Tool Catalogue

Double Barrel · 25-12-2011 9:13pm #1

A 1869 Franz Wertheim tool catalogue that had been acquired by Princeton University and has been digitally scanned and is available for the world to see.
There are two volumes. Volume 1 is the text in French, Volume 2 are the illustrations.
Enjoy
Merry Christmas

http://pudl.princeton.edu/object.php?obj=qr46r156v

slowburner · 27-12-2011 11:16am

Imagine having the time and inclination to build a tool cabinet like that.

Carlow52 · 27-12-2011 1:15pm

the software for displaying the pages is the best I have seen, its awsome, anyone know what it is?

Double Barrel · 27-12-2011 4:35pm

"The Austrian tool manufacturer Franz Freiherr von Wertheim (1814-1883) was born in Krems and received international recognition for his knives and axes made from Styrian steel. He first exhibited his tools at the 1845 World’s Fair and continued to present bigger and better displays every few years. A lavish cabinet of his firm’s hand tools was at the Paris Exposition of 1867/68 and the following year, Wertheim published a sumptuous trade catalogue with forty-five lithographed plates of tools."

Double Barrel · 27-12-2011 4:44pm

Carlow,

http://libblogs.princeton.edu/pudl/2010/09/15/integrating-djatoka-and-openlibrary-bookreader/

http://libblogs.princeton.edu/pudl/2010/10/13/meeting-in-the-middle/

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/djatoka/

Tool Catalogue

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