Japan in art and industry. : With a glance at Japanese manners and customs (1893)
Régamey, Félix, 1844-1907 · London : Saxon · leaf 98
rkmancleaving wood into thinslabs, whether for veneer- a joiner. ing, or for manufacturing articles before being lac-quered. He is squatted, and holds his slab with hisfeet supporting it against his forehead, so as to haveboth hands free to ply his task. A joiner bores a hole in a board by rapidly… … 84 Nahiral Products and Manufactures. help in the work and to make up for the inadequacyof equipment. Ingenious in everything, they have devised acurious method whereby one man can carry fourbeams with least expense of effort. One of themserving to support the others leans upon the mansshoulder; a…
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