Audels aircraft worker. A practical treatise for all mechanics, lead men, layout men, draftsmen, designers, apprentices, and students
New York: Theo. Audel & Co., publishers, 49 W. 23rd St. [1943]. 12mo, pp. [8], 228; hundreds of illustrations, tables, graphs, etc.; original tan cloth stamped in black on upper cover and spine, edges stained red; some staining to the binding, especially to the back cover, front hinge reglued; otherwise good and sound. This manual was originally published the previous year, just as the air war was building up in WW-II. This appears to be the second printing of it. "Nehemiah Hawkins (1833-1928), an American inventor, publisher and author (pen name Theodore Audel) was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He started working with the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, MA. In Chicago he established a magazine called Steam - soon sold and incorporated into Power - then moved to New York ... He wrote (or commissioned and published under his own name) many of the popular Audel's Guides popular with engineers and craftsmen and published by Theodore Audel & Company of New York. Item #60100
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