Schaefer, Inc.MareMagnum
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190 pages. Duo-tang binding. Many diagrams and black and white illustrations. Silver lettering and company crest on front cover. A very detailed service manual for refrigeration units manufactured by Schaefer Inc. which was established in Minneapolis in 1929. Includes an extensive and very useful table of contents and index. This is a revised issue of a manual first published in 1946. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
First Edition, vii,[i]pp., 283,[1]pp., 11 engraved plates showing such goods as hose pipes, carriage wheel tire, air proof cushions, beds, swimming belts, Yachting boats, mud boots, tents, fishing trousers, cricket bat, -leg protector, -gloves, foot balls, etc., orig. embossed cloth, small tear to head and foot of spine. "Hancock, Thomas (1786?1865), rubber manufacturer and inventor... Hancock took out sixteen patents in all relating to rubber between 1820 and 1847. He displayed remarkable ingenuity in suggesting uses for what was practically a new material, and the specifications of his patents cover the entire field of rubber manufactures, though many of his ideas were not carried out at the time."?(Oxford DNB).
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Barton's Grizzly - Well-known Western hunter and guide J. Barton sets out to single-handedly capture a live California grizzly bear (includes cover illustration); In Search of Adventure - Part IV - the story of a chequered cruise; Kidnapped - A Tale of the Burmese Border in which Sir Robert Carson retrieves his kidnapped daughter; An Interrupted Holiday - John Hawkins was tramping through Idaho in 1886; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part II - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their journey from the source of the Amazon to the Atlantic, fighting for their lives along the way; Three Years off the Beaten Track - H.E. Weller spent three years in Northern Canada running a small steamer for the Hudson's Bay Company among fur traders and Indians - article with many interesting photos; A Prize-Fight in Mexico - amusing story of what happened when a Spaniard fought an American; Life Among the Eskimos - Clint Wiseman describes a visit he paid to these hardy little hunters of north, complete with photos; The Story of the Missing Fingers - the awful experience of Melvin Parker who fell overboard and clung to a bell-buoy for many hours in the depth of winter; Fallen Among the Theives - exciting adventures of two novice rubber-collectors in Central America, by Rowland W. Cater; Hotel-Keeping in the Wilds - two ex-members of the Cape Mounted Rifles and their hotel-keeping adventures out on the veldt; and more. pp. 9 [ads], 94, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
615 pages. "In the preparation of the third edition of this standard textbook for the boot and shoe industry, all the necessary revision has been made to keep it fully up to date. In particular the chapter on Direct Moulded Construction has been considerably modified and includes a new section on Injection moulding. The general arrangement into nine parts has been retained: Shoe Design - its Basis and Development; Pattern Cutting; Clicking; Closing; Bottom Stock; Making; Finishing; Shoe Room; Slipper Manufacture. This new edition is a complete textbook describing for students all the methods in use in the manufacture of boots and shoes and is also an invaluable reference book for foremen, managers and directors in the industry who need to keep abreast of modern techniques." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Back hinge open. A worthy reference copy of this excellent reference. Book
