Excerpt from The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist, Vol. 2 of 2: Being a Practical Display of the Manufactories and Mechanical Arts of the United Kingdom The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist; being a Practical Display of the Manufactories and Mechanical Arts of the United King dom. By John Nicholson, Esq. Civil Engineer. Second American from Itibe Third London edition, with additions. In two volumes. Vol. 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.