Paul Nooncree Hasluck (April 1854 – 7 May 1931) was an Anglo-Australian writer and editor. He was born in Australia in April 1854 but moved to the UK before 1881, and lived there till his death in London on 7 May 1931.
He wrote about technical subjects and was a pioneer in the "
do-it-yourself
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Hasluck was the editor of ''Work'' (1892–1909) and ''Building World'', (1895–1909), as well as being secretary of the Institution of Sanitary Engineers and a fellow of the
Institute of Journalists
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History
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Family
Hasluck married in 1883 Florence ''née'' Sparrow, who died in 1916.
By her he had two sons. At some point prior to the publication in 1881 of ''Lathe-work: A Practical Treatise on the Tools, Appliances, and Processes Employed in the Art of Turning''
he moved to England, where at the time of his death, he maintained two residences: at 97 Loughborough Park,
Brixton
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, and at Coopers Hill,
Herne Bay
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Works authored
* ''Microscopes and Accessories, How To Make and Use Them,'' published by Cassell and Company as part of "Work Handbooks" series, Preface dated 1905
* ''Rustic Carpentry''
* ''The Metal Turner's Handybook''
* ''Electric Bells: How To Make And Fit Them"
* ''Lathe-work''
* ''Practical Gas Fitting''
* ''Mounting and Framing Pictures''
* ''Practical Draughtsmen's Work''
* ''Road and Footpath Construction''
* ''Bookbinding''
* ''Motor Bicycle Building''
* ''Leather Working''
*
Practical Graining and Marbling'
* ''The Wood Turner's Handybook''
* ''Cabinetwork and Joinery''
* ''Iron, Steel, and Fireproof Construction''
* ''Practical Plumbers' Work''
* ''Violins and Other Stringed Instruments - How To Make Them''
* ''Basket Work of All Kinds''
* ''Tinplate Work''
* ''Upholstery''
* ''Textile Fabrics and Their Preparation for Dyeing''
* ''Taxidermy''
* ''Bamboo Work''
* ''The Mechanic's Workshop Handybook''
* ''Painters' Oils, Colours and Varnishes''
* ''Saddlery''
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* ''Practical Staircase Joinery''
* ''The Automobile: A Practical Treatise''
* ''The Model Engineer's Handybook''
* ''House Decoration''
* ''Dynamos and Electric Motors''
* ''Wood Finishing: Comprising Staining, Varnishing and Polishing''
* ''The Clock Jobber's Handybook''
* ''Colouring Matters for Dyeing Textiles''
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* ''Cycle Building and Repairing''
* ''The Pattern Maker's Handybook''
* ''Smith's work''
* ''Sanitary Construction in Building''
* ''Electro-plating''
* ''Harness Making''
* ''Beehives and Beekeepers' Appliances''
* ''Lens Grinding & Mirrors for Astronomical Telescopes''
Works edited
* ''Photographic Chemistry''
* ''Manual of Traditional Wood Carving''
* ''Cassell's Cyclopedia of Mechanics''
* ''Cassell's Carpentry and Joinery''
* ''The Handyman's Book of Tools, Materials, and Processes Employed in Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet Work''
References
External links
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1854 births
1931 deaths
Australian non-fiction writers
Colony of South Australia people
Do it yourself