Manufacturing

General

• 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  Williams, Archibald
• A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks, Watches and Bells  Grimthorpe, Edmund Beckett, Baron, 1816-1905
• On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass  Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla), 1922-1983
• The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240  Bedini, Silvio A.
• The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments  Multhauf, Robert P., 1919-2004
• Hints on the Use and Handling of Firearms Generally, and the Revolver in Particular  Curling, Lieut. H. Onslow
• Makers of Many Things  Tappan, Eva March, 1854-1930

Contents The little friction match -- About india rubber -- "Kid" gloves -- How rags and trees become paper -- How books are made -- From goose quill to fountain pens and lead pencils -- The dishes on our tables -- How the wheels of a watch go around -- The making of shoes -- In the cotton mill -- Silkworms and their work.

Metal, wood, leather, paper, textile, rubber

• Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms  Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1855-1925
• Screw-thread Cutting by the Master-Screw Method Since 1480  Battison, Edwin A.
• Seasoning of Wood  Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard), 1870-
• Tappet and Dobby Looms Their Mechanism and Management  Roberts, Thomas
• 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   Dooley, William H. (William Henry), 1880-
• The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing  Record, Samuel J.
• The Preparation of Plantation Rubber  Morgan, Sidney
• The Romance of Rubber  United States Rubber Company
• 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  Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
• The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth  Kilgour, P.
• The Story of Wool  Bassett, Sara Ware, 1872-1968
• The Story of Silk  Bassett, Sara Ware, 1872-1968
• The Story of Porcelain  Bassett, Sara Ware, 1872-1968
• The Story of Leather  Bassett, Sara Ware, 1872-1968
• The Story of Glass  Bassett, Sara Ware, 1872-1968
• A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material  Hall, Eugene Edward
• 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  Wolfensberger, Arnold
• The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States  Guaranty Trust Company of New York
• A handbook of laboratory glass-blowing  Bolas, Bernard D.
• Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing  Brown, William N.
• Laboratory manual of glass-blowing  Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles), 1884-
• The methods of glass-blowing and of working silica in the oxy-gas flame For the use of chemical and physical students  Shenstone, W. A.
• Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 404  Dewey, Lyster H. (Lyster Hoxie), 1865-1944
• The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines  Cooper, Grace Rogers

Animal products, milling

• The American Practical Brewer and Tanner  Coppinger, Joseph

See also

• Library of Congress Manufactures list
• More titles are available through catalog search.