DRAKE’S MECHANICAL BOOKS
Reading edition
*Title Style Price
Electrical Books
Electrical Tables and Engineering Data * Lea. 1.50
Electrical Tables and Engineering Data * Cloth 1.00
Motion Picture Operation * Lea. 1.50
Motion Picture Operation * Cloth 1.00
Alternating Current Lea. 1.50
Alternating Current Cloth 1.00
Wiring Diagrams and Descriptions * Lea. 1.50
Wiring Diagrams and Descriptions * Cloth 1.00
Armature and Magnet Winding * Lea. 1.50
Armature and Magnet Winding * Cloth 1.00
Modern Electric Illumination * Lea. 1.50
Modern Electric Illumination * Cloth 1.00
Modern Electrical Construction * Lea. 1.50
Modern Electrical Construction * Cloth 1.00
Electricians’ Operating and Testing Manual * Lea. 1.50
Electricians’ Operating and Testing Manual * Cloth 1.00
Drake’s Electrical Dictionary Lea. 1.50
Drake’s Electrical Dictionary Cloth 1.00
Electric Motors, Direct and Alternating * Lea. 1.50
Electric Motors, Direct and Alternating * Cloth 1.00
Electrical Measurements and Meter Testing Lea. 1.50
Electrical Measurements and Meter Testing Cloth 1.00
Drake’s Telephone Handbook Lea. 1.50
Drake’s Telephone Handbook Cloth 1.00
Elementary Electricity, Up-to-Date * Cloth 1.25
Electricity Made Simple * Cloth 1.00
Easy Electrical Experiments * Cloth 1.00
Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Handbook Cloth 1.00
Telegraphy, Self-taught Cloth 1.00
Dynamo-Electric Machines Cloth 1.50
Electro-Plating Handbook Lea. 1.50
Electro-Plating Handbook Cloth 1.00
Modern American Telephony Lea. 2.00
Handy Vest-Pocket Electrical Dictionary Lea. .50
Handy Vest-Pocket Electrical Dictionary Cloth .25
Storage Batteries Cloth .50
Elevators—Hydraulic and Electric Cloth 1.00
How to Become a Successful Motorman Lea. 1.50
Motorman’s Practical Air Brake Instructor Lea. 1.50
Electric Railway Troubles Cloth 1.50
Electric Power Stations Cloth 2.50
Electrical Railroading Lea. 3.50
Automobile Books
Brookes’ Automobile Handbook. * Lea. 2.00
Automobile Starting and Lighting * Lea. 1.50
Automobile Starting and Lighting * Cloth 1.00
Ford Motor Car and Truck and Tractor Attachments * Lea. 1.50
Ford Motor Car and Truck and Tractor Attachments * Cloth 1.00
Automobile Catechism and Repair Manual * Lea. 1.25
Practical Gas and Oil Engine Handbook * Lea. 1.50
Practical Gas and Oil Engine Handbook * Cloth 1.00
Farm Books
Farm Buildings, With Plans and Descriptions * Cloth 1.00
Farm Mechanics * Cloth 1.00
Traction Farming and Traction Engineering * Cloth 1.50
Farm Engines and How to Run Them Cloth 1.00
Shop Practice Books
Twentieth Century Machine Shop Practice Cloth 2.00
Practical Mechanical Drawing Cloth 2.00
Sheet Metal Workers’ Manual * Lea. 2.00
Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting * Lea. 1.50
Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting * Cloth 1.00
20th Century Toolsmith and Steelworker Cloth 1.50
Pattern Making and Foundry Practice Lea. 1.50
Modern Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Making Cloth 1.00
Steam Engineering Books
Swingle’s Handbook for Steam Engineers and Electricians * Lea. 3.00
Steam Boilers, Construction, Care and Operation * Lea. 1.50
Complete Examination Questions and Answers for Marine and Stationary Engineers * Lea. 1.50
Swingle’s Catechism of Steam, Gas and Electrical Engineering * Lea. 1.50
The Steam Turbine, Its Care and Operation Cloth 1.00
Calculation of Horse Power Made Easy Cloth .75
Railroad Books
Modern Locomotive Engineering * Lea. 3.00
Locomotive Fireman’s Boiler Instructor * Lea. 1.50
Locomotive Engine Breakdowns and How to Repair Them * Lea. 1.50
Operation of Trains and Station Work * Lea. 2.00
Construction and Maintenance of Railway Roadbed and Track Lea. 2.00
First, Second and Third Year Standard Examination Questions and Answers for Locomotive Firemen * Lea. 2.00
Complete Air Brake Examination Questions and Answers * Lea. 2.00
Westinghouse Air Brake System Cloth 2.00
New York Air Brake System Cloth 2.00
Walschaert Valve Gear Breakdowns Cloth 1.00
Carpentry and Building Books
Modern Carpentry. Two volumes Cloth 2.00
Modern Carpentry. Vol. I Cloth 1.00
Modern Carpentry. Vol. II Cloth 1.00
The Steel Square. Two volumes Cloth 2.00
The Steel Square. Vol. I Cloth 1.00
The Steel Square. Vol. II Cloth 1.00
A. B. C. of the Steel Square Cloth .50
Common Sense Stair Building and Handrailing Cloth 1.00
Modern Estimator and Contractor’s Guide * Cloth 1.50
Light and Heavy Timber Framing Made Easy Cloth 2.00
Builders’ Architectural Drawing Self-taught Cloth 2.00
Easy Steps to Architecture Cloth 1.50
Five Orders of Architecture Cloth 1.50
Builders’ and Contractors’ Guide Cloth 1.50
Practical Bungalows and Cottages * Cloth 1.00
Low Cost American Homes * Cloth 1.00
Practical Cabinet Maker and Furniture Designer Cloth 2.00
Practical Wood Carving Cloth 1.50
Home Furniture Making Cloth .60
Concretes, Cements, Mortars, Plasters and Stuccos Cloth 1.50
Practical Steel Construction Cloth .75
20th Century Bricklayer and Mason’s Assistant Cloth 1.50
Practical Bricklaying Self-taught Cloth 1.00
Practical Stonemasonry Cloth 1.00
Practical Up-to-date Plumbing Cloth 1.50
Hot Water Heating, Steam and Gas Fitting Cloth 1.50
Practical Handbook for Millwrights Cloth 2.00
Boat Building for Amateurs Cloth 1.00
Painting Books
Art of Sign Painting * Cloth 3.00
Scene Painting and Bulletin Art * Cloth 3.00
“A Show at” Sho’Cards Cloth 3.00
Strong’s Book of Designs * Lea. 3.00
Signist’s Modern Book of Alphabets Cloth 1.50
Amateur Artist Cloth 1.00
Modern Painter’s Cyclopedia Cloth 1.50
Red Book Series of Trade School Manuals
1. Exterior Painting, Wood, Iron and Brick Cloth .60
2. Interior Painting, Water and Oil Colors Cloth .60
3. Colors Cloth .60
4. Graining and Marbling Cloth .60
5. Carriage Painting Cloth .60
6. The Wood Finisher Cloth .60
New Hardwood Finishing Cloth 1.00
Automobile Painting * Cloth 1.25
Estimates, Costs and Profits—House Painting and Interior Decorating * Cloth 1.00
NOTE.—New Books and Revised Editions are marked*