On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:07:24 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote:

On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:29:08 -0500
Ed Huntress wrote:

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Thanks again, Leon. I love the old machining books. I used to have
access to the originals at the McGraw-Hill library -- American
Machinist had been collecting them since 1877 -- but I don't think
they even have them anymore, since they sold AM to Penton Publishing.
And there's no way I want to take a 40-minute train ride in to see
them, anyway.

So, now I have something for cold winter nights.

You're most welcome. You can study my search and build off it. Use the
"Advanced Search" page to learn/do more. I've got ~5gb stashed away
locally. Most of it came from there through the years via 56k modem.
Lathes, Machining, Engineering, Agriculture... lots of old
catalogues... Nowadays I have slow DSL so the local copies aren't nearly
as important. But stuff on the internet has a way of disappearing...

Here is another search you may like:

https://archive.org/search.php?query...anner%3Agoogle

A really good djvu viewer is:

https://windjview.sourceforge.io/

OK, I have to look into the workings of the advanced searches. I see
that yours are very useful; I have some other subjects I want to
study, too.

The djvu viewer looks good. I'l download it tonight. Meantime, I'm
going to download that 331 MB version GAG! of "Foundations" and see
what the photos look like. I want to pass it on to the editor who
replaced me when I retired. I'm glad my ISP just upgraded my
connection to 100 Mbps.

This is great stuff, Leon. I appreciate your tips. BTW, did you ever
read "Foundations"? It's one of the very best metalworking books I've
read. Dick Moore's earlier books are great, too. I'll bet they're
availalble on the Internet Archive, eh?

--
Ed Huntress