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Machinery's Handbook vs American Machinists' Handbook - History & Lore
Machinery's Handbook is a workshop staple all across America, but there was also another book American Machinist's Handbook, that's since been largely forgotten.
This video chronicles the interconnected stories of these two iconic shop books.
Colvin: 60 Years with Men, and Machines: https://archive.org/details/60yearswithmenma0000fred
1908 American Machinists' Handbook: https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Machinists_Handbook_and_Diction/aRNJAAAAIAAJ
1915 Machinery's Handbook: https://books.google.com/books?id=VkEYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:-zxxF0uMzIgC
Old American Machinist magazines: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000552057
Old Machinery magazines: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=machinery&searchtype=title
Moar History:
https://books.industrialpress.com/history-of-machinerys-handbook/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinery%27s_Handbook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Machinists%27_Handbook
Alexander Luchars Bio 1911:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Who_s_who_in_New_York_city_and_State/o0sWAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=alexander+luchars&pg=PA688&printsec=frontcover
1912 Der Springer Werkstattstechnik:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/wt_spezial/cPR_BwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=alexander+luchars&pg=PP10&printsec=frontcover
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Der_Springer_Verlag/CMAkBgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=alexander+luchars&pg=PA203&printsec=frontcover
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:14 Fred Colvin
02:43 Alexander Luchars
03:10 Machinery Magazine
04:28 American Machinist Magazine
05:10 Locomotive Engineer Magazine
06:16 American Machinist's Handbook
07:29 Machinery's Handbook
09:28 What Happened to American Machinist?
10:44 Outro
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