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This website - http://www.pmillett.com/technical_books_online.htm - has a fascinating collection of old technical manuals available in downloadable PDF format. Here are examples of the kinds of books you will find at this site (the book descriptions come from the website):

Audels Radiomans Guide, Edwin P. Anderson, 1945, 880 pages: “covering theory, construction, and servicing including television electronics”. It covers everything from sounds waves through basic electronics, PA systems (including a little info on a WE theatre amp), transmitters, car and aircraft radio, troubleshooting - you name it, it’s in here.

Vacuum Tube Design, RCA, 1940, 260 pages: Intended for internal use only, this book contains a series of 26 lectures in a course taught by RCA engineers in 1937 and 1938. From the preface: “The lectures were intended to provide a review of the basic principles underlying the design and manufacture of vacuum tubes.”

Magnetic Recording - Wire and Tape, M. L. Quartermaine, 1952, 72 pages: An interesting book about the construction of tape and wire recorders. Includes theory and construction details, schematics of record/playback electronics, even info on how to make your own tape heads!

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