Collection of Eight Instruction Manuals

Worcester, MA: Norton Company, 1940. Very Good. Worcester, MA: Norton Company, 1940. Eight volumes; quartos or oblong quartos (chiefly ca. 28x22cm.); all but one spiral-bound printed card wrappers, the last staplebound. Some general edge wear, a few with some soiling, else a Very Good or better collection. The still-extant Norton Company, founded in 1885, is today's largest manufacturer of abrasives. Titles as follows:

1. Norton 6" Type C Cylindrical Grinder: Construction, Operation, and Service.

2. Handbook for 18" x 72" Type C Autopart Regrinding Machine.

3. 14" - 16" Type C Cylindrical Grinder, 14" - 16" Type C Roll Grinder, Heavy Duty Hi-Swing Grinder.

4. Norton 10" Universal Grinder, 20 and 24" Lengths Instruction and Parts Manual.

5. 6" x 18" Type S-3 Hydraulic Surface Grinding Machine: Instruction and Parts Manual.

6. Instructions for Operating 18-H & 36-H Automatic Great Hobbing Machines for Spur, Helical and Worm Gears.

7. Norton 4" Type CTU Cylindrical Grinding Machines, Plain or Semiautomatic: Instruction and Parts Manual.

8. 8" x 24" Type S-3 Hydraulic Surface Grinding Machine: Instruction and Parts Manual.