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Machines & Making
A shelf of mechanisms, materials, tools, workshops, vehicles, and the people who make them work.
Engineering Practice14 booksTools & Workshops3 booksMetals & Welding3 booksIndustrial Design10 booksRailways & Bridges8 booksAviation & Flight19 booksAutomobiles & Motoring19 booksMining & Geology28 books
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Open the book ↗Paperback · 1975
Train Shed Cyclopedia No. 29: Freight Cars, 1892
William Voss$22
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1947
Conditions of Employment and Factory Rules
Mardon, Son & Hall, Limited$24
Open the book ↗Sheet Music · 1965
Forget Domani: The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Norman Newell; Riz Ortolani$14
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1978
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals
Charles W. Chesterman$15
Open the book ↗Pamphlet · 1977
McKay Ford Personal Service
Wm. O. McKay Company$20
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1924
Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels
Andrew McQueen$25
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1962
I Paint the Ghost Towns
Evelyne Boynton Grierson$17
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 2005
Le Viaduc de Millau / The Millau Viaduct: Portfolio
Julia Dubreuil; Robert Tobin (translator)$25
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1957
Mexico by Motor, Including Central America, 1957-58
American Automobile Association$12
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 2009
Hooked: Tales & Adventures of a Tailhook Warrior
Clayton E. Fisher$28
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2010
A Structures Primer
Harry F. Kaufman$45
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2016
Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829-1929
Molly W. Berger$22
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1990
Mountains of Fire: San Luis Obispo County's Famous Nine Sisters, A Chain of Ancient Volcanic Peaks
Sharon Lewis Dickerson$18
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1989
Mercedes Magazine Volume XXXI: 1990 Models, the New SL, S-Class, 4MATIC
Mercedes-Benz of North America$18
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1989
Technology in Review Vol. V: A Periodic Journal Published for the Technical Community of National Semiconductor
John Ormsby [Editor]$17
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1988
Technology in Review Vol. II, Summer 1988: A Periodic Journal Published for the Technical Community of National Semiconductor
Jon Rant [Editor]$15
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1989
Technology in Review Vol. IV, Winter 1989: A Periodic Journal Published for the Technical Community of National Semiconductor
Jon Rant [Editor]$17
Open the book ↗Pamphlet · 1983
Ceres 3-Wheel Automobile: Original 1983 Creative Cars Sales Brochure
Creative Cars Corporation$24
Open the book ↗Broadside · 1981
The Vector W2 Twin Turbo (Original 1981 Sales Sheet)
Vector Cars$20
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1989
Mercedes Magazine Volume XXXI: 1990 Models, the New SL, S-Class, 4MATIC
Mercedes-Benz of North America$18
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1978
McKilligan Industrial Supply Corp. Catalog 105
McKilligan Industrial Supply Corp.$25
Open the book ↗Pamphlet · 1981
1982 Alfa Romeo GTV 6/2.5 Coupe Dealer Sales Brochure
Alfa Romeo$20
Open the book ↗Pamphlet · 1971
Volvo 1971 Full-Line Color Brochure: Paint and Upholstery Colors (142, 144, 145, 164, 1800E)
Volvo$13
Open the book ↗Broadside · 1975
Twentieth Century Motor Car Corp.: The Revelle (Promotional Artist's Rendering)
Twentieth Century Motor Car Corp.$55