Franklin D Jones

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Name Franklin Jones Role Author		Died 1967
Books Turning and Boring: A Special, Machine Shop Training, Machinery's Handbook Guide 27, Mechanisms and Mechanic, Traditional Toolmaking: The Clas

Franklin Day Jones (1879–1967) was an author in mechanical engineering and toolmaking. He wrote the first edition of Machinery's Handbook (1914, Industrial Press) with engineer Erik Oberg.

Works

Machinery's Handbook (1914, 1st ed., Industrial Press, with Erik Oberg)

Planing and Milling (1914, Industrial Press)

Machinery's Encyclopedia (1917, with Erik Oberg)

Shop management and systems (1918, Industrial Press)

Turning and Boring (1915, Industrial Press)

Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors (1930)

Machine Shop Training Course, (1964, 5th ed., Industrial Press)

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