Excerpt from The Mechanic's Companion, or the Elements and Practice of Carpentry, Joinery, Bricklaying, Masonry, Slating, Plastering, Painting, Smithing, and Turning: Comprehending the Latest Improvements and Containing a Full Description of the Tools Belonging to Each Branch of Business; With Copious Directions for Their Use and an Explanation of the Terms Used in Each Art Slating comes next to cover in the building: then Plastering, which is used in the finishing of buildings, and furnishes the interior with elegant decora tions, and conduces both to the health and comfort of the inhabitants: Painting is not less useful than ornamental: it adds to the elegance of buildings, and tends to the preservation of the materials. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.