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Vintage Pattern Making 1905 Lost Technology PB 1982 Engineering USA Illustrated
Condition: Pre-owned 1982 trade paperback technical book. Pictorial tan covers show light shelf and handling wear with mild surface rubbing and slight corner and edge wear. Spine is intact with clear titling and only slight handling wear. Interior pages are clean and legible in the sections examined, and the binding is tight with no loose or missing pages.
Pattern Making 1905 by the American School of Correspondence is an English-language trade paperback reprint in the \"Lost Technology\" Series, aimed at adult readers interested in engineering, metalworking, and foundry practice.
This 1982 vintage edition gathers material originally issued in the early 1900s as part of Modern Engineering Practice, preserving classic instruction on wooden pattern construction for metal casting. It is associated with Kingsway Publications and carries a 1982 copyright by Lindsay Publications of Manteno, Illinois, and was printed in the United States of America.
The text explains how full-size wooden patterns are used to form sand molds into which molten metal is poured, emphasizing the relationship between pattern quality and the resulting casting. Chapters cover tools, methods, and concepts for casting everything from simple plates and disks to spoked pulleys, globe valves, and other complex shapes, including treatments of cores and other foundry details.
Interior pages are set in a clear serif typeface and illustrated with black-and-white technical line drawings, diagrams, and machine figures that show pattern-making equipment, layouts, and shop setups, providing visual support for the instructional text.
Features: 1982 vintage trade paperback reprint, Lost Technology Series title, American School of Correspondence author, engineering and technology / pattern making focus, illustrated throughout with technical diagrams, English-language nonfiction for adults, published for Kingsway Publications with copyright by Lindsay Publications, United States origin. ISBN: 0-917914-03-1.
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