Farm mechanics' construction book : details of construction, maintenance and repair of farm buildings, irrigation and earth fill dams
Modern electrical construction : a reliable, practical guide for the beginner in electrical construction showing the latest approved methods of installing work of all kinds according to the safety rules of the National Board of Fire Underwriters
A treatise on the construction, repairing and tuning of the organ : including also the reed organ, the orchestrelle and the player-piano
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.39.1
- Call Number
- 786.5192 FAU
- Author
- Faust, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1859-
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Tuners Supply Co.
- Publication Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill. : 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "G. Candler Piano Tuning & Repairing, 717 Municipal Ave., Ph. 492-4515 Penticton, B.C." -- stamp on Preface and endpaper (back).
- "G. Candler 6826 Balmoral St. Burnaby 1, B.C. 524-6283" -- stamp on Preface, p. 246, and endpaper (back).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Organ (musical Instrument)
- Tuning
- Reed organ
- Object History
- Donor purchased the book ca. 1960 from D.M. Best & Co in Toronto, Ontario.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "With numerous illustrations" --Title page
- Author's full name and dates: Faust, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1859-
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Audels carpenters and builders guide #4 : a practical illustrated trade assistant on modern construction for carpenters, joiners, builders, mechanics, and all wood workers
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV000.3.3
- Call Number
- 694 GRA
- Author
- Graham, Frank Duncan, 1875-1965
- Contributor
- Emery, Thomas J.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- T. Audel & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 4 v. (xvi, 1546 p.) : ill. : 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "H. A. McCallum" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf and first page of chapter 47]
"WALTER GALLOWAY
BOOKSTORE
135 HASTINGS ST. E.
VANCOUVER, B.C." [Stamped in purple ink on back endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Carpentry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Building--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- "Thomas J. Emery--associate."
- Includes index.
- Author's full name and date : Graham, Frank Duncan, 1875-
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Audels carpenters and builders guide no. 2 : a practical illustrated trade assistant on modern construction for carpenters, joiners, builders, mechanics, and all wood workers
Audels carpenters and builders guide no. 4 : a practical illustrated trade assistant on modern construction for carpenters, joiners, builders, mechanics and all wood workers
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV011.7.4
- Call Number
- 693 GRA
- Author
- Graham, Frank Duncan, 1875-1965
- Emery, Thomas J.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Audel
- Publication Date
- c1939
- Physical Description
- xvi, 1089-1546 : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "NIXON'S / NEW WESTMINSTER B.C.", printed sticker inside back cover, bottom edge near spine
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Carpentry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Building--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Names
- Love, George Richard
- Exworthy, William Albert "Bert"
- Object History
- Book was the property of George Love and used by him
- Notes
- "explaining in practical, concise language and by well done illustrations, diagrams, charts, graphs and pictures, principles, advances, short cuts-based on modern practice - including instructions on how to figure and calculate various jobs" --T.p.
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Building trades pocketbook : a handy manual of reference on building construction
Dress construction and finishing
Dyke's automobile and gasoline engine encyclopedia : elementary principles, construction, operation and repair of automobiles, gasoline engines and automobile electric systems; including trucks, tractors, motorcoaches, automotive diesel engines, aircraft engines and motorcycles simple, thorough and practical
Farm mechanics' handbook : answers to problems in construction : maintenance and repair of farm buildings, machinery etc.
The Model T Ford car : its construction, operation and repair
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 629.2 PAG
- Author
- Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- Publisher
- McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart Limited
- Publication Date
- c1915
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 288 p., 4 unnumbered p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Ford automobile
- Ford Model T automobile
- Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Author's full given name and dates : Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947.
- "A ccomplete practical treatise explaining the operating principles of all parts of the Ford automobile, with complete instructions for driving and maintenance; includes the most thorough and easily understood illustrated instructions on Ford repairing ever published; based on five years' experience of a Ford operator--invaluable to all Ford owners, dealers, salesmen, drivers and repair men--every phase of the subject treated in a non-technical yet comprehensive manner, ... illustrated by over 100 specially made diagrams and distinctive original photographs of actual parts, all in correct proportion." -- title page
- Includes index
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Steam boilers, their construction, care and operation, with questions and answers.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.19.2
- Call Number
- 621.184 SWI 1929
- Author
- Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), 1846-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Frederick J. Drake & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 303 p. : illus. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "H Simon / Dawson Lamb / S.S. Reynolds /J.R. Ritchie / June 1947" -first line written in pen, next two lines in pencil and in different hand, and last two lines in ink and possibly in another hand on opposite page to title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Steam-boilers
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates: Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), 1846.
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Street railways : their construction, operation, and maintenance
The American cyclopedia of the automobile or, Motor cars and motoring self-taught : a work of reference & self instruction
The care and management of electrical machinery : a handbook for the use of power users and attendants
Complete practical railroading : a complete series of text-books on modern railway transportation
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.45
- Call Number
- 385 NAT
- Author
- National Institute of Practical Mechanics
- Contributor
- International School of Engineering
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- International School of Engineering
- Publication Date
- c1911
- Printer
- Allied Printing
- Physical Description
- 492 p., xix : ill. : 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Trainmen--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Trainmen
- Railroads--Design and construction
- Railroads
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- "A series of text books prepared especially and exclusively for instruction on locomotive engineering by motive power superintendents, master mechanics, traveling engineers and mechanical experts associated with the International School of Engineering" -- Title page
- "Locomotive boilers and engines, their construction, care, operation and management, firemen's duties, heat, fuel combustion, injectors, lubrication, and the setting of valves. Also complete description of walschaert and other valve gears, their defects and how to remedy them" -- Title page
- Includes index.
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Copper River and Northwestern Ry. : standard spiral tables
Delco systems : instruction, operation and care ; wiring diagrams, internal circuits of ignition relay, cut out relay, circuit breaking relay, vibrating regulator relay, coils, voltage regulator, switches, motor generators and all important parts and wiring diagrams of all Delco systems used on motor cars to date