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The home mechanic and complete self-instructor in carpentry, painting, horse-shoeing, soap making, candy making, baking, taxidermy, tanning, &c Author: Schofield, R. J. [from…
Woodworking machinery : its rise, progress, and construction, with hints on the management of saw mills and the economical conversion of timber ... illustrated with examples of…
Standard Plumbing Fixtures for the Home Author: Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Year: 1927 Trade catalog, Text, Illus, CCA ID:93-B783, ca.1927, 74 p, 20 cm View on…
Standard Plumbing Fixtures for the Home Author: Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. Year: 1930 64p, B&W & color photos, trade catalog View on Archive.org
Kohler of Kohler plumbing for the home. Author: Kohler Co. Year: 1910 23 pg., ill., 15 cm., trade catalog View on Archive.org
Modern bath rooms : with useful information and a number of valuable suggestions about plumbing for home builders or those about is a public domain book, originally published in…
Plumbing and water supply in the residence of Mr Henry G. Marquand. Published in several parts in The Sanitary Engineer Volume 10.
Agricultural woodworking : a group of problems for rural and graded schools, agricultural high schools and the farm workshop is a public domain book, originally published in…
Format: Book Author/Creator: Masury, John W. Contributor: Trade Catalogue Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia) Language: English Subjects (All): John W. Masury &…
House-painting, carriage-painting, and graining. What to do, and how to do it Author: Masury, John W Year: 1881 244 p. 19 cm View on Archive.org
A practical manual of house-painting, graining, marbling and sign-writing : containing full information on the processes of house-painting in oil and distemper, the formation of…
Includes a supplement with special t.p. and pagination : Some difficult problems in carpentry and joinery simplified and solved by the aid of the carpenters' steel square ... by…
General hints on house painting: containing practical rules and information on the subject of paints and painting, for the journeyman, the apprentice and the inexperienced…
The art of house-painting : being a clear and comprehensive record of the observations and experiences, during many years, of a practical worker in the art, and designed to…
How shall we paint our houses? A popular treatise on the art of house-painting; plain and decorative. Showing the nature, composition and mode of production of paints and…
Every man his own painter; or, Gilman's guide to house painting and graining .. Author: Gilman, Anson. [from old catalog] Year: 1871 32 p. 15 cm View on Archive.org
A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school Author: Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 Year: 1911 xv, 286 p. 22 x 19 cm View on…
Manual training for the rural schools; a group of farm and farm home woodworking problems Author: Roehl, Louis M. (Louis Michael), b. 1881 Year: 1916 45 p. 24 cm View on…
A house of brick for ten thousand dollars : a plea for the greater use of brick in our domestic architecture; for a material which combines beauty, durability and economy; a…
The art of house-painting: being a clear and comprehensive record of the observations and experiences, during many years, of a practical worker in the art, and designed to…
Practical house painter : including carriage, sign and house painting, and valuable hints and recipes for same Author: Morton, Charles S Year: 1902 Copyrighted by Chas. S.…
Town and country house painting : containing hints on painting and other useful information. Author: Harrison Bros. and Co. Year: 1884 29, [18] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.…
Manual training for the rural schools; a group of farm and farm home woodworking problems Author: Roehl, Louis Michael, 1881- Year: 1922 47, [1] p. 24 cm View on Archive.org
Hints on modern house painting : with a brief description of the uses of asbestos. Author: H. W. Johns Manufacturing Co. Year: 1886 [16] p. : ill. (some col.), col. sample ; 15…
Manual training for the rural schools; a group of farm and farm home woodworking problems Author: Roehl, Louis M. (Louis Michael), 1881- Year: 1916 45 p. 24 cm View on Archive.org
H.C. Frierson Text Book on Typewriter Repairing: The only Written Authority on Typewriter Construction and Repairing Volumes 1 & 2 Published by: Thorp & Martin Co., Boston…
House painting graining marbling and sing writing
Town and country house painting : containing hints on painting and other useful information. Author: Harrison Bros. & Co. Year: 1884 29, [18] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.…
How shall we paint our houses? A popular treatise on the art of house-painting: plain and decorative. Showing the nature, composition and mode of production of paints and…
The amateur house carpenter :a guide in building making and repairing Author: Davidson, Ellis A Year: 1875 View on Archive.org
Elementary Principles of Carpentry, First American Edition, A Treatise on the Pressure and Equilibrium of Timber Framing, the Resistance of Timber, and the Construction of…
Elementary principles of carpentry : chiefly composed from the standard work of Thomas Tredgold, with additions, alterations, and corrections from the works of the most recent…
Elements of woodwork and construction is a public domain book, originally published in 1865. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work…
Boys seated or standing at work tables using various woodworking tools
First lessons in manual training and carpentry Author: Craftsman's home study schools, Freeport, Ill. [from old catalog] Year: 1907 32 p. 24 cm View on Archive.org
Plumbing [electronic resource] : a text book to the practice of the art or craft of the plumber ; with supplementary chapters upon house drainage and ventilation embodying the…
A complete and practical treatise upon plumbing and sanitation embracing drainage and plumbing practice; ... : sanitary appliances; the erection of public conveniences; the…