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Manufacturing
30 free books on the Manufacturing bookshelf, free to read online. Chapter 1 of any book is free, no account needed.
The Story of Leather
The Story of Wool
The Story of Silk
How it Works
Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use
Makers of Many Things
Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools
Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
The Mechanical Properties of Wood
Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing
Seasoning of Wood
A handbook of laboratory glass-blowing
Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms
Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition
For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing
Theory of Silk Weaving
A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics
Screw-Thread Cutting by the Master-Screw Method since 1480
Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing
The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology
Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35
The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material
Prehistoric Textile Fabrics Of The United States, Derived From Impressions On Pottery
Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 393-425
The Story of Porcelain
The Story of Glass
The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States