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Vacuum Tubes Reference Manuals

The Premium Reference Library

225 Vintage Titles on DVD

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- 57 Vacuum Tube Theory & Circuit Design Books

- 109 Vacuum Tubes Manufacturers Manuals (GE, Mullard, RCA, etc)

- 60+ Additional History and Engineering Books

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A must have resource for any vintage radio enthusiast and hobbyist!
Neatly organized titles as shown, on one easy to use DVD.

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This massive library on DVD contains 225+ publications, books, reference guides, covering vacuum tubes used in vintage radio and televisions.  If you are a tinkerer, hobbyist, or a professional, you need this set.  It includes everything that is available by other ebay sellers and a whole lot more, for a whole lot less.  We have seen less quality collections being sold for 3x this price.  

Titles include:

Vacuum Tubes Theory & Circuit Design Books:
Basic Theory and Applications of Electron Tubes, Departments of the Army and Air Force, 1952, 229 pages
Cathode-Ray Tube - DuMont - 1956
Conductance Curve Design, Dr. Keats A. Pullen, 1958, 127 pages
Data and Circuits of TV Receiving Valves - Jager 1953 231 pages
Electric Rectifiers and Valves, Dr, ing. A. Guntherschulze, 1928, 227 pages
Electron Tube Design RCA, 1962, 951 pages
Electron Tubes Volume 1, RCA, 1935-41, 483 pages
Electron Tubes Volume 2, RCA, 1942-48, 462 pages
Electronic Circuits and Tubes - Cruft Labs at Harvard - Chaffee, 1947, 1017 pages
Electronics and Electron Tubes E. D. McArthur, 1936, 180 pages
Electron-Tube Circuits , Samuel Seely, 1950, 540 pages
FTR Handbook of Tube Operation, Federal Telephone and Radio Corporation, 1944, 68 pages
Getting the Most Out of Vacuum Tubes, Robert B. Tomer, 1960, 164 pages
Graphical Constructions for Vacuum Tube Vircuits, Albert Preisman, 1943, 245 pages
Grondslagen van de Radiobuizentechniek, Philips'  Gloeilampenfabrieken te Einhioven, 1943 (Dutch)
How to Use Meters, John F. Rider, 1960
Handbook of Piezoelectric Crystals, John P. Buchanan, 1956, 701 pages
Inside the Vacuum Tube John F. Rider, 1945, 424 pages
Know Your Oscilloscope, Paul C. Smith, 1958
Materials and Techniques for Electron Tubes Wlater H. Kohl, 1960, 657 pages
Materials Technology for Electron Tubes Wlater H. Kohl, 1951, 505 pages
Mercury Arc Power Rectifiers , Othmar Marti and Harold Winograd , 1930, 478 pages
Mercury Arc Rectifiers Practice Frederick Charles Orchard, 1936, 255 pages
Oscilloscope Techniques, Alfred Haas, 1958
Philips Electronic Valves Book II, 1949, 420 pages
Philips Electronic Valves Book III, 1949, 223 pages
Philips Electronic Valves Book IIIa, 1952, 498 pages
Philips Electronic Valves Book IIIc, 1953, 231 pages
Philips Electronic Valves Book VII, 1951, 296 pages
Philips Electronic Valves Book IX, 1959, 205 pages
Philips Electronic Valves Book XI, 1956, 72 pages
Philips Electronic Valves Book XII, 1956, 53 pages
Philips Talks On Electricity 1955, 237 pages
Physics and Applications of Secondary Electron Emission, Dr. H. Bruining, 1954, 103 pages
Principes of Electron Tubes Herbert J. Reich, 1941, 414 pages
Principes of Mercury Arc Rectifiers and their circuits, 1927, 236 pages
Probes,  Bruno Zucconi, 1955
Radio and TV Test Instruments, Hugo Gernsback, 1953
Radio Receiving and Television Tubes , James Moyer, 1936, 645 pages
Radiotron Designer's Handbook RCA 3th Edition , P. Langford Smith, 1941, 357 pages
Radiotron Designer's Handbook RCA 4th Edition, P. Langford Smith, 1953, 1538 pages
Storage Tubes and their Basic Principles, M. Knoll and B. Kazan, 1952, 153 pages
The Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope,  Charles Sicuranza, 1938,
The Cathode Ray Tube at Work - John Rider, 1943, 346 pages
The Oxide-Coated Cathode Vol. 1 G. Herrmann & S. Wagener 1951, 155 pages
The Oxide-Coated Cathode Vol. 2 G. Herrmann & S. Wagener 1951, 322 pages
The Thermionic Vacuum Tube and its Applications H.J Van Der Bijl, 1920, 407 pages
Theory and Applications of Electron Tubes Herbert J. Reich 2th edition 1944, 736 pages
Theory of Thermionic Vacuum Tube Vircuits Leo James Peters 1927, 263 pages
Theory of Thermionic Vacuum Tube E. Leon Chaffee 1933, 688 pages
Troubleshooting with the Oscilloscope, Robert G. Middleton., 1962
Vacuum Tube Design RCA 1940, 267 pages
Vacuum Tubes Karl R. Spangenberg, 1948, 877 pages
Vacuum Tubes Rectifiers Alexander Schure, 1958, 77 pages
Vacuum-tube Oscillators William A. Edson, 1953, 488 pages
Vacuum-tube Voltmeters 2th Edition John F. Rider 1951, 430 pages
Industrial Electronics Handbook by R.Kretzmann 1964
 
Vacuum Tubes Manufacturers Manuals:
Amperex Catalog, 1958, 30 pages
Amperex Catalog, 1959, 35 pages
Amperex Catalog, 1963, 40 pages
Amperex Hi-Fi & Audio Tubes Catalog, 1956, 8 pages
Arcturus Tubes Catalog, 8 pages
Brimar Valve and Teletube Manual No. 9, 74 pages
Chatham 6AS7G Datasheet
Cunningham Radio Tubes Manual C-10 1933, 92 pages
Cunningham Tubes Brochure, 9 pages
Cunningham CX300A Brochure, 1926
Eimac Power Catalog, 1948
Eimac Power Catalog, 1955
Eimac Care and Feeding of Power Tetrodes, 1951, 28 pages
Eimac Power Grid Tubes Quick Ref Catalog, 1975, 112 pages
Eimac Catalog of Eimac Tubes, 1952, 158 pages
Eimac Tubes Catalog, 1955, 296 pages
Eimac  Power Grid Tubes Quick Ref Catalog, 1969,  54 pages
GE Five-Star Tubes High-Reliability Receiving Types Catalog, 20 pages
GE Glow lamp manual Theory Circuits Ratings 2nd Edition, 1965, 118 pages
GE Socketless Tube Circuit Techniques, 57 pages
GE Tubes Essential Characteristics 231 pages
Marconi Valves The Use Valves The experts Use Catalog, 46 pages
Mullard Valve Data Book, 1951, 248 pages
Mullard Data Book, 1965-66
Mullard Valves and Electron Tubes Technical Data Manual, 67 pages
Osram Valve guide and Book of Circuits, 1934, 68 pages
Osram Valve guide and Book of Circuits, 1938, 72 pages
Osram Valves manual 1936-1937, 133 pages
Philips Electron tubes Book T5 Cathode-ray tubes, 1988, 418 pages
Philips Electron tubes Part 4 June 1972 Receiving Tubes, 564 pages
Philips Factory Valves Codes List, 16 pages
Philips Miniwatt comparative pocket book for valves 6th ED. 1939, 94 pages
Philips Miniwatt comparative pocket book for valves 7th ED. 1942, 94 pages
Philips Miniwatt Technical Data 7th Ed., 1962, 407 pages
Philips Miniwatt Vacuum-Tube Catalog, 1938, 16 pages
Philips Transmitting valves catalog, 1945, 6 pages
Rauland Visitron Phototubes Catalog no. 546, 17 pages
Raytheon 1937 Radio Receiving Tubes Databook, 195 pages
Raytheon 1938 Handbook of Amateur Tube Uses, 72 pages
Raytheon 1939 Amateur Tubes caracteristics, 2 pages
Raytheon 1940 Characteristic Data Chart, 28 pages
Raytheon 1957 Radio and Television Recieving Tube Data, 54 pages
Raytheon Special purpose tubes caracteristics catalog, 19 pages
RCA Beam Power Tubes O.H. Schade 1938, 48 pages
RCA Cunningham Radiotron Chart 1935, 1 page
RCA De Forest amateur tubes manual, 1934, 92 pages
RCA Electron Tube Design, 1962
RCA Guide for Transmitting Tubes, 1942, 76 pages
RCA HB-3 Tube Handbook 1955 Vol1-2
RCA HB-3 Tube Handbook 1955 Vol3-4
RCA HB-3 Tube Handbook 1955 Vol5-6
RCA HB-3 Tube Handbook 1955 Vol7-8
RCA Industrial Receiving-Type Tubes 1969 24 pages
RCA Interchangeability Directory Fec 1962
RCA New All-Metal Radio Tubes manual 1935 32 pages
RCA Nuvistor Tubes for Industrial and Military applications 1963 16 pages
RCA Nuvistor Tubes Industrial and Military 1967 28 pages
RCA Nuvistor Tubes reference guide 4 pages
RCA Phototubes and Photocells technical manual PT-60 Oct 1963 197 pages
RCA Phototubes manual 1941, 16 pages
RCA R-10 Tube Manual 1932, 116 pages
RCA RC-11 Tube Manual 1933, 164 pages
RCA RC-12 Tube Manual 1934, 164 pages
RCA RC-13 Tube Manual 1937, 196 pages
RCA RC-14 Tube Manual 1940, 257 pages
RCA RC-15 Tube Manual 1948, 260 pages
RCA RC-16 Tube Manual 1951, 324 pages
RCA RC-17 Tube Manual 1954, 324 pages
RCA RC-18 Tube Manual 1956, 356 pages
RCA RC-19 Tube Manual 1959, 388 pages
RCA RC-20 Tube Manual 1960, 436 pages
RCA RC-21 Tube Manual 1961, 484 pages
RCA RC-22 Tube Manual 1963, 548 pages
RCA RC-23 Tube Manual 1964, 612 pages
RCA RC-24 Tube Manual 1965, 580 pages
RCA RC-25 Tube Manual 1966, 612 pages
RCA RC-26 Tube Manual 1968, 657 pages
RCA RC-27 Tube Manual 1970, 676 pages
RCA RC-28 Tube Manual 1971, 788 pages
RCA RC-29 Tube Manual 1973, 756 pages
RCA RC-30 Tube Manual 1975, 762 pages
RCA Receiving type tubes for Industrial and Communications Types Manual, 1960, 32 pages
RCA Reference Book, 1956, 53 pages
RCA Special Red Tubes, 1948, 8 pages
RCA TT-3 Air-Cooled Transmitting Tube Manual, 1938, 194 pages
RCA TT-4 Transmitting Tube Manual, 1956, 260 pages
RCA Vacuum Tube Design, 1940, 267 pages
STC Standard Valves manual, 1947, 329 pages
Sylvania Characteristics of Receiving Tubes, 19-- 64 pages
Sylvania Characteristics of Receiving Tubes, 1958, 60 pages
Sylvania Characteristics of Receiving Tubes, 1964, 72 pages
Sylvania Characteristics of Transmitting Tubes, 1954, 12 pages
Sylvania Industrial Tubes Manual, 1958, 32 pages
Sylvania Radio Tubes Characteristics, 1945, 20 pages
Sylvania Technical Manual, 1951, 364 pages
Sylvania Spiral accelerator tubes
Sylvania Technical manual, 1955, 712 pages
Sylvania Technical manual, 1970, 628 pages
Sylvania Tube Substitution Manual, 1953, 42 pages
Taylor Catalog and Manual, 1940, 52 pages
Taylor Tubes catalog and handbook, 34 pages
Tung-Sol Electronic Tubes Technical Data, 1948, 1028 pages
United Electronic Power Tubes, 1945, 148 pages
Victoreen Tubes catalog, 26 pages
Western Electric Electron Tubes manual, 16 pages
Western Electric Vacuum Tube Data 101D to 300B, 1941, 212 pages
Western Electric Vacuum Tube Data 300A- 300B, 7 pages
Western Electric Vacuum Tube Data 301A to 373A, 1963, 188 pages
Westinghouse Electronic Tube Easy Guide, 1947
 
Additional Engineering and History Books:
25 Years of British Broadcasting, 1947, 52 pages
A Decade of Radio Advertising, by Herman Hettinger, 1933, 365 pages
ABC of Radio, 1922, by W Kaempffert, 66 pages
Armed Forces Radio and Television Broadcast Guide 1961, 225 pages
Allocation Standards for TV FM, 1948, 235 pages
Big Business & Radio Book, 1939, by Gleason Archer, 554 pages
Broadcast Advertising, by Frank Arnold, 1931, 295 pages
Broadcasters Handbook, 2nd Edition, 1941, by Harold Ennes, 449 pages
Broadcasting Its New Day, 1925, by Samuel Rothafel, 344 pages
Broadcasting Sid Hix Cartoons, 120 pages
Cathode Ray Tube at Work, 1935, by John Rider, 348 pages
CBS What The New Radio Rules Mean, 1941, 36 pages
A New High Efficiency Power Amplifier for Modulated Waves, by WH Dherty, RCA, 25 pages
Educations Own Stations, 1937, by S.E. Frost, 498 pages
FCC Blue Book 1946, 61 pages
FCC Operator Study Guide 1955, 280 pages
First Quarter Century American Radio Book, by E. Shurick, by 1946, 384 pages
Frequency Modulation, by A. Hund, 1942, 382 pages
GE FM Primer 1941, 27 pages
History of Radio to 1926, by Gleasn Archer, 469 pages
Hoop of Hooperatings, 156 pages
+  lots more radio history titles..........

 

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