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209 pages including line drawings. Tells how and why automatic transmissions perform as they do in automobiles and how and why automobiles perform as they do when equipped with automatic transmissions. Explains how power flows from the engine through the torque converter or fluid clutch and gear system to the driveshaft, and in the opposite direction. A book for those interested in how automatic transmissions perform their functions and why they perform them as they do. A book for those who wish to become automobile engineerss, amateur or professional. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A well-travelled copy which can still serve as a worthy reference. Book
193 pages plus xx pages of interesting illustrated advertisements at back. Index. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Great black and white illustrations and line drawings throughout. Chapters include: Advantages of Diesel Traction; Development of Diesel Traction; Railway Requirements; The Engine; Engine Auxiliaries; Transmission Systems; Mechanical Transmissions; Hydraulic Transmissions; Electric Transmissions; plus Appendix entitle Resistance of Diesel Vehicles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate fading to red cloth-covered boards. Quality copy. Book
107 pages. Generously illustrated in color and black and hwite. "Intended to give readers a complete understanding of the principles of operation of the model THM 325-4L Hydra-matic transmission. Will serve as a useful tool to aid you in the service, diagnosis and repair of this unit." - title page. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Topics include: Oil filtration, purification and reclamation; Service experience in controlling low temperature engine deposits; The Hydra-matic Transmission; Lubrication of the portable air compressor; Crawler track lubrication and maintenance; Metals grinding machinery lubrication; Inboard marine engines; Lubrication in forging operations; Lubrication of communication apparatus; Automotive hydraulic transmissions; Flow properties of lubricating greases - relationship of apparent viscosity. Prior owner's name on cover of first issue otherwise contents tight, clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to boards. A sound copy. Book
Topics include: Lubricating oil additives; Construction machinery; Factors which relate to lubrication in the Textile industry; Lubrication of airframe and engine accessories; Lubrication of the paper machine; Petroleum asphalt; Aviation fuel volatility; Hydraulic oils for industrial equipment; The Strip Steel Mill; Lubrication of Logging and Sawmill Machinery; Automotive hydraulic transmissions. Prior owner's name on cover of first issue otherwise contents tight, clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to boards. A sound copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Ominous one-page photo ad shows Boeing B-29s being assembled in huge factory; Japs say bombardment of Luzon was terrible - major coverage; Why Nazis caught Allies Off Base on the Ardennes Front; General Ernest N. Harmon; Reproduction of German propaganda piece which shows battle-weary Allied troops on the Saar front that draft dodgers at home are living it up with the lady-folk; Great GM color ad features firing tank and Hydra-Matic transmissions; Sweet one-page ad for the Blue Radio Network features Alan Young - 1944's most promising star; Nice color Schlitz beer ad; Eyewitness to starvation in Italy (with photos); Archibald MacLeish; Photo of Polish government in exile; Australina drought; Nice color-illustrated military ad for Borg-Warner; Firestone Tire color centerfold ad; King Boris III of Bulgaria; Incredible Warsaw photos shows skeletons of horses from which residents have stripped every bit of meat; Packard car ad features letter from Mustang pilot overseas; Photo of Hitler walking through bomb damage; Photos of Betty Morrissey who tends lighthouse at the Northern tip of Prince Edward Island (PEI); Great one-page color ad for White Trucks shows freight being loaded; US domestic manpower push; Photo/ad shows John B. Kennedy of the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers; One-page *FANTASTIC* color-photo ad for Kodak will thrill silver-bugs! - shows dozens of huge silver bars being stacked for photographic use behind watchful armed guard; Nice one-page color Ford ad; Brief obituaries for Dr. John F. Condon, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Romain Rolland; Army study of Marihuana (Marijuana) smokers points to better ways of treatment; GI Surgeon Sgt. Frank Palco of Roth, VA; Photos of US propaganda being loaded into shells to be dropped over Germany; Photo of swimmer Ann Curtis; Nice one-page color ad for American Airlines features the new DC-6 flagship; Nice color ad for Chrysler's fluid drive; Nice photo ad for Bitumous cole features military theme; Anglo-American relations; Nice color military ad for Studebaker; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
66 pages. Features: "Imperial" cover roadster; How to build a custom dashboard - progress report #4; Restyling the 'standard of the world' - 1947 Cadillac convertible receives extensive modifications; The Triple Threat - a pedigreed "T" bone that had 3 owners with a one track mind; Hop Up Road Test #2 - trials of Olds-equipped Mercury ends in disaster (due to oil pump casting failure); Plastic Pioneer - Ken Fuhrman of Berkeley, CA invents clear plastic parts to cover your engine but show it, too; Cam-installation procedure; Installing top fabric in older cars; Building an exhaust system (part I); Floor shift for automatic transmissions - progress report #5; and more. Above-average wear. Writing on front cover and title page. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
120 pages. Features: Cover illustration of International Farmall tractor harvesting grain; Lovely colour ad for Nash cars inside front cover; Color photo of golfer Sam Snead in one-page B.F. Goodrich tire ad; Half-page color ad for Titleist "Acushnet" golf balls; Nice two-page color ad for Mobilgas features large winged horse; Lovely half-page color ad for Hydrox cookies; Great two-page color ad for Chevrolet cars, featuring their PowerGlide transmissions; The Ordeal of Judge Harold Raymond Medina - he is hard on Reds; The Wrath of Tugboat Annie (story); Edmonton, Alberta - feature article with many photos, including youthful premier Ernest Manning; Ditchdigger's Daughter (story); Getting ripped off by phoney weigh scales; Photo-illustrated article on simultaneous translators at the U.N.; James (Big Jim) Morton - "I Was the King of the Thieves" - part 2; Appointment with Treachery (story); Super color-photo illustrated article on circus highwire performer the Great Alanza; The Magnificent Faker (story); Funny Way to Got To School - Calvert School in Baltimore; Bonus Rookie (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup includes an Aunt Jemima-like lady cooking at fire; Lovely one-page color ad for the (yellow) Oldsmobile "88" Holiday Coupe; Murder is the Pay-Off (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for G.E. fridges with the new Alnico Magnetic Door; Nice one-page color ad for De Soto cars; One-page color cartoon-style ad for Post cereals features baseball scene; Pall Mall cigarette ad; Nice one-page color ad for Ford cars; Sultry one-page ad for movie "Born to Be Bad" starring Joan Fontaine; Nostalgic two-page color ad for Kraft mayo and salad dressings; Nice one-page color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; One-page color ad for the Studebaker Champion; One-page color ad for Hudson cars; One-page ad for RCA Victor televisions; One-page photo ad for Prest-O-Lite batteries features lady golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Wonderful color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes inside back cover features Gene Tierney and tobacco farmer Charlie P. Murphy of Mebane, N.C.; Attractive back cover Coke ad features large pop machine surrounded by a crowd of happy Coke drinkers. Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Light pink discoloration to part of top and bottom edge of most pages - text unaffected. Small piece missing from front cover at top of coverfold. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: News Photos; Latest fashions for the passenger-train wardrobe - including a wide choice of suspensions and transmissions; The Great Locomotive Chase - Walt Disney coaxes 2,000 miles of backwoods running out of two celebrated 4-4-0's; Nine Pages of Union Pacific's sublime locomotive Big Boy; Trains' 8th annual motive power survey looks back at 1955; Those new trains - more splash than speed?; Steam in 1956 - tracking down the last steam strongholds; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine