Hello all,
>
> I know it's been a long while, but I'm finally done scanning
> volume 1 of Joshua Rose's wonderful 1887 book "Modern
> Machine Shop Practice." Just as with "A Catechism of the
> Steam Engine" by Bourne (see below), I'm hoping this will be
> eventually hosted by the Digital Sources division of the MSU
> Library. However, since it's not available there yet (and
> it can take a while for them to get it mounted), and also
> since even once there it's a good 255 MB, I'm going to make
> the same offer as before. If you'd like a copy of this on
> CD, send me your name and address. If you're willing/able
> to make additional copies for someone else, let me know that
> also. For folks with high speed access, I'm hoping this
> will get mounted in a week or so, but it could be longer :(
> I'll post when that happens.
>
> The book: 515 pages, about 1900 illustrations, 23 plates,
> covers operation of machine tools, measuring, gear cutting,
> etc. First edition, 1887. Volume 1 of 2 (if it seems to be
> well received, I'll work on volume 2...). A truly wonderful
> book, nicely produced. The actual book is oversized; at 1:1
> scale it will just print out on 8.5" x 11" paper.
>
> The images: PDF (acrobat) format, by chapter, 600 dpi
> bilevel scanning (not explicitly downsampled, but I haven't
> checked to see what acrobat actually did to the
> resolution). The scans came out very well, I think, and the
> 600 dpi captures the fine details in the many
> illustrations. The scanning was done on a flat bed scanner;
> a copy with a very bad binding was disassembled (by a
> bookbinder) and the pages scanned. We'll put it back
> together (better than before) for continued use. I would
> have prefered to use an overhead archival scanner, but the
> book is too big to fit on the scanner that's available.
> (Why 600 dpi? It seems to be the lower level of what's
> considered archival quality, at least at the moment. Might
> as well do it as close to right as I could.)
>
> The images are in the public domain; have fun.
>
> (Also on this CD will be the aforementioned Bourne book, in
> case you didn't get that yet.)
>
> BTW, the 1868 Bourne book is at
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> OT, but in case anyone is looking for a good CD writer, I'm
> very impressed with my new Plextor 12/10/32A. A good,
> robust device. I won't be making any coasters any more, and
> 7 minutes to burn a nearly full CDROM :)
>
> --Dale
>
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> Dale Grover (517) 374-7966
> Red Cedar Electronics (517) 374-9676 (fax)
> Lansing, MI USA snipped-for-privacy@redcedar.com
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Hello Dale,
I must say I was please to see that you had scanned the first volume of Joshua's book. What a undertaking. I have both of these volumes, and the books are massive. I also have a few other books of his from the 1800's.
I have a great interest in all of this, as Joshua was my Great Uncle. Born in St Pancras England, and died in New York. He is from a family of engineers, and served his indenture under his father, at Ashford Works, in Kent England.
Thank you so much for scanning and preserving, his work.
warm regards Susan Bergeron Uxbridge Ontario Canada