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Machines & Making
Tools, materials, mechanisms, and the ingenuity behind the made world.
Open the book ↗Spiral Bound · 1953
Farm Shop and Equipment
The rural workshop: tools, welding, repair, and mechanization.
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1965
AWS Training Manual of Arc Welding
A practical manual devoted to the craft and technique of arc welding.
Open the book ↗paperback · 1961
Metallurgical and engineering data : alloys, formualae, analyses, mechanical properties, comparison tables, specifications, dimensions, tolerances, fabrication recommendations, weights and other important data
Alloys, tolerances, fabrication, and the working language of engineering.
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1978
McKilligan Industrial Supply Corp. Catalog 105
A 1978 industrial supply catalog—a material portrait of the workshop.
Open the book ↗paperback · 1990
Piano Manuacturing - An Art and a Craft
Where instrument making becomes both engineering and craft.
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1895
Theoretical Naval Architecture: A Treatise on the Calculations Involved in Naval Design. Vol. II Plates and Tables
The calculations and plates behind naval design.
Staple Bound · 1964
333 Motor Repair Problems Solved
A hands-on guide to diagnosing and repairing motors.
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Machines & Making
A shelf of mechanisms, materials, tools, workshops, vehicles, and the people who make them work. 93 books currently available.
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1947
Conditions of Employment and Factory Rules
Open the book ↗Sheet Music · 1965
Forget Domani: The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Open the book ↗Pamphlet · 1977
McKay Ford Personal Service
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1924
Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1962
I Paint the Ghost Towns
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 2005
Le Viaduc de Millau / The Millau Viaduct: Portfolio
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1957
Mexico by Motor, Including Central America, 1957-58
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 2009
Hooked: Tales & Adventures of a Tailhook Warrior
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2010
A Structures Primer
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1990
Mountains of Fire: San Luis Obispo County's Famous Nine Sisters, A Chain of Ancient Volcanic Peaks
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1989
Mercedes Magazine Volume XXXI: 1990 Models, the New SL, S-Class, 4MATIC
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1989
Technology in Review Vol. V: A Periodic Journal Published for the Technical Community of National Semiconductor
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1988
Technology in Review Vol. II, Summer 1988: A Periodic Journal Published for the Technical Community of National Semiconductor
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1989
Technology in Review Vol. IV, Winter 1989: A Periodic Journal Published for the Technical Community of National Semiconductor
Open the book ↗Pamphlet · 1983
Ceres 3-Wheel Automobile: Original 1983 Creative Cars Sales Brochure
Open the book ↗Broadside · 1981
The Vector W2 Twin Turbo (Original 1981 Sales Sheet)
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1989
Mercedes Magazine Volume XXXI: 1990 Models, the New SL, S-Class, 4MATIC
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1978
McKilligan Industrial Supply Corp. Catalog 105
Open the book ↗Pamphlet · 1981
1982 Alfa Romeo GTV 6/2.5 Coupe Dealer Sales Brochure
Open the book ↗Pamphlet · 1971
Volvo 1971 Full-Line Color Brochure: Paint and Upholstery Colors (142, 144, 145, 164, 1800E)
Open the book ↗Broadside · 1975
Twentieth Century Motor Car Corp.: The Revelle (Promotional Artist's Rendering)
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1923
Harrod's Indispensable Reference Guide of Great Britain and Ireland and Harrod's Removers' Guide
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1949
Soaps and Detergents
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1992
We'll Find the Way: The History of Hondo Army Air Field During World War II
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 2005
Disasters &c.: The Maritime World of Marblehead 1815-1865
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1957
How to Build a Fiberglass Car
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2016
A Sailor's Life in World War II
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1961
Motor Racing Facts and Figures
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2008
The Candy Bombers: The Berlin Airlift 1948/49: The Technical Conditions and Their Successful Transformation
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1998
Cortina: The Story of Ford's Best-seller
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 2013
The Man Who Saved the V-8: The Untold Stories of Some of the Most Important Product Decisions in the History of Ford Motor Company
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1973