Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Henry Disston & Sons
None
A Place to Live and Work
A rich history of the unique relationship between life and work in an American factory town from 1840 to 1984, A Place to Live and Work tells the remarkable story of Henry Disston's saw manufacturing company and the factory town he built. The book provides a rare view of the rise of one of America's largest and most powerful family-owned businesses, from its modest beginnings in 1840 to the 1940s, when Disston products were known worldwide, to the sale and demise of the company in the postwar years. Henry Disston, however, not only built a factory; he also shaped Tacony, the town in northeastern Philadelphia where the workers lived. The book describes the company's interdependence with the c...
1918 Henry Disston & Sons
A reprint of the 241 page Henry Disston & Sons 1918 catalog showing the complete line of saws and other tools in the Disston line. . Tool collectors use original catalogs to identify the vintage tools they find. Since the original catalog are sometimes difficult to find and an original copy of this publication is hard to find at a reasonable price, reprinted catalogs work well.
Disston Lumberman Handbook - Containing A Treatise Of The Construction Of Saws And How To Keep Them In Order
This early work on saws is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains details on the construction of a variety of saws and also the methods of their maintenance such as sharpening. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in the manufacturing of saws. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Disston Handbook
None
1911 Henry Disston & Sons
A reprint of the 206 page Henry Disston & Sons 1911 catalog showing the complete line of saws and other tools in the Disston line. . Tool collectors use original catalogs to identify the vintage tools they find. Since the original catalog are sometimes difficult to find and an original copy of this publication is hard to find at a reasonable price, reprinted catalogs work well.The 1911 Catalog is a particularly hard catalog to find. It's not as common as the 1918.
The Disston History
None
The Swamp
A prize-winning r"Washington Post" reporter tells the story of the Florida Everglades, from its beginnings as 4,500 off-putting square miles of natural liquid wasteland to the ecological mess it has become. Photos.
