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How Was It Done?

Carpentry and Joinery

• 1919 - Applied Science for Woodworker by William H. Dooley

• 1916 - Joinery in the Home by George Ashdown Audsley, LL. D.

• 1915 - The Amateur Carpenter by Hyatt Verrill

• 1912 - Problems in Furniture Making by Fred D. Crawshaw

• 1910 - Handwork in Wood by William Noyes

• 1910 - Pattern-Making by G. H. Willard

• 1907 - Home Mechanics for Amateurs by George M. Hopkins

• 1906 - Woodworking for Beginners by Charles G. Wheeler

• 1905 - A Manual of Carpentry and Joinery by J. W. Riley

• 1900 - Mind and Hand by Charles H. Ham

• 1896 - Forty Lessons in Carpentry... by Charles F. Mitchell

• 1890 - Bench Work in Wood by W. F. M. Goss

• 1889 - Exercises in Wood-Working by Ivin Sickels

• 1885 - Elementary Principles of Carpentry by Thomas Tredgold

• 1866 - Our Workshop

• 1831 - The Mechanic's Companion by Peter Nicholson

• 1826 - Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making

Finish and Recipes

• 2006 - French Polishing and Enamelling by Arthur Bitmead

• 1913 - Handbook on Japanning by William N. Brown

• 1883 - Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon

Turning Wood, Lathes and Tools

• 1919 - Course in Wood Turning by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers

• 1882 - Cutting Tools Worked by Hand and Machine by R. Smith

• 1868 - The Lathe & Its Uses by James Lukin

• 1843 - Turning and Mechanical Manipulation by C. Holtzapffel-V.1

• 1843 - Turning and Mechanical Manipulation by C. Holtzapffel-V.3

• 1833 - Ibbetson's Geometric Chuck, manufactured by Holtzapffel & Co.

Blacksmithing and Metal Working

• 1920 - Elementary Forge Practice by Robert H. Harcourt

• 1919 - Forge Practice by John Lord Bacon

• 1914 - Steel Working and Tool Dressing by W. S. Casterlin

• 1913 - Drill Jigs - Machinery's Reference Series

• 1913 - Popular Mechanics Shop Notes

• 1911 - Hand Forging by Thomas F. Googerty

• 1903 - The Home Mechanic by John Wright

• 1903 - Modern Machine Shop Tools by William H. Von Dervoort

• 1902 - Hardening, Tempering, Annealing and Forging of Steel

• 1901 - Spons' Mechanics' Own Book

• 1901 - Farm Blacksmithing - by James M. Drew

• 1888 - Practical Blacksmithing by M. T. Richardson

• 1873 - Workshop Appliances by C. P. B. Shelley

Construction

• 1874 - The Construction of Mill Dams by James Leffel & Co.