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Our illustrated catalogue, which will be sent you free upon request, tells all about the Practical Mechanical Books for Home Study that we publish. There are popular priced books on the operation of trains and station work, practical mechanical drawing and machine designing, pattern making, electrical railroading, power stations, automobiles, gas engines, electrical wiring, armature and magnet winding, dynamo tending, elementary electricity, wireless telegraphy and telephony, carpentry and architecture, concrete construction, plumbing and heating, sign and house painting, amusements, etc., etc.
No matter what your ambition or desire for knowledge may be, we publish books written by authorities in their different lines that will give you just the training and information that you want and need.
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FREDERICK J. DRAKE & CO.’S
PRACTICAL MECHANICAL BOOKS
FOR
HOME STUDY
| Price. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Titles. | Cloth. | Lea. |
| Air Brake Practice, Modern—Dukesmith. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Air Brake, Complete Examinations, Westinghouse and New York. | ... | 2.00 |
| Air Brake, Westinghouse System. | 2.00 | ... |
| Air Brake, New York System. | 2.00 | ... |
| American Homes, Low Cost—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Architectural Drawing, Self-Taught—Hodgson. Illustrated | 2.00 | ... |
| Architecture, Easy Steps to—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Architecture, Five Orders—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Armature and Magnet Winding—Horstmann & Tousley. | ... | 1.50 |
| Artist, The Amateur—Delamotte. | 1.00 | ... |
| Automobile Hand Book—Brookes. Illustrated | ... | 2.00 |
| Automobile, The Mechanician’s Catechism—Swingle | ... | 1.25 |
| Blacksmithing, Modern—Holmstrom. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Boat Building, for Amateurs—Nelson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Bricklayers’ and Masons’ Assistant, The 20th Century—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Bricklaying, Practical, Self-Taught—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Bungalows and Low Priced Cottages—Hodgson | 1.00 | ... |
| Calculation of Horse Power Made Easy—Brookes. Illustrated | .75 | ... |
| Carpentry, Modern. Vol. I—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Carpentry, Modern. Vol. II—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Chemistry, Elementary, Self-Taught—Roscoe. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Concretes, Cements, Plasters, etc.—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Correct Measurements, Builders’ and Contractors’ Guide to—Hodgson. | 1.50 | ... |
| Catechism, Swingle’s Steam, Gas and Electrical Engineering | ... | 1.50 |
| Cabinet Maker, The Practical, and Furniture Designer—Hodgson. Illustrated | 2.00 | ... |
| Dynamo Tending for Engineers—Horstmann & Tousley. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Dynamo—Electric Machines—Swingle. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Electric Railway Troubles and How To Find Them—Lowe | 1.50 | ... |
| Electric Power Stations—Swingle | 2.50 | ... |
| Electrical Construction, Modern. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Electrical Dictionary. Handy, Weber. | .25 | .50 |
| Electrical Wiring and Construction Tables—Horstmann & Tousley. | ... | 1.50 |
| Electricity, Easy Experiments in—Dickinson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Electricity Made Simple—Haskins. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Electric Railroading—Aylmer-Small. Illustrated | ... | 3.50 |
| Electro-Plating Hand Book—Weston. Illustrated | 1.00 | 1.50 |
| Elementary Electricity, Up To Date—Aylmer-Small | 1.25 | ... |
| Estimator, Modern, for Builders and Architects—Hodgson | 1.50 | ... |
| Examination Questions and Answers for Locomotive Firemen—Wallace. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Examination Questions and Answers for Marine and Stationary Engineers—Swingle. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Elevators, Hydraulic and Electric—Swingle. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Electrician’s Operating and Testing Manual—Horstmann & Tousley. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Farm Engines and How to Run Them—Stephenson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Furniture Making, Home—Raeth. Illustrated | .60 | ... |
| First Steps in Electricity, or Electricity for Beginners—Harrison | 1.00 | ... |
| Gas and Oil Engine Hand Book—Brookes. Illustrated | 1.00 | 1.50 |
| Hand Book for Engineers and Electricians—Swingle. Illustrated. Pocket Book Style | ... | 3.00 |
| Hardwood Finishing, Up-to-date—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Horse Shoeing, Correct—Holmstrom. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Hot Water Heating, Steam and Gas Fitting—Donaldson. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Heating and Lighting Railway Passenger Cars—Prior | 1.25 | ... |
| Locomotive Breakdowns, with Questions and Answers—Wallace. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Locomotive Fireman’s Boiler Instructor—Swingle | ... | 1.50 |
| Locomotive Engineering—Swingle. Illustrated. Pocket Book Style. | ... | 3.00 |
| Machine Shop Practice—Brookes. Illustrated | 2.00 | ... |
| Mechanical Drawing and Machine Design—Westinghouse. Illustrated | 2.00 | ... |
| Motorman, How to Become a Successful. Aylmer-Small. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Motorman’s Practical Air Brake Instructor—Denehie. | ... | 1.50 |
| Modern Electric Illumination, Theory and Practice—Horstmann & Tousley. Illustrated | ... | 2.00 |
| Millwright’s Practical Hand Book—Swingle. Illustrated | 2.00 | ... |
| Modern American Telephony In All Its Branches—Smith. Illustrated | ... | 2.00 |
| Operation of Trains and Station Work—Prior. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Painting, Cyclopedia of—Maire. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Pattern Making and Foundry Practice—Hand. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Picture Making for Pleasure and Profit—Baldwin. Illustrated | 1.25 | ... |
| Plumbing, Practical, Up-to-Date—Clow. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Railway Roadbed and Track, Construction and Maintenance of—Prior. Illustrated | ... | 2.00 |
| Railway Shop Up-to-Date—Haig. Illustrated | 2.00 | ... |
| Sheet Metal Workers’ Instructor—Rose. Illustrated | 2.00 | ... |
| Signist’s Book of Modern Alphabets—Delamotte | 1.50 | ... |
| Sign Painting, The Art of—Atkinson | 3.00 | ... |
| Stair Building and Hand Railing—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Steam Boilers—Swingle. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Steel Square, A Key to—Woods. | 1.50 | ... |
| Steel Square, Vol. I—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Steel Square, Vol. II—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Steel Square, A B C—Hodgson. | .50 | ... |
| Steel Construction, Practical—Hodgson. Illustrated | .50 | ... |
| Storage Batteries—Niblett | .50 | ... |
| Sho’ Cards, A Show At—Atkinson and Atkinson | 3.00 | ... |
| Stonemasonry, Practical, Self-Taught—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Telegraphy Self-Taught—Edison. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Telephone Hand-Book—Baldwin. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Timber Framing, Light and Heavy—Hodgson | 2.00 | ... |
| Toolsmith and Steel Worker—Holford. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
| Turbine, The Steam—Swingle. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Walschaert Valve Gear Breakdowns and How to Adjust Them—Swingle. Illustrated | 1.00 | ... |
| Wiring Diagrams, Modern—Horstmann & Tousley. Illustrated | ... | 1.50 |
| Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony—V. H. Laughter | 1.00 | ... |
| Wood Carving, Practical—Hodgson. Illustrated | 1.50 | ... |
THE RED BOOK SERIES OF TRADE SCHOOL MANUALS
By F. Maire
16 mo., Cloth, Illustrated.
Price, each, $0.60
Exterior Painting, Wood, Iron and Brick.
Interior Painting, Water and Oil Colors.
Colors, What They Are and What to Expect from Them.
Graining and Marbling.
Carriage Painting.
The Wood Finisher.
THE AUTOMOBILE HAND-BOOK
OVER 200,000 SOLD
By ELLIOTT BROOKES, Assisted by Other Well-Known Experts
Revised and Enlarged New Edition—The largest and most practical
work published. Used by all up-to-date automobile schools as
their every-day text-book.over 720 pages and
over 329 illustrations. Full Leather Limp, Round
Corners, Red Edges. Price, $2.00.
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