Description
A dying art is somehow more beautiful in what could be its last moments. The opportunity posed by the writer of this manual is more precious for the fact that one person could change the course of this craft forever and that merely holding this knowledge in your mind keeps it alive. We are accustomed by now to an artisan brewer, baker and even candlestickmaker but the art of cooperage is long overdue for revival.
Cooperage by J. B. Wagner is offered humbly, making no claims to status as a scientific manual or work of literature. It is a simple manual and love letter to a craft which has meant everything to humanity in the past. Wagner happily acknowledges that the information he records in this volume is not new, but since its publication the knowledge has been covered in dust and forgotten to such an extent that it emerges as brand new once again.
The work is ‘profusely illustrated’ in the words of its author and is written in plain, clear language which is still as appealing and informative to the modern reader as it would have been to a tradesman in 1910. It covers types of wood, methods of working the wood, places of origin, designs of barrel and the required tools for a variety of barrel types. Every aspect is considered, and whilst the author makes no claims to writing literature, it is clear from the work that he has created art both on the page and as a master Cooper.
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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.
Cooperage by J. B. Wagner is offered humbly, making no claims to status as a scientific manual or work of literature. It is a simple manual and love letter to a craft which has meant everything to humanity in the past. Wagner happily acknowledges that the information he records in this volume is not new, but since its publication the knowledge has been covered in dust and forgotten to such an extent that it emerges as brand new once again.
The work is ‘profusely illustrated’ in the words of its author and is written in plain, clear language which is still as appealing and informative to the modern reader as it would have been to a tradesman in 1910. It covers types of wood, methods of working the wood, places of origin, designs of barrel and the required tools for a variety of barrel types. Every aspect is considered, and whilst the author makes no claims to writing literature, it is clear from the work that he has created art both on the page and as a master Cooper.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Joseph Bernard Wagner
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781334997983
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 416
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Joseph Bernard Wagner
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332342730
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 418
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