I'm not sure if it's better to organize this chronologically or alphabetically; I'll go with alphabetically for now.
Don't let the often very plain title pages (as shown in the icons here) fool you; many of these works contain some of the very best explanations for doing complex machine tool work ever.
Amer. Journ. of Science and Arts 44.1 (1843)
Spencer, Asa. "Vindication of the Claims to Certain Inventions and Improvements in the Graphic Art." [Appendix to] The American Journal of Science and Arts. Vol. 44, No. 1 (1843). Asa Spencer's claims to the origination of certain medal ruling machines derived from rose engines.
The icon here links to an extract of this Appendix from the Google Books digitization of the University of Virginia copy.
Amer. Mech. Mag. 1.12 (1843)
Anon. "New Cycloidal Chuck." American Mechanics' Magazine. Vol. 1, No. 12 (Saturday, April 23, 1825): 177-178
The first icon links to an extract from the Google Books digitization of a Univ. of Calif. copy. The second icon links to an extract from the Google Books digitization of the Univ. of Michigan copy. (in both cases PDF pages 188-189).
Amateur Mechanical Society, Vol. 1 (1871-2)
The Quarterly Journal of the Amateur Mechanical Society. Vol. 1 (1871-1872). (London: Trübner & Co.)
Despite its name (which suggests a broader scope), this Society's journal, at least at this time, is devoted almost entirely to ornamental turning.
Amateur Mechanics. Vol. 1 (1883)
A popular magazine edited by Paul N. Hasluck (a prolific writer on amateur engineering topics). It has been digitized twice by Google Books. The first icon at left links to a local copy of a Google Books digitization from an unspecified source (37 Megabytes). The second icon links to a local copy of their digitization of the Bodleian Library copy (30 Megabytes).Below, I've extracted the sections relevant to Ornamental Turning as individual PDF files.
Amateur Mechanics. Vol. 2 (1884)
This volume has not yet been digitized.
The bibliography at http://ornamentalturning.net/books/collectors_books.html indicates that a translation of Frederic Antoine Caillard's L'art du Toureur-Tabletier was published in this volume (pp. 346-354).
Baird. Turner's Companion. (1864)
Anon. [Baird?] The Turner's Companion: Containing Instruction In Concentric, Elliptic, and Eccentric Turning; also Various Plates of Chucks, Tools, and Instruments; and Directions for Using the Eccentric Cutter, Drill, Vertical Cutter, and Circular Rest; with Patterns, and Instructions for Working Them . (Philadelphia, PA: Henry Carey Baird, 1864.)
This is a general work of modest interest. Its woodcuts have a curiously 18th century feeling to them.
This volume has been digitized sevearl times. d by Google Books from the Harvard copy. The icon at left links to a local copy of the Google Books digitization of the Harvard copy (4.2 Megabytes). The same digitization is also available via The Hathi Trust (ID: hvd.32044080688476). Here is a local copy assembled from the Hathi page images: . Here is a local copy assembled from the Hathi page images of the 1856 edition: baird-1856-turners-companion-hathi-hvd-32044080688476-png.pdf.
Bazley. Geometric Chuck. (1875)
Bazley, Thomas Sebastian. Index to the Geometric Chuck: A Treatise upon the Description, in the Lathe, of Simple and Compound Epitrochoidal or "Geometric" Curves . (London: Holtzapffel & Co., 1875.)
This book has been digitized by Google Books from the New York Public Library copy. Higher resolution page scans are available via The Hathi Trust (ID: nyp.33433066407721). The icon at left links to a PDF assembled from those page scans (266 Megabytes). Here is a local copy of the Google Books PDF (29 Megabytes) bazley-1875-Index_to_the_Geometric_Chuck-google-nypl.pdf
Evans. Ornamental Turning. Vol. 1 (1903)
Evans, J. H. Ornamental Turning. Volume 1. (London: Guilbert Pitman, 1903). N.B. The three volumes of Evans were also published bound as one in a "Complete Popular Edition" by Pitman.
This book has been digitized by Cornell University and is available via The Internet Archive. The icon at left links to that presentation. For convenience, here are local copies of the PDF version cu31924031276433.pdf and the DjVu version cu31924031276433.djvu. JPEG2000 format page scans are also available at The Internet Archive presentation of this work.
It has also been digitized by Google from the Stanford University copy. Here is a local copy of that digitization: evans-1903-ornamental-turning-v1-google-stanford.pdf
Evans. Ornamental Turning. Vol. 2 (1904)
Evans, J. H. Ornamental Turning. Volume 2. (London: Guilbert Pitman, 1904).
This book has been digitized by Cornell University and is available via The Internet Archive. The icon at left links to that presentation. For convenience, here are local copies of the PDF version cu31924092932130.pdf and the DjVu version cu31924092932130.djvu. JPEG2000 format page scans are also available at The Internet Archive presentation of this work.
It has also been digitized by Google from the Stanford University copy. Here is a local copy of that digitization: evans-1904-ornamental-turning-v2-google-stanford.pdf
Evans. Ornamental Turning. Vol. 3 (1904)
Evans, J. H. Ornamental Turning. Volume 3. (London: Guilbert Pitman, 1904).
This book has been digitized by Cornell University and is available via The Internet Archive. The icon at left links to that presentation. For convenience, here are local copies of the PDF version cu31924092932122.pdf and the DjVu version cu31924092932122.djvu. JPEG2000 format page scans are also available at The Internet Archive presentation of this work.
It has also been digitized by Google from the Stanford University copy. Here is a local copy of that digitization: evans-1904-ornamental-turning-v3-google-stanford.pdf
Elphinstone. (1872)
Elphinstone, H. W. Patterns for Turning: Comprising Elliptical and Other Figures Cut on the Lathe Without the Use of Any Ornamental Chucks . (London: John Murray, 1872).
This book has been digitized by Google; the icon at left links to a local copy of the Google Books PDF.
Ibbetson. Geometric Chuck. (1833)
Ibbetson, John Holt. A Brief Account of Ibbetson's Geometric Chuck. (London: Printed for the Author and Sold by Holtzapffel and Co., 1833.)
This book has been digitized at least twice. The best digitization available online is that done from the University of California copy which is online at The Internet Archive. The icon at left links to that presentation. Here is a local copy of the PDF version of it: briefaccountofib00ibbeiala.pdf. Here is a local copy of the much nicer DjVu version of it: briefaccountofib00ibbeiala.djvu Raw page scans are also available at The Internet Archive. This public domain scan has also been re-hosted elsewhere on the web (you can tell it is the same copy by looking at the foxing).
This book is also available in page images from The Hathi Trust (ID: uc2.ark:/13960/t91835s96). I don't know whether or not this digitization was done by Google; Google itself presents no version of it that I can find.
Lukin. The Lathe & Its Uses (1868)
Lukin, James. The Lathe and Its Uses. (NY: John Wiley & Son, 1868).
This book has been digitized by Google from the University of Michigan copy. The icon at left links to a local copy of that digitization.
Lukin. Turning Lathes. (1888)
Lukin, James, ed. Turning Lathes. (London: E. & F. Spon, 1888) This work deals mostly with plain turning; it has a short section on "the ornamental drill and eccentric cutter" near the end.
This book has been digitized by Google. Page scans are available via The Hathi Trust (ID: mdp.39015035116691). The icon at left links to a local PDF assembled from those images. Here is a local copy of the Google PDF: lukin-1888-turning-lathes-google-mich-via-archive-org-turninglathesam00lukigoog.pdf
Lukin. Turning Lathes. (1890)
Lukin, James. Turning Lathes. Third Edition. (London: L. Upcott Gill, 1890).
This book has been digitized by Google, from a University of California copy. Higher-resolution pages scans are available via The Hathi Trust (ID: uc1.b315462). The icon at left links to a local PDF assembled from those page scans. Here is the Google version of this scan from the copy cached at The Internet Archive: lukin-1890-3ed-turning-lathes-google-mich-via-archive-org-turninglathesam01lukigoog.pdf
Lukin. Simple Decorative Lathe Work. (1905)
Lukin, James. Simple Decorative Lathe Work. (London: Guilbert Pitman, 1905).
This book has been digitized by Google from the New York Public Library copy. Higher-resolution page images are available via The Hathi Trust (ID: nyp.33433066419478). The icon at left links to a PDF assembled from these. Here is a local copy of the Google Books PDF, from the copy cached at The Internet Archive: lukin-1905-simple-decorative-lathe-work-google-nypl-via-archive-org-simpledecorativ00lukigoog.pdf
Northcott. Lathes & Turning. (1876)
Northcott, W. Henry. A Treatise on Lathes and Turning: Simple, Mechanical, and Ornamental . (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1872)
This book has been digitized by Google from the University of Michigan copy. Higher-resolution page scans are available via The Hathi Trust (ID: mdp.39015064557294). The icon at left links to a local copy of a PDF assembled from these page images (222 Megabytes) Here is a local copy of the Google PDF (16 Megabytes): northcott-1876-lathes-google-mich-via-archive-org-atreatiseonlath00nortgoog.pdf
Oliver-Gascoigne. Handbook of Turning. (1842)
Anon. [Mary Isabella Oliver-Gascoigne] The Handbook of Turning (London: Saunders & Otley, 1842).
This book has been digitized by Google from a Bodleian Library copy. The icon at left links to a local copy of the Google PDF of this digitization.
Plant's Geometric Chuck
(Click on the icon at left to read the extract as a PDF.) This is a five part series of articles extracted from Amateur Mechanics. Vol. 1, Nos. 3-7 (see above) . With a letter by Wm. S. Barlow adding to the Plant vs. Hartley controversy.
Schirmer, Rose Engine (1898/1901)
US patent 676,611, "Rose Engine," issued 1901-06-18 to Felix Schirmer. Filed 1898-07-22 as application serial number 686,622. Schirmer was a subject of the King of Saxony, resident in Leipsic [Leipzig]. The machine is a rose engine employing two linked horizontal disks.
Watson. Hand Lathe. (1869)
Watson, Egbert P. A Manual of the Hand Lathe. (Philadelphia, PA: Henry Cary Baird, 1869.) This book is for the most part devoted to hand turning (including turning metal on the lathe with hand-held tools). It does cover some elementary ornamental turning, but not in the detail that many other works do.
Both icons link to versions of this book presented at The Internet Archive. The first is to the digitization of the US Library of Congress copy. Here are local copies of the PDF and DjView versions of it: manualofhandlath00wats.pdf manualofhandlath00wats.djvu The second is to the digitization of a University of California copy. Here are local copies of the PDF and DjView versions of it: manualofhandlath00wats.pdf manualofhandlath00wats.djvu Both presentations at The Internet Archive include versions with the original scans.
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