Moxon's mechanick exercises, volume 1 (of 2)
by Joseph Moxon
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- MOXON’S MECHANICK EXERCISES
- PREFACE
- MECHANICK EXERCISES:
- MECHANICK EXERCISES:
- MECHANICK EXERCISES:
- §. 2. Of the Office of a Master-Printer.
- ¶. 2. Of Letter.
- §. 3. Of Cases.
- §. 4. Of Frames to set the Cases on.
- §. 5. Of the Galley.
- §. 6. Of the Correcting-stone.
- §. 7. Of Letter-Boards, and Paper-Boards.
- §. 8. Of Furniture, Quoyns, Scabbord, &c.
- §. 9. ¶. 1. Of the Mallet, Shooting-stick and Dressing-Block, Composing-sticks, Bodkin, and Chase. &c.
- ¶. 2. Of the Shooting-stick.
- ¶. 3. Of the Dressing-Block.
- ¶. 4. Of the Composing-stick.
- ¶. 5. Of the Bodkin.
- ¶. 6. Of Chases, marked G on the Correcting-Stone, Plate 2.
- MECHANICK EXERCISES:
- §. 10. Of the Press.
- ¶. 1. Of the Feet.
- ¶. 2. Of the Cheeks.
- ¶. 3. Of the Cap marked c in Plate 5.
- ¶. 4. Of the Winter marked d in Plate 5.
- ¶. 5. Of the Head marked e in Plate 5.
- ¶. 6. Of the Till, marked f in Plate 5.
- ¶. 7. Of the Hind-Posts marked a a in Plate 6.
- §. 4. the Fore and Back-Rails of the Case-Frames was.
- ¶. 8. Of the Ribs marked b in Plate 6.
- ¶. 9. Of the Carriage, Coffin and its Planck, marked a in Plate 7.
- ¶. 10. Of the Tympan and Inner-Tympan, marked b in Plate 7.
- ¶. 11. Of the Inck-Block, Slice, Brayer, and Catch of the Bar, marked c d e f in Plate 7.
- ¶. 12. Of the Iron-work, and first of the Spindle marked A in Plate 8.
- §. 11. Of the Worms of the Spindle.
- ¶. 1. The Worms for Printing-Press Spindles must be projected with such a declivity, as that they may come down at an assigned progress of the Bar.
- ¶. 13. Of the Bar marked B in Plate 8.
- ¶. 14. Of the Hose, Garter, and Hose-Hooks.
- ¶. 15. Of the Ribs, and Cramp-Irons.
- ¶. 16. Of the Spindle for the Rounce, described in Plate 9. at a.
- ¶. 17. Of the Press-Stone.
- ¶. 18. Of the Plattin marked d in Plate 9.
- ¶. 19. Of the Points and Point-Screws.
- ¶. 20. Of the Hammer, described at h, and Sheeps-Foot described at i in Plate 9.
- ¶. 21. Of the Foot-step, Girts, Stay of the Carriage, Stay of the Frisket, Ball-Stocks, Paper-Bench, Lye-Trough, Lye-Brush, Lye-Kettle, Tray to wet Paper in, Weights to Press Paper, Pelts, or Leather, Wool or Hair, Ball-Nails or Pumping-Nails.
- ¶. 22. Of Racks to Hang Paper on, and of the Peel.
- ¶. 23. Of Inck.
- MECHANICK EXERCISES:
- §. 12. ¶. 1. Of Letter-Cutters Tools.
- ¶. 2. Of the Using-File.
- ¶. 3. Of the Flat-Gage.
- ¶. 4. Of the Sliding-Gage.
- ¶. 5. Of the Face-Gages, marked C in Plate 10.
- ¶. 6. Of Italick, and other Standing Gages.
- ¶. 7. Of the Liner.
- ¶. 8. Of the Flat-Table.
- ¶. 9. Of the Tach.
- ¶. 10. Of Furnishing the Work-Bench.
- §. 13. ¶. 1. Of Letter-Cutting.
- ¶. 2. Of Counter-Punches.
- ¶. 3. Of Sinking the Counter-Punches.
- ¶. 4. Of Graving and Sculping the Insides of Steel Letters.
- ¶. 5. Some Rules he considers in using the Gravers, Sculptors, Small Files, &c.
- §. 14. ¶. 1. Some Rules to be observed by the Letter-Cutter, in the Cutting Roman, Italick, and the Black English Letter.
- ¶. 2. Of Terms relating to the Face of Letters, and their Explanation.
- MECHANICK EXERCISES:
- §. 15. ¶. 1. Of making the Mold.
- ¶. 2. Of the Bottom-Plate.
- ¶. 3. Of the Carriage.
- ¶. 4. Of the Body.
- ¶. 5. Of the Male-Gage.
- ¶. 6. Of the Mouth-Piece.
- ¶. 7. Of the Register.
- ¶. 8. Of the Nick.
- ¶. 9. Of the Bow or Spring.
- ¶. 10. Of the Hooks, or Haggs.
- ¶. 11. Of the Woods of the Mold.
- §. XVII. ¶. 1. Of Sinking the Punches into the Matrices.
- ¶. 2. Justifying the Matrices.
- ¶. 3. Of Botching-Matrices, to make them serve the better.
- Sect. XVIII, Of setting up the Furnance.
- ¶. 2. Of making Mettal.
- ¶. 3. Of Letter-Ladles.
- §. XIX. ¶. 1. Of Casting, Breaking, Rubbing, Kerning, and setting up of Letters.
- ¶. 2. Some Rules and Circumstances to be observed in Casting.
- ¶. 3. Of Breaking off Letters.
- ¶. 4. Of Rubbing of Letters.
- ¶. 5. Of Kerning of Letters.
- ¶. 6. Of Setting up, or Composing Letters.
- ¶. 7. Some Rules and Circumstances to be observed in Setting up Letters.
- §. 20. ¶. 1. Of Dressing of Letters.
- ¶. 2. Of the Dressing-Sticks.
- ¶. 3. Of the Block-Grove, and its Appurtenances.
- ¶. 3. Of the Dressing-Hook.
- ¶. 4. Of the Dressing-Knife.
- ¶. 5. Of the Plow.
- §. 21. ¶. 1. Of Dressing of Letters.
- ¶. 2. Some Rules and Circumstances to be observed in Dressing of Letters.
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