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Re:40 uses for Germanium Diodes (1950) [pdf] by qarthandyc on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:26AM (#23378149)
Does anyone know where other books from this series can be found?
Re:40 uses for Germanium Diodes (1950) [pdf] by squarefoot on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:17AM (#23379431)
Not sure if it contains other books from the series, and it has been likely posted already a hundred times, however here is a huge list with some interesting subdirs filled with books also pertaining electronics, ham radio etc.

https://archive.org/details/folkscanomy

Re:40 uses for Germanium Diodes (1950) [pdf] by kwhitefoot on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:02AM (#23379215)
Attics and cellars of retired, or more likely deceased, engineers probably. Most such books were never in ordinary libraries and would be discarded when the new edition came out. The American Radio History [1] web site looks like a good place to start.

I have Babani's 1st and 2nd Book of Transistor Equivalents and Substitutes [1] and several National Semiconductor data books and application books from the 70s, '80s and '90s.

I almost never refer to them any more but they were so central to my life as an electronics engineer that I can't bear to throw them out.

[1] https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Bookshelf_Bernards_Baba...

Re:40 uses for Germanium Diodes (1950) [pdf] by PoachedSausage on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:16AM (#23379423)
I recently picked up some at a Radio Rally (Hamfest), you might find some gathering dust in the corner of a university or government electronics lab if they have not already gone in the trash.