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378: 90: 152:, and in the subsequent decades, besides his work on the journal, he authored or coauthored dozens of McGraw-Hill monographs, textbooks, and reference books in the field of machining. His principal coauthor was Frank A. Stanley; their first book series together was the "Hill Kink Books" series of 1908, a collection of handy, practical advice for the machinist on the shop floor. (The word "kinks" in this context was used in the sense of "tips and tricks"; that sense of the word is rather obsolescent today and merits glossing.) 25: 108:, technical journalist, author, and editor. He wrote, co-wrote, edited, or co-edited many periodical articles, handbooks, and textbooks related to engineering, machining, and manufacturing. His autobiography, 167:. (The latter title, still in print and regularly revised, is the one that machinists today are usually referring to when they speak imprecisely of "the machinist's handbook" or "the machinists' handbook".) 392: 427: 54: 286:
Labor turnover, loyalty and output: a consideration of the trend of the times as shown by the results of war activities in the machine shops and elsewhere
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Digitized items from the Fred H. Colvin Collection, Department of Special Collections, Case Western Reserve University Library, Cleveland, Ohio, US
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Near the end of his life, Colvin worked on a history of the American machine tool industry, but he died before finishing.
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Glass plate negative showing Colvin's design for an arbor press, July 1, 1900. From the digitized
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started, but he came out of retirement in order to help with the war production effort.
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awarded him an honorary M.E. degree for his life's work in advancing the field.
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at Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
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Books authored or coauthored by Colvin—Library of Congress catalog
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From 1908 to 1945, Colvin and Stanley coedited eight editions of
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American machinist, technical journalist, author, and editor
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Memoir, poetry, and labor-relations titles by Colvin
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glass plate negative showing machine diagram pinned on wall
Fred H. Colvin Papers
machinist
Sixty Years with Men and Machines
Machine Age
Alexander Luchars
John A. Hill
American Machinist
McGraw-Hill
American Machinists' Handbook
Machinery's Handbook
World War II
Worcester Reed Warner Medal
Stevens Institute of Technology
Colvin, Fred H.
LCCN
47003762
ISBN
978-0-917914-86-7
Ralph Flanders
OCLC
1394677
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