Astragal Press

The slide rule, with its many variations, has been vital to mathematics and engineering since its invention in the 17th century. Interest in this field has grown dramatically and collectors can still...

The manuals published by W. & L.E. Gurley, one of America s leading producers of mathematical and scientific instruments, have been used by generations of engineers and surveyors. In this manual...

The Amateur Mechanic's Manual and Catalogue of Scroll Saws and Lathes is the actual title of this enlightening little catalog. Not only is this catalog filled with detailed information about the...

Through the second half of the 19th century and into the 20th, barrel makers followed the same path taken by many other woodworkers . . . they moved from hand tools to the large, efficient new...

Once again, Ken Cope has produced a major new reference work that broadens our range of understanding of the history of technological innovation. This is the first book to identify American lathe...

A valuable directory that illustrates and lists over 1000 fully-indexed patents, covering all American machinist s tools patented through 1905 and the more important ones patented between 1906 and...

Continuing the pattern set by American Lathe Builders and American Planer, Shaper and Slotter Builders, this is the first book to identify American builders of milling machines and the products they...

Here is the first book to identify American builders of planers, shapers and slotters, who operated throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Written in the style of the author's previous...

Here is the companion volume to Ken Cope's previous works on machine tools, carriage making machinery and cooperage machinery. Factories filled with the machinery described in the previous works,...

Tool collectors will appreciate this well organized, comprehensive catalog of American wrenches and their makers. Following a list of wrench patent dates with the names of their makers is the catalog...

Art of Coppersmithing: A Practical Treatise On Working Sheet Copper Into All Forms is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This publication is professionally scanned from an original...

Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Corporation was founded in 1895 by Willis F. Hobbs in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The tools were frequently marked with the company's initials BHM, sometimes in a...

Buck, founded by immigrants from Sheffield, England, became world-renowned for its chisels: turning, firmer, paring, carving, millwrights, framing, corner and just about any other type imaginable...

Here again is one of Ken Cope's major reference works on the history of technological innovation. Anyone interested in wagons and carriages, particularly in wheelwrighting, and in the history of...

This is the classic work on coach building in all its branches, reprinted from the 1875 second edition. Included are sections on: drafting, designing, and the construction of the frame and all the...

A reprint of Salaman's classic reference, out of print for ten years, describing and illustrating in b&w virtually every tool used in the leatherworking trades in Great Britain from about 1700 nearly...

Since its first publication in 1975, R.A. Salaman's Dictionary of Woodworking Tools has come to be recognized as a definitive pioneering reference work, one of unparalleled value to craftsmen,...

Founded in 1833, the Dover Stamping Co. was, by 1869, one of the leading American manufacturers and distributors of houseware goods and tinner s tools and machines. Included in this extensive catalog...

This is the fascinating story of how these important early products were made and used, ranging from the simple tin pot to an elaborate brass chandelier. The book covers items used in the kitchen,...

Lang: - English, Pages 142. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of original edition published long back[1884]. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated...

The first edition of Horse Drawn Sleighs proved so helpful to those who wished to build sleighs, or those who were just interested in them and wished to study them in detail, that Susan Green has...

The Illinois Iron & Bolt Company was established as an iron foundry and blacksmith shop in 1864 by Angelo Carpenter in the town he platted, Carpentersville, Illinois. This reprint of the Illinois...

For 75 years Millers Falls was a leading tool manufacturer, particularly noted for its hand and breast drills. This fully illustrated early catalog contains these drills and many other items,...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images...

Evans, like his contemporaries, the Holtzapffels, was a manufacturer of high quality lathes; but he was also an accomplished turner and, for 33 years, the author of many articles for English...

One of the most important parts of a serious tool collector's collection is the written material used to research and learn about the artifacts they accumulate.Author: The Early American Industry...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of...

This combined reprint of Volumes 1 and 2 of the 1892 edition of Practical Carriage Building is perhaps the most complete and accurate contemporary work on the subject. It covers in great depth, and...

A unique reference that lists and details over 2,000 transactions occurring at public auctions and private sales from 1979-1992, with the majority of the reported transactions occurring since 1987...

This is one of the very few manuals written by a recognized professional smith; in this case, one with over 50 years' experience, whose work appears in hundreds of restorations throughout the country...