Audels Engineers & Mechanics Guide, Complete 8 Volume Set

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Theo. Audel & Co. of New York published this eight-volume engineers' and mechanics' reference set circa 1921, compiling decades of … Read more Theo. Audel & Co. of New York published this eight-volume engineers' and mechanics' reference set circa 1921, compiling decades of practical shop and engine-room knowledge into a single working library. Written by Frank D. Graham, a graduate of Princeton University and the Stevens Institute and a licensed stationary and marine engineer, the series was designed as a practical course of study and reference for all students and workers in every branch of the engineering profession, presented in a progressive, illustrated question-and-answer format rather than dry technical prose.

Each volume addresses a distinct field of mechanical and engineering practice: engine principles, valve setting, and pumps; Corliss, uniflow, and pumping-contractor engines; locomotive, marine, and turbine engines and indicators; gasoline and oil engines, gas producers, and aviation; steam, fuel economy, and boiler construction; firing, oil burners, stokers, and repairs; pipe fitting, heating, refrigeration, and elevators; and wiring and electrical reference. Together the set forms a comprehensive working record of the machine age, illustrated throughout with detailed cutaway diagrams, plates, and technical drawings.

Bound in the publisher's original black cloth with gilt-stamped titles and the Theo. Audel diamond trademark to each spine, the volumes have the honest patina of a set that saw real use in a shop or engine room. They would suit a working library, an industrial or mechanical-themed interior, or a collector of early twentieth-century American technical publishing. See less