FOOTNOTES:
[A] I do not explain again how to use a chalk line and a splitting-saw, for you ought to thoroughly understand that if you have read the other papers and made the sawhorse and workbench yourself.
[B] Where accuracy is required always allow one eighth inch for waste in sawing; draw line and saw on the line and plane off any thickness over and above the measure required.
[C] Always remember to square and plane edges before measuring from them.
[D] The operator should bear in mind that old saying, “A pint’s a pound, the world around,” then he will remember that it contains sixteen fluid ounces, four ounces to the gill, &c.
[E] Many preparations are advertised for sticking the prints to the cards, but common starch paste is about as good as anything. Mix the starch in cold water, very thin, and then boil it, constantly stirring it to break up lumps, and remove from the fire soon as it reaches the boiling point. The prints should be wet and pasted on while quite moist, rubbing them down beneath a sheet of blotting-paper from the centre to the margin, in order to expel all air, that would otherwise cause lumps or wrinkles.