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Mechanick Exercises : or The Doctrine of Handy-Works

Applied to the Arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklayery
by Joseph Moxon. 3rd Edition, 1703

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Mechanick Exercises
By Joseph Moxon
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One of the earliest and most important books in the English Language on the skilled trades, Mechanick Exercises was written, printed and published by Joseph Moxon between 1683 & 1685 and reprinted in 1703. The 1703 edition comprises the complete text on Smithing, Joinery, House Carpentry, Turning, and Bricklaying along with the added chapter on Sun-Dyalling.

Breaking away from Guild restrictions, Moxon wrote of what he knew from his experiences as a practitioner of skilled trades. A mathematician, writer, printer, publisher and maker of maps, globes and scientific instrument, Joseph Moxon was also the first tradesman to be awarded membership in the Royal Society of London.

Mechanick Exercises is the first English Language book…

To be issued as a serial in affordable installments of 6–10 pence apiece
To popularize the secrets of the Skilled Trades of Smithing, Joinery, House Carpentry, Turning and Bricklaying. Included are the directions for Sun-Dyalling, or, the making of Sun Dials.

Mechanick Exercises is as important today as a description of skilled trades as it was in the 17th Century.