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PROFITS
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Four Principal Activities
of the
American Bureau of Engineering, Inc.
The phenomenal growth of this Institution is dueto the fact that it has, from the start, anticipatedthe needs for authoritative information and adequateshop equipment to take care of the ELECTRICAL sideof the automotive and allied industries.
It has four active divisions:
- 1.
- A Bureau of Electrical Engineering, consulted by automobile manufacturers, dealers and by technical schools and colleges throughout the world.
- 2.
- A Publishing House, employing the highest authorities to compile text books and Ready Reference Manuals relating to the electrical equipment of Automobiles, Trucks, Tractors, and Farm Lighting Plants.
- 3.
- A Manufacturing and Sales Organization for supplying up-to-date shop equipment to the Battery and Electrical Service Stations.
- 4.
- An Electrical School, operating this branch under the name of “AMBU ENGINEERING INSTITUTE.” This school is conducted so that a student can attend classes in Chicago, or complete instruction in Automotive Electricity can be obtained in the Home Study Course.
Mr. Battery Repairman
Before reading the following pages, Mr. Batteryman, juststop a few minutes and take a good look around yourshop. You know your business, certainly or you wouldnot have a shop, but are you operating in a way to make thegreatest profit?
When you stop to think it over, are not some of your methodsrather crude? Haven't you often thought, when you weredoing some disagreeable job, that there ought to be a better andquicker way? Haven't you often wished that you knew howto turn that rapid accumulation of “junk” parts into real money?
The American Bureau of Engineering is not trying to tellyou how to run your business, but we are trying to help yourealize a greater profit by showing you some “better” methods.
Lead moulding is but one of many ways that spare time andmaterial, usually junked, can be turned into profit.
Every piece of equipment we mention has been carefullydeveloped in our own shop, every method recommended is onewhich we have found, by actual experience to be best for thepurpose described.
A strict observance of the instructions will save you all theexperimenting we have done and save you many disappointments.If for any reason our instructions do not produce theresults you think they should, remember it is a pleasure for ourEngineers t