garret Windows, we must have Iron Frames made by the Smith, into which the Glazier puts the Glass with Lead; Lead is drawn for. their life through an Engine, which prepares it for them ready to cut into lengths and fodered together. He buys the Glass from the Glass-Housc in Chests, and his Profits arise from the Difference Abilities, between the buying and selling Prices. This Branch of Mechanics requires neither great Strength, nor much Ingenuity; and it is, in fa$, but a poor Business: The Journeymen, however, Their earn the common Wages of a Dozen Shillings. wages. They are subject to the Palsey more than any other Trade, except the Gilders and Plumbery, fro...