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A MANUAL OF
Mending and Repairing
WITH DIAGRAMS
BY
Charles Godfrey Leland

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NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1896
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Copyright, 1896,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.

BURR PRINTING HOUSE, FRANKFORT AND JACOB STS., N. Y.v

CONTENTS
PAGES
Introductionvii-xxiii
Materials used in Mending1-11
Mending Broken China, Porcelain, Crockery, Majolica, Terra-Cotta, Brick and Tile Work12-32
Mending Glass, together with several Allied Processes: Approved Cements—Silicate of Soda33-49
Wood-Shavings in Mending and Making many Objects—Ornamental Work of Shavings—Marquetry—Repairing Panel Pictures with Shavings50-57
Repairing Woodwork58-85
On Repairing and Restoring Books, Manuscripts, and Papers, with Directions for Easy Binding and Paper-Mending—Book-Worms—The Ravages of Book-Worms86-120
Papier-Mâché: Repairing Toys—Making Grounds for Pictures and Walls—Carton-Cuir and Carton-Pierre121-133
Mending Stone-Work: Mosaics—Ceresa-Work—Porcelain or Crockery Mosaic134-142
Repairing Ivory143-155
Repairing Amber: How to perfectly Re-Join Broken Amber, and to imitate it—How to Melt Amber in Fragments to a Single Body156-158vi
Indiarubber and Gutta-Percha: Mending Indiarubber Shoes and making Garments Waterproof, with other Applications159-168
Mending Metal-Work or Repairing by means of it: Fireproof Cements, with Iron Binders169-182
Repairing Leather-Work: Trunks, Shoes, or in any other Forms—Joining Straps—Making Cheap Shoes183-198
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