Has anyone ever heard of the "International Library of Technology"? It was a library published from 1902 to 1969 (at least.) It covered topics like construction of steam boilers, steam turbines, pipe fitting, sheet metal work, etc.

The pre-1923 editions are public domain in the USA, so before I start buying them and ripping them, I thought I'd ask if anyone has ever seen them in eBook format.

Andy

Some volumes are available in The Internet Archive, in various formats. (The text versions are usually full of ocr errors: the djvu and pdf are usually very good.)

Here's a link:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22international%20library%20o f%20technology%22%29

And a commenter on this blog says (in 2006) that he is in the process of scanning the lot.
(If this isn’t you, then it might be worth getting in touch with him.)

Here's the blog link:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/02/the_american_boys_handy_book_w.html


And here's the comment:

• The book should be in the public domain, if it was copyrighted before 1922. Any Makers out there who have a copy can contribute scans of the pages to Distributed Proofreaders and let the community produce a free, publicly-distributed online version (with fewer typos than regular OCR).
And while you're at it, go and proofread a few pages of 19th Century Scientific American at DP, as well.
Me, I'm scanning and uploading the whole International Library of Technology series, including electrician, automotive repair, masonry and structural engineering texts from the 1900s....Posted by: vaguery on February 26, 2006 at 12:10 PM


The volume on perspective in drawing is available in electronic form here:
http://figure-drawings.com/
(for a fee)



Also Wikisource has a partial copy of the volume on book-keeping.

Thanks!

and no, that's not me...I just found this series yesterday.

Andy

I found that the books I a looking for were published by the International Correspondence School (ICS) and most pre-1923 editions are available somewhere. Check out Archive.org, books.google.com, or books.live.com. Search for "International Correspondence School"

Andy