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Ouvrage précédé d'une introduction par Edouard Sauvage, 973 figures et planches dans le texte, 6 planches hors texte, 4 vol. in-4 reliure pleine percaline éditeur marron, Librairie Polytechnique, Baudry & Cie, Paris, 1898, 2 ff., XII pp., 1 f., 457 pp. ; 2 ff., 510 pp. ; 2ff., 551 pp. et 5 pl. dépliantes ; 2 ff., 459 pp., 2 ff. avec 6 grandes planches dépliantes. Titre complet : Traité pratique de la Machine Locomotive. Contenant Les Principes généraux relatifs à l'étude et à la construction des locomotives, la description des types les plus répandus, l'étude de la combustion, de la production et de l'utilisation de la vapeur, du rendement, des conditions de fabrication et de réception des matériaux, des proportions et du mode de construction des organes. Edition originale. Très rare exemplaire bien complet de cet important traité. Bon ensemble(cartonnage lég. frotté avec petites fentes à qq. mors, bon état intérieur). Français
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Beyond the Law - Part I of the First True Account of the Exploits of the World's Most Noted Outlaws, by Emmett Dalton, the only survivor of the "Dalton Gang" - article with photos and great cover illustration; Wonders of the Teleferica - an interesting account of the remarkable aerial lines/cableways used by the Italians to transport men, guns, and provisions in the high Alps - article with many photos; The Youngest Soldier in the French Army - photo of 11-year-old Charles Meux of the French Army; Tales of the Service - Part I - A Night in a Vat; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - Part II - Eva J. Jordan, F.R.G.S. travelled with her husband for four-thousand miles through the great Equatorial Forest of Central Africa, becoming the first woman to penetrate this area - article with photos; A Night of Terror - an associate of Izaak Walton sinks into quicksand while fishing; Buried in a Snowdrift - a mining engineer is caught in an avalanche in the Andes; "Hooshta!" - the Tragedy of an Australian camel race - a stirring story from the West Australian goldfields; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part I - Fanny and William Workman describe their Himalayan mountaineering exploits - article with map and great photos; Thrice Through the Jaws of Death - Sergeant J. Harte of the Inland Water Transport relates hair-breadth escapes at sea and on land; How We Built the Bridge - War story related by a corporal of the canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps; Crossing the Canal - A despatch orderly attempts to cross the Suez Canal at night; Some Adventures of a Newspaper Woman - Marie Harrison provides a graphic and thrilling account of her startling adventures in search of 'copy'; The Railway Conquest of the Bay - a photo-illustrated account of the building of the Hudson Bay Railway; A Happy Family - humorous account of the antics of a number of strange pets belonging to a party of colonials in Singapore; A Modern Grace Darling - Miss Ella Trout rescues a sailor from a torpedoed ship off the coast of Devon - article with nice photos of Miss Trout; Photo of a group of Solomon Islands head-hunters reading The Wide World Magazine; Interesting four-page illustrated stock offering by Guaranteed Tractors, Inc., Edmund G. Soward, President; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 4-88, 9-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Liasse de documents relatifs au dépôt du brevet d'invention, à savoir 3 formulaire pré-remplis in-folio, et les documents joints (récépissés, dessins techniques, mémoires descriptifs) et une petite notice nécrologique tirée du "Courrier de La Presse" du 8 novembre 1896. Rappel du titre complet : Brevet d'Invention accordé le 12 octobre 1858 à M. David Dietz, chef d'atelier au Chemins de Fer de l'Est, pour un système perfectionné de graissage à l'huile des essieux de chemins de fer applicable aux tourillons des arbres tournants des machines de toute nature (avec le Mémoire Descriptif et le dessin technique) [ On joint ] Brevet d'invention du 12 octobre 1858 [ Certificat d'addition introduisant quelques modifications avec le Mémoire Descriptif et le dessin technique ] [ On joint ] Notice nécrologique Rare et remarquable documentation technique relative à un brevet d'invention, aux temps héroïques de la machine à vapeur. Nous citerons l'intégralité de la brève notice nécrologique publiée par le "Courrier de La Presse" du 8 novembre 1896: "Nous avons le regret de faire part de la mort de M. David Dietz, ingénieur retraité du matériel roulant de la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Est, ingénieur en chef des Chemins de fer Ottomans, chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, décédé le 31 octobre 1896, en son domicile, 6 rue Donizetti, à l'âge de 70 ans. C'était un ingénieur de haute valeur, et un alsacien-lorrain d'un patriotisme ardent. C'est lui qui, breveté en France, pour une boîte à graisse, dont le brevet lui avait été refusé en Prusse, fit saisir tout un train de chemin de fer appartenant au gouvernement prussien et qui, muni des boîtes à graisse brevetées, passait devant les ateliers de Montigny-les-Metz, dont Dietz était alors le chef. La saisie fut levée moyennant le versement immédiat d'une somme de 30000 francs. Dietz a été lui aussi inhumé au Père-lachaise, où nombreux étaient les amis, les camarades qui l'ont accompagné, notamment les anciens élèves des Ecoles nationales d'Arts et Métiers, car Dietz était de l'Ecole de Châlons, promotion de 1842-1845, membre et ancien membre du Comité de la Société de ces anciens élèves où il comptait de nombreuses amitiés". Voir également dans notre catalogue Français
A very rare copy of this, the first appearance of chapter seven, The Crisis of 1878, of Ida Tarbell's ground-breaking History of the Standard Oil Company. This feature of 16 pages includes photos of: the company's tank farm at Olean, NY; John L. McKinney; Torpedoed oil wells with side-flow and upright flow; A.J. Cassatt; M.N. Allen; a 25,000 oil tank on fire; and a one-page illustration of the hanging in effigy of "Buck" McCandless. With this work, Tarbell invented what we know today as investigative journalism. She was motivated to expose the methods of J.D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil as she felt he had unfairly damaged her father's oil business. The New York University Department of Journalism ranked this study as the fifth best work of 20th-century American journalism. Also contained in this issue is a most scathing 15-page photo-illustrated article on the corruption pervasive in Pittsburgh, PA. Also included is a 9-page article entitled Waifs of the (New York) Street which describes, with illustrations, the heart-breaking life of children forced to work as 'newsboys, peddlers, messengers, and bootblacks that swarm by day and night through every crowded street of busy New York.' Binding intact. Unmarked. Above-average wear. This copy lacks: covers; backstrip; pages 1-2 (title page and first half of table of contents); Advertising pages 133-136. Book
Lot de 14 courriers dont 11 adressés à David Dietz, chef d'atelier à la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Est aux débuts de la Guerre franco-allemande de 1870, du 20 juillet 1870 au 5 août 1870 (en général 1 ou 2 pages par lettres) : I : Lettre signés de l'Ingénieur en Chef de la Compagnie Vuillemin, du 20 juillet 1870, précisant le rôle de leurs services et l'organisation des Corps Francs des Chemins de fer. M. Dietz est nommé dans ce cadre chef du matériel roulant, 2 pp. ; II : Lettre de nomination à ce poste signée du Directeur de la Compagnie M. Sauvage, 1 p. ; III : Lettre signés de l'Ingénieur en Chef de la Compagnie Vuillemin, du 30 juillet 1870 ; IV : Copie manuscrite de la décision de nomination d'un second, M. Doré ; IV : Lettre signés de l'Ingénieur en Chef de la Compagnie Vuillemin, du 30 juillet 1870 à M. Dietz, précisant les "divers travaux ou fournitures qu'exigent les transports militaires" qui sont de deux sortes, "les uns qui restent à la charge de la Compagnie, tels que confections de strapontins... les autres directement demandés par l'autorité militaire et restant à la charge de l'Etat" ; V : Lettre signés de l'Ingénieur en Chef de la Compagnie Vuillemin, du 2 août 1870 à M. Dietz, approuvant notamment les hamacs installés par Dietz [ pour le confort des blessés ] ; VI : Copie conforme signée par Vuillemin d'une réquisition de l'Armée du Rhin ; VII : Lettre du service central de l'Ingénieur en Chef à M. Dietz, datée du 3 août 1870, évoquant la livraison de bidons, d'urinoirs et de deux modèles de hamacs ; VIII : Lettre à en-tête de l'Exploitation de la Compagnie, datée du 4 août 1870 "J'ai immédiatement adressé à Messieurs les médecins de la Cie de l'Est une circulaire pour les inviter à prêter leur concours tant pour le transport que pour la visite des blessés de l'armée" ; IX : Lettre du service central de l'Ingénieur en Chef à M. Dietz, datée du 4 août 1870, relative à l'envoi d'un troisième modèle de hamac, de 30000 pitons, etc. ; X : Lettre du service central de l'Ingénieur en Chef à M. Dietz, datée du 5 août 1870 ; XI : Lettre du service central de l'Ingénieur en Chef signé de Vuillemin à M. Dietz, datée du 5 août 1870 : "J'ai remarqué que pour les transports des blessés militaires, sur vos hamacs dans les wagons N ou autres, il faut un temps assez long pour amener les blessés aux wagons et pour les placer sur les hamacs. En supposant que les gares dans lesquelles doit s'effectuer l'embarquement soient pourvues de hamacs avec les cordes et leurs pitons, nos hommes seraient en mesure de tout disposer dans le premier wagon venu, pour peu qu'ils soient prévenus quelques heures d'avance. Il ne serait donc pas nécessaire de garnir tous nos wagons de pitons, mais il faudrait toujours avoir aux gares d'embarquement des pitons que nos ouvriers placeraient dans les wagons..." ; XII : on joint 3 autres pièces Lot de 14 courriers dont 11 adressés à David Dietz, chef d'atelier à la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Est aux débuts de la Guerre franco-allemande de 1870, du 20 juillet 1870 au 5 août 1870 (en général 1 ou 2 pages par lettres) [ Dossier de 11 courriers manuscrits adressés à David Dietz, chef d'atelier : La Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Est aux débuts de la Guerre franco-allemande de 1870 ] I : Lettre signée de l'Ingénieur en Chef de la Compagnie Vuillemin, du 20 juillet 1870, précisant le rôle de leurs services et l'organisation des Corps Francs des Chemins de fer. M. Dietz est nommé dans ce cadre chef du matériel roulant, 2 pp. ; II : Lettre de nomination à ce poste signée du Directeur de la Compagnie M. Sauvage, 1 p. ; III : Lettre signée de l'Ingénieur en Chef de la Compagnie Vuillemin, du 30 juillet 1870 ; IV : Copie manuscrite de la décision de nomination d'un second, M. Doré ; IV : Lettre signée de l'Ingénieur en Chef de la Compagnie Vuillemin, du 30 juillet 1870 à M. Dietz, précisant les "divers travaux ou fournitures qu'exigent les transports militaires" qui sont de deux sortes, "les uns qui restent à la charge de la Compagnie, tels que confections de strapontins... les autres directement demandés par l'autorité militaire et restant à la charge de l'Etat" ; V : Lettre signée de l'Ingénieur en Chef de la Compagnie Vuillemin, du 2 août 1870 à M. Dietz, approuvant notamment les hamacs installés par Dietz [ pour le confort des blessés ] ; VI : Copie conforme signée par Vuillemin d'une réquisition de l'Armée du Rhin ; VII : Lettre du service central de l'Ingénieur en Chef à M. Dietz, datée du 3 août 1870, évoquant la livraison de bidons, d'urinoirs et de deux modèles de hamacs ; VIII : Lettre à en-tête de l'Exploitation de la Compagnie, datée du 4 août 1870 "J'ai immédiatement adressé à Messieurs les médecins de la Cie de l'Est une circulaire pour les inviter à prêter leur concours tant pour le transport que pour la visite des blessés de l'armée" ; IX : Lettre du service central de l'Ingénieur en Chef à M. Dietz, datée du 4 août 1870, relative à l'envoi d'un troisième modèle de hamac, de 30000 pitons, etc. ; X : Lettre du service central de l'Ingénieur en Chef à M. Dietz, datée du 5 août 1870 ; XI : Lettre du service central de l'Ingénieur en Chef signé de Vuillemin à M. Dietz, datée du 5 août 1870 : "J'ai remarqué que pour les transports des blessés militaires, sur vos hamacs dans les wagons N ou autres, il faut un temps assez long pour amener les blessés aux wagons et pour les placer sur les hamacs. En supposant que les gares dans lesquelles doit s'effectuer l'embarquement soient pourvues de hamacs avec les cordes et leurs pitons, nos hommes seraient en mesure de tout disposer dans le premier wagon venu, pour peu qu'ils soient prévenus quelques heures d'avance. Il ne serait donc pas nécessaire de garnir tous nos wagons de pitons, mais il faudrait toujours avoir aux gares d'embarquement des pitons que nos ouvriers placeraient dans les wagons..." ; XII : on joint 3 autres pièces Français
1 vol. in-4 reliure demi-basane verte, Revue Générale des Chemins de Fer, Juillet - Décembre 1878, 445 pp. avec 31 planches hors texte (le plus souvent sur double page, souvent dépliantes). Au sommaire notamment : Note sur quelques nouveaux appareils destinés à l'armement de secours ; Note sur le transport des petits paquets d'un poids égal et inférieur à 5 Kg ; Recherches sur la puissance de vaporisation des locomotives en relation avec le tirage ; Note du la nouvelle gare de Bologne (Italie) ; Note sur l'utilisation des déchets de boites à fulée des locomotives ; Note sur le système de décalque au papier sensible ; Note sur le règlements des signaux en vigueur sur les chemins de fer allemands ; Notes sur les essais du frein à vide système Smith ; Considérations théoriques sur l'arrêt d'une train au moyen d'un système de freins continus ; Note sur le pousse-wagon ; La voie ferrée à l'Exposition universelle de 1878 : Traverses mixtes et traverses métalliques ; De l'influence du profil de la voie sur les dépenses d'exploitation ; Note sur le frein automoteur à friction ; Note sur le wagon d'expériences du chemin de fer de l'Est ; Note sur les essais d'éclairage électrique faits à la Gare de La Chapelle ; Résumé d'une étude technique sur le chemin de fer de Festiniog ; Poids d'un vérin à manivelle ;Locomotives_tender à deux et à trois essieux accouplés de l'Exposition Universelle de 1878 ; Serrage des frein par l'air comprimé, système Westinghouse automatique. Très rare exemplaire de l'édition originale du premier tome de la célèbre "Revue Générale des Chemins de fer". Bon exemplaire bien complet des 31 planches hors texte (fente partielle en pliure en dernière planche, reliure lég. frottée) Français
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Greatest growth of company was during past year; Sound - a non-technical talk on a technical subject; Accidents which a careless workman may cause; Graph of the number of phones in service from 1903 through 1920; Table listing the exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Statement of development - a table listing the number of phones in service per exchange across the province; Photo montage of three of the Agents of lower mainland offices; Proposed central office extensions indicate a busy year; Snow and wind storms seriously damage toll leads on Vancouver Island; Repairing submarine cable near Friday Harbor was trying experience; Preparing to lay a third cable between the mainland and Vancouver Island; Magnets - non-technical talk on a technical subject; Statistical Review of the province's industries; Nice photo montage of 5 lady Vancouver Island company representatives; Planned additions; Start of Export Trade in Bulk Wheat - nice photos; Naming a telephone office; Fourty Years of the Telephone; Photo montage of 4 lady company representatives on southern Vancouver Island; The Gathering of Material for Use of Telephone Men - 5-page illustrated article; Application for increased rates before Railway Board; Shipping railway ties to Egypt; Plant activities; Excellent 10-page article describes the laying of the second submarine cable to Vancouver Island (Point Grey to Nanaimo) - many great photos; Photo montage of four lovely ladies who serve as supervising officials in the traffic department; Railway board accedes to request for rate increase; Repair job on North Vancouver Submarine Cable - photos and map; First Convention of Canadian telephone companies very successful - 10 page article with photos; Convention Delegates tour Capilano Timber Company operations - photo montage; Photo montage of chief operators of mainland two-number offices; new Kerrisdale exchange opens; New P.B.X at Spencers (Department Store); Current phone directory is an improvement; 2 pages of samples of past phone directories; Construction of switchboard cords; laying conduit along Georgia St., Vancouver (2 photos); Emergency reveals bravery of B.C. telephone operators; photos of Port Coquitlam flood; amazing photo of washed out bridge over Capilano River; Pioneer line construction - telegraph line between Toronto and Buffalo, NY in 1846; Good Qualities of Loud Speakers; photo of timber cutting to clear a right-of-way to give service to the Broadview district; photo of underground conduit being laid in downtown Nanaimo, with horses and wagon in picture; What constitutes Central's activities at the Capital City Exchange - 4 pages with photos; Rubber covered wires and cables - 3 page article with photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Backstrip loose along front edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Aside from backstrip, a sound copy. Book
Features: Steel Bridge Across Chehalis River at Aberdeen Formally Opened - article with photo; The Panama Canal Route for Canadian Northwest Shipping; Photo of Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Railway; Address to General Passenger Agents by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway (four pages); Brief business biography of George W. Hibbard, General Passenger Agent of the C.M. & P.S., with photo; Bernard N. Baker's Steamship Line a Golden Opportunity; Puget Sound Tugboat Co. on the Columbia River; New Boilers for North Vancouver Ferries; Steamer Maunganui Launched; Review of the Charter Market; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; Modern Aids to Navigation Demanded for Alaskan Waters - article including lengthy list of vessels lost; Excellent illustrated centerfold makes the case for lighthouses in Alaskan waters; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Address by president of the San Francisco Merchants' Exchange, Robert Dollar, entitled "The American Merchant Marine As It Affects Our Foreign Commerce" - with photo of Dollar; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Big Improvements by Northern Pacific During 1912; Through Service Seattle to Texas; O.-W. R. & N. Enter Vancouver; Will Carl Gray Succeed L.W. Hill? - article with photo of Gray; Dangers Attending Hauling Explosives; New H-H-1 Locomotive Design; Seattle's Greatest Opportunity; Bush Terminal Company to Build on Harbor Land - article with photo of Model Loft buildings at the New York Bush Terminal, similar to those to be built on Harbor Island; Portland's Proposed Harbor Front Development and the Commission of Public Docks - major article; South and Central American Trade; Great Prospects for Vancouver, B.C.; The Official Statement of the [Seattle] Port Commission re: improvements and facilities; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 4) - major article which includes official map of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway showing proposed extension to Vancouver and Seattle, plus map of new thoroughfare donated to Seattle by Great Northern Railway with franchise for Interbay-Ballard Route; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Impressive - major article with map showing City section of harbor plans; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping for Year 1911 - Four full pages of fine print document the voluminous incidents of the year including the vessel and damage it sustained; Photo of Strathalbyn's bow after collision; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Big Company to use Panama Canal - International Mercantile Marine; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Contents: Seattle will build 15,000 fine new homes (ad); Schlitz beer ad - in color with lovely model; New York Central Railroad ad - "Black Magic" - 95,000,000 tons of coal per year; Block votes tipped teh balance in closest election since 1916 - photo of FDR with Harry Truman; Photos of voting shenanigans in Chicago; V-2 weapons may win next war but come too late for this one - detailed article with air photo; Ignorant men and modern weapons - the inside story of the Chinese Army - with photos of refugees fleeing the Japanese; White trucks - color ad; France given more say in Europe in prelude to Big Three Meeting; Reprieve for the Canadian Zombies; Doukhobor mass disrobing; Cuban housecleaning - Grau purges Batista henchmen; Long-suffering victims of sinus problems can be cured; Nikola Tesla - prophet of tomorrow; Very military ad by Bankers Trust Company shows a soldier pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth; Color Sheaffer's pen ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Oblong 12" x 9.5". Circa 1923. Profusely illustrated with glorious contemporary black and white photos. Considerable supporting text. A sumptuous promotional work intended to highlight the investment potential of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company and its subsidiary companies: Vancouver Power Company Limited; Vancouver Island Power Company Limited; Western Power Company of Canada Limited; Vancouver Gas Company Limited; Victoria Gas Company Limited. Very attractive gilt lettering and decoration upon chocolate brown front cover. Clean and fresh with very light wear. Discrete prior owner's name atop front cover. Two short openings to fore-edge of front cover. An exceptional and rare copy of this exquisite vintage item. Book
85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
50 numéros in-4 br., Narrow Gauge & Industrial. Railway modelling Review (50 Issues - From n° 1 Year 1989 to n° 50 Year 2002) Scarce set, complete with the 50 first issues. Good condition. Price for the whole set. Anglais
Liasse de documents relatifs au dépôt du brevet d'invention, à savoir 1 formulaire pré-remplis in-folio de 4 pages, et le mémoire descriptif (4 pages manuscrites). Rappel du titre complet : Brevet d'Invention accordé le 4 janvier 1876 à M. David Dietz, ingénieur civil, pour un système système de communication entre les agents d'un train de chemins de fer et entre les voyageurs et le chef de train (avec le Mémoire Descriptif) Rare exemplaire d'un brevet d'invention relatif à la communication dans les trains, aux temps héroïques de la machine à vapeur. "Notre système de communication est basé sur le principes de cordes ou de chaînes continuellement tendues, allant de la tête à la queue du train et mettant des sonneries en mouvement, au gré : soit des voyageurs pour réclamer des secours, soit des agents du train pour communiquer entre eux". Nous citerons l'intégralité de la brève notice nécrologique publié par le "Courrier de La Presse" du 8 novembre 1896 : "Nous avons le regret de faire part de la mort de M. David Dietz, ingénieur retraité du matériel roulant de la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Est, ingénieur en chef des Chemins de fer Ottomans, chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, décédé le 31 octobre 1896, en son domicile, 6 rue Donizetti, à l'âge de 70 ans. C'était un ingénieur de haute valeur, et un alsacien-lorrain d'un patriotisme ardent. C'est lui qui, breveté en France, pour une boîte à graisse" (Voir également dans notre catalogue la liasse de documents relatifs à ce brevet d'invention) "dont le brevet lui avait été refusé en Prusse, fit saisir tout un train de chemin de fer appartenant au gouvernement prussien et qui, muni des boîtes à graisse brevetées, passait devant les ateliers de Montigny-les-Metz, dont Dietz était alors le chef. La saisie fut levée moyennant le versement immédiat d'une somme de 30000 francs. Dietz a été lui aussi inhumé au Père-Lachaise, où nombreux étaient les amis, les camarades qui l'ont accompagné, notamment les anciens élèves des Ecoles nationales d'Arts et Métiers, car Dietz était de l'Ecole de Châlons, promotion de 1842-1845, membre et ancien membre du Comité de la Société de ces anciens élèves où il comptait de nombreuses amitiés". Français
Pages 213-252 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Braemar," the House of Mrs. M. Rumsey Miller, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, NY; What Can Be Done in a Hand-Loom; "Druidream," The Residence of Charles W.L. Roche, Esq., Brantwood, Short Hills, NJ; The Begonia; A Successful Remodeled New England Barn; Sixteen Houses of Moderate Cost - great photos; House with a Guaranteed Cost - a reputable building firm has guaranteed to build this house under normal conditions for $5,400 within sixty miles of New York City; A Colonial House at Portsmouth, NH - The Warner house was initially the residence of Captain Archibald Macpheadris; The Summer Home of Arthur W. Hall, Esq., at Crystal Brook, Long Island; "Homewood," the Country Seat of Richard G. Tower, Esq., at Lexington, MA; Wall Gardens; A Group of Inexpensive Houses at Forest Hills, Long Island, including the homes of Mssrs. Babington, Holmes, Frederick Betts, Austin, and Meyer; Chickering & Sons piano one-page ad; Photo ad for the Grand Trunk Railway destination at Muskoka Lakes, Canada; Nice color back page ad for S.C. Johnson's artistic wood finishes; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
93 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Six Skulls - Part I - Sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" - the twenty-five year persecution of Walter G. Patterson who, while a young man in Butte, Montana, was compelled to join a lawless Chinese tong; An Amazing Voyage - The escape from Spain of a number of interned German officers; A Flying Man in South America - Part VI - The adventures of John G. Barron, who spent 2.5 years giving flying exhibitions in South America, often to people who had never before seen an aircraft; The Child of Terbeeke - How a child saved a British Battalion from annihilation; Humours of the East African Campaign; Panton's Feud - how aviators and artillery co-operate at the Front; On the Borders of Tibet - Part V - Photo-illustrated account of the author's two years wanderings in these wild lands of wilder people; A Bandit's Bride - Part III - The strange story of Pancho Villa's wife, with photos, including photo of Villa and Zapata on horseback in Mexico City in 1915 when they practically controlled Mexico; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part I - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific through the Canadian Rockies, with great photos; The Faithful Lover - The history of William Anderson and Catherine Burthe; Photo of Mashukwlumbwe tribesmen with hair spikes over two feet tall!; Ten-page investment ad for the Sugar Cane By-Products Co., which apparently sought to solve the shortage of wood pulp by using sugar cane; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 388-472, 8-24 [ads]. Unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
A PRISTINE COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS EXTREMELY EARLY MANUAL FOR RAILROAD CONDUCTORS AND ENGINEERS. 143 pp. Signed by author on verso of half-title (as with all copies). Printed on good wove paper. Name of former owner ("M. Picandet") stamped on front cover and half-title. 12mo. Original plain wraps. Uncut. Light wear to wraps. Internally fine and bright. Considering the tiny target audience of this book, surely very few copies were printed, and most of those were probably subject to heavy use. The survival of such a pristine copy is nothing short of remarkable.
Very Good French In contemporary red cloth bdg. 3 in 1. 4to (28 x 20 cm). In French. 85, 56, 14 p. 66 protocol documents and Turkish - Russian correspondence. Diplomatic correspondence exchanges between the Imperial Ottoman government and the Imperial Russian Embassy in Constantinople. Considerations concerning the dispute between the Ottoman Empire government and the Russian Empire. With regard to the indemnity to be paid to the Russian subjects for the damage suffered by them during the War of 1877. And includes
1 dossier in-4 recueillant la notice explicative et les 6 sous-dossiers : Profils des divers rails S.E.I. ; Plans de pose de la voie et matériel accessoire ; Eclissages de raccord ; Appareils d'aiguillage ; Traversées de Voies ; Chemins de roulement en rails S.E.I., 80 rue Taitbout, Paris, 1937 Bel exemplaire. La Société de Construction et d’Embranchements Industriels (SEI), créée en 1904 à Reichsoffen (Alsace), était spécialisée dans la fabrication d'aiguillages ferroviaires. De nos jours (depuis 2002), elle fait désormais partie du groupe allemand Vossloh, sous le nom de Vossloh Cogifer SA, et reste un des leaders mondiaux dans son domaine. Français
Lot d'environ 490 fiches (souvent dépliantes) en 22 classeurs mobiles, Loco Revue, circa 1965-1974 à savoir 40 fiches ; 37 fiches ; 24 fiches ; 21 fiches ; 31 fiches ; 40 fiches ; 33 fiches ; 38 fiches ; 21 fiches ; 29 fiches ; 13 fiches ; 12 fiches ; 3 fiches ; 14 fiches ; 28 fiches ; 23 fiches ; 28 fiches ; 11 fiches ; 15 fiches ; 19 fiches ; 8 fiches ; 2 fiches Rare ensemble réunissant 490 fiches techniques très détaillées de matériel moteur (locomotives vapeur ou électrique, etc.) ou remorqué (wagons, fourgons, voitures, tombereau, etc...). Bon ensemble en très bon état. Français
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: How I Saved My Husband From Execution - Mr. Yaro Galvon had been condemned to be shot by the Mexican Government; An Unknown Switzerland - Canada's Unknown Alpine Wonderland - The Canadian Rockies; Across the Atlantic in a Tug - Captain J.W. Penberthy spent 2.5 months taking a tug from Argentina to England; A Flying Man in South America - Part I - John G. Barron imported a monoplane to South America and spent 2.5 years their giving exhibition flights, often to people who had never seen an airplane - article with great photos; The Third Attempt - How I Escaped From Germany - Corporal John Southern explains how he succeeded on his third attempt; Seaman Blake Discovers Coney Island - an exciting day for two unsophisticated bluejackets of the Royal Navy; The Dogs of War - All abou the "Four-Footed" Soldiers of France, with nice photos; Round Labrador and Hudson Bay - Part II - E.W. Hawkes travelled 3,000 miles in Labrador and Hudson Bay, gaining a vivid impression of its lonely trading ports and mission stations, and the curious manners and customs of the Eskimos - article with photos; "Back to the Land" - city-worker Frank Hemstreet decides to try his luck as an extra hand on a farm during harvest near Vanguard, Saskatchewan; "Red Rube" - an account of the lurid career of one of the most daring and successful train robbers to plague American railroad and express companies; The Saving of Paris - how the wit of a humble woodman's widow led to the preservation of the Western Railway of France in the early days of WWI; "What Happened to Glenholme" - a merchant ship is sunk by a German U-boat in the Mediterranean; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 483-572, [16] ads. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. [4], 110 pages. Index. Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated with sepia-tone reproductions of archival photos. "Charles Heels worked for the railways from 1912 until his retirement in 1960. Over the years he collected and recorded the history of his vocation. From early in the twentieth century he collected and took photographs related to his special field. The result is that the only copy of many of the photographs of the early days of railroading in Canada have been preserved in his collection. This book illustrates over 100 of these photos and records the history of many of the events which make up the history of railroading in Canada. Heels worked out of Lindsay, Ontario where he was responsible for freight cars in the district between Toronto, Belleville, Peterborough and points north and east. He thus needed to know all of the workings of the railway in central Ontario for almost half a century" - dust jacket. Writing blacked out in lower left corner of title page, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Binding tight. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important Ontario railroad history. Book
302, [2] pp. Oblong 28 x 23cm. A project of the British Columbia Railway Historical Association. "In 1905 the Canadian Pacific Railway bought Vancouver Island's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway from James Dunsmuir, the Island's coal baron. A new era began in the railway's history. The E&N quickly evolved from an isolated local enterprise to a prosperous part of the CPR system. Includes nearly 500 select photographs, maps and illustrations, detailed appendices, references and index." - front flap. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. A superb copy of this exceptional history. Book
