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1898231433Indianapolis; New York: Municipal Engineering Company 1898. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. One-half black leather and black cloth binding. Heavy edgewear at head of spine with loss of leather. 4 raised bands on spine. Light edgewear to rest of boards. Very Good binding. Municipal Engineering Company unknown books
1902231435Indianapolis; New York: Municipal Engineering Company 1902. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. One-half black leather and black cloth binding. Front and rear hinge repair. Light to moderate edgewear to boards with heavier wear at head of spine. Small loss at head of spine. Scrape gouge at top corner of front board with some missing leather. Very Good binding. Municipal Engineering Company unknown books
1897214450Indianapolis; New York: Municipal Engineering Company 1897. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Bound issues of January-December 1897. Binding is 1/2 leather and cloth. Corners bumped with loss of leather at the tips. Gilt lettering on spine. Boards slightly soiled. Very Good binding. Municipal Engineering Company unknown books
1900255730Wigan England: Office of "The Science and Art of Mining 1900. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Volume One of this group of Colliery Handbooks comprising Parts I through VI. The copy belonged to one William P. Keane of Coalway Coleford with his name inscribed on the front endpaper. A serviceable copy though the boards are faded and soiled. near Very Good binding. Office of "The Science and Art of Mining unknown books
16795Lahore: Mufid-I-'Am Press. hardcover. good. Illustrated with many charts and plates most folding. 332pp. Thick 8vo black cloth worn. Lahore: Mufid-I-'Am Press 1934. First Edition. SCarce. Good.<br/><br/> Most of the papers deal with irrigation and bridge construction.<br/><br/> Mufid-I-'Am Press unknown books
197223825Cambridge MA and London England: Northern Research and Engineering Corporation 1972. Later printing. Cloth. Very Good. Later printing. x 355 pages. 8vo. Original red cloth. Volume IIB ONLY. Cloth. In 1967 NREC created an innovative program to automate design and analysis of Radial Turbomachinery and published the results in two volumes. Volume I was a theoretical treatment of the system "A Computing System for the Design and Analysis of Radial Turbomachinery Vol 1: Bases and Capabilities of the System". Volume II dealt with the computer program itself. In 1972 Volume 2 originally issued as a large format paperback was re-issued in 2 volumes IIA and IIB both in hardcover for ease of use. We offer here Volume IIB ONLY containing the sample program that illustrates the overall operation of the program. Considered proprietary knowledge at the time these are often numbered so the company could track them. A scarce survival. Northern Research and Engineering Corporation unknown books
18952168391895. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrations; Volume VIII # 1-6; Vol IX # 1-6. No pencil or ink markings in text. Illustrated throughout with black and white photgraphs. One half leather and cloth covered boards. Discreet and archival repair to the back hinge and head of the spine. Very Good binding. unknown books
18962168401896. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Illustrations; Volume X # 1-6; Vol XI # 1-6. No pencil or ink markings in text. Illustrated throughout with black and white photgraphs. One half leather and cloth covered boards. Bottom corner of front board is bumped with leather missing at tip. Discreet and archival repair to both board. near Very Good binding. unknown books
2001BL1730Reston:: American Society of Civil Engineers 2001. 2001. 8vo. x 508 pp. Photos and illustrations indexes. Printed wrappers. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0784405948 American Society of Civil Engineers, (2001). unknown books
1867248446London: George Maddick 1867. Half Leather. Good binding. Half bound in leather with corners and marbled paper covered boards; book has been rebacked with original backstrip laid down; an amazing publication full of engravings; contents clean; digital images can be made available upon request. Good binding. George Maddick unknown books
1867248444London: George Maddick 1867. Half Leather. Good binding. Half bound in leather with corners and marbled paper covered boards; book has been rebacked with original backstrip laid down; an amazing publication full of engravings; the cover of one issue has some damage from a beverage being set down on it else contents clean; digital images can be made available upon request. Good binding. George Maddick unknown books
1867248445London: George Maddick 1867. Half Leather. Good binding. Half bound in leather with corners and marbled paper covered boards; book has been rebacked with most of original backstrip laid down; an amazing publication full of engravings; contents clean; digital images can be made available upon request. Good binding. George Maddick unknown books
191722060New York: Oakley Chemical Co. 1917. 5 photographs include: 1918 Oakley Chemical Co. Annual Conference in the Laboratory depicting a group of about 50 tie-and-jacketed men in one of the lab rooms at least two of the men in military uniform many others with a service ribbon on lapel photograph with the studio embossed imprint at lower right of photographer Edwin Levick New York 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" mounted on gray stiff paper backing; with 1920 & 1921conference member group photos also by Levick very similarly taken outdoors at the company offices same photo size on heavier cardstock mounts; with a portrait of D.C. Ball 7 1/4" x 9 1/4" approx. on thin mount card inscribed at bottom "To My Friend Walter A. Graue sincerely D.C. Ball" and with a tipped-on small news clipping illustrated with a bronze lion that had been presented to him "By his friends in the Oakley Chemical Company." - the bronze seen prominently next to Ball in the photo-portrait which is not photographically credited; with an accompanying letter on letterhead to Graue dated 1921 thanking him and others for their long-standing support and friendship in the company and enclosing the photograph and giving thanks for the magnificent bronze memorial; with an additional photograph of D.C. Ball with 3 other people perhaps family members 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" on the original decorative gray cardstock mount no studio noted; light wear to all; in very good condition; the Oakley Chemical Co. founded in 1909 now part of the Chemetall international group of companies; Oakley known for its 'Oakite' product family of metal cleaners and compounds; interesting American industrial history and commercial photographic portraiture. . Photographs. Not Bound. Very Good. Oakley Chemical Co. Paperback books
1917291045Jersey City N. J.: Standard Motor Construction Co 1917. Rather uncommon manual for the maintenance and repair of Submarine chaser engines. 218 pp. with a number of full-age illustrations and 7 large leaves of folded plates. Black flexible boards; corners bumped with some creasing. Standard Motor Construction Co unknown books
192031094Rotterdam / Amsterdam: Van Leer 1920. Fifth edition. Paper wrappers with mounted drawing and stamped titlestassled cord ties. A very good or better copy with a small crease on front wrapper corner small tears to the spine ends. Unpaged. 48 leaves. Illus. with 57 sepia photos. Obl. 4to. 47 leaves nearly all full page photos a few photo-imitation drawings printed on rectos only of ships factories cranes and dredges. Captions in English German French and Spanish. Wilton was a family owned business started in 1854 by Bartel Wilton expanding in the Netherlnds through the first quarter of the 20th century and finally merging under another name in 1929. OCLC shows one copy at the Maine Marine Academy. Van Leer unknown books
281084Coral Gables: Pointer Publishers. Map. 18 1/2" x 25".<br/><br/> This detailed map of includes a large map of Miami Beach and Islands and one of Coral Gables & South Miami. The section on Miami Beach includes an inset of the Bay Harbour Islands and Bal Harbor. On the back is a small map of Hialeah-Miami Springs. From a pocket guide of greater Miami.<br/><br/> Pointer Publishers unknown books
185845988Paris: E. Noblet n.d. but 1858. First Edition. Octavo 25cm.; original plain blue side-stitched wrappers; 32pp.; folding engraved plan. Wrapper extremities chipped with some loss to spine else Very Good contents and plate fine. Inscribed and signed by the author to the Belgian geologist d'Omalius d'Halloy on half title with additional manuscriopt note at end of text p. 32 dated 1866 referering to changes made to the surveys of various wells bored since this publication. <br/><br/>Report of a survey into the Eastern Sahara to explore the viability of digging artesian wells for crops and livestock. Territories in Algeria covered include Chott ech Chergui Oued Righ and Hodna. OCLC locates two copies in North America as of September 2019 at UCSB and Duke. NUC describes two similar titles by the author. E. Noblet unknown books
188026775Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1880. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1880. First Edition. 48 pages; with folding plates of the boiler of the steam yacht "Javelin" a plate depicting the workings of the boiler system of the steam yacht "Kelpie"; both built by Herreshoff in Bristol RI. With the presentation inscription of one of the authors of the report on the top edge of the front cover "Surgeon G.R. Brush USN with compliments of Chas. E. DeValin." The report describes various trials of the Herreshoff systems with results & conclusions: ".The steam-yachts built by Mr. Herreshoff are remarkable for the lightness of their hulls and machinery for their economy in fuel for the excellence of their design materials and workmanship for their speed .developed by a very considerable and intelligent experience." And mention is made of his patented "separator" device. B.F. Isherwood & Theo. Zeller along with DeValin were the chief engineer co-authors of the report under the supervision of the engineer-in-chief of the Navy's steam engineering department Wm. H. Schock. Approx. 5 3/4" x 9" size; light blue-green printed paper cover; back cover lacking. Some light spotting dustiness to binding faint crease line to cover; contents clean and in very good condition. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Government Printing Office paperback books
195011129New York: McGraw-Hill 1950. 1st edition. 8vo. 451pp. original cloth good condition. McGraw-Hill unknown books
281082Coral Gables: Pointer Publishers. Map. Offset lithograph. 18 1/2" x 25".<br/><br/> This detailed map of Miami is actually three maps. It includes a large map of Miami on one side and the other side is split into two maps one of Greater Miami with the Corporate Community Limits and one of North Dade County including Biscayne Park Miami Shores North Miami Beach North Miami and Opa Locka. The section on Greater Miami includes an inset of the Florida Keys. Detailed Railroad lines are included. Miami International Airport had train tracks running through it which were morved in 1951. From a pocket guide of greater Miami.<br/><br/> Pointer Publishers unknown books
0000414Collection of pamphlets folding plates & extracts from periodicals bound in a 4to half black morocco album. A manuscript note in ink on the ffep describes translated from the French the contents as individual works collected as a souvenir of Buenos Aires for “our friend†Pierre Michel-Levy 10/11/1904 signed “Duclout.†Binding worn: rubbed upper cover hanging by a cord contents generally very good one plate with long closed tear. <br/><br/> Contents include: Duclout Jorge. Conferencia final del curso de Teoria de la elasticidad dictado en le Fac. de Ciencias Fisico-Matemaбticas de le Universidad de la Capital. Buenos Aires: G. Kraft 1888. 8vo original wraps; 33 pp. Duclout Jorge. Republica Argentina: Deuda publica exterior y capitales Europeos empleados por sociedades anonimas. Buenos Aires: Felix Lajouane 1890. 8vo original wraps; 24 pp. Duclout Jorge. Estudio sobre las hipotesis mecanicas que sirven de base a la teoria electro-magnetica de la luz de Maxwell. Buenos Aires: Pablo E. Coni 1892. 8vo reprinted from los Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina tomo XXXIII paginas 73 y siguientes; 26 pp. Duclout Jorge. Los fundamentos de la geometria y el conocimiento del espacio. Buenos Aires: Pablo E. Coni 1893. Tall 8vo original wraps; 118 pp. plus 13 folding plates. Duclout Georges. Thйorie du flambage des piиces йlastiques comprimйes: Extrait du cours d'йlasticitй de la facultй des sciences exactes physiques et mathйmatiques de Buenos-Ayres. Paris: n.p. Imprimerie Chaix 1896. 8vo original wraps an extract from the 1896 Memoires de la Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France; 45 pp. A theory of the elasticity of space. Various tipped-in extracts from Argentine periodicals including “La Biblioteca†and “La Ingeniera†from 1897 and 1898 on subjects as diverse as wireless telegraphy the filling and dredging of canals the testing of various South American woods with numerous microscopic cross-section photographs and numerous folding plates. Duclout Jorge. Calculo de una draga a succion. Buenos Aires: Tailhade y Rosselli 1899. 8vo original wraps; 27 pp. The collection concludes with a tipped in biographical article in Spanish which is translated and provided in part below: “Referred to as the “Champion of Relativity†Jorge born Georges Duclout 1854–1927 was the first to lecture on Relativity in Argentina. In 1922 the University of Buenos Aires Council approved his motion to send an invitation to fellow Eidgenцssische Technische Hochschule alumnus Albert Einstein to visit Argentina and give a course of lectures on his theory of relativity. The visit took place three years later in March–April 1925. Although by then Duclout was aging and in ill health a memorable visit took place between the two men. The visit also produced the “Unpublished Opening Lecture for Einstein’s Course on Relativity Theory in Argentina 1925†paperback books
184758152New York: published by A. S. Barnes & Co. 51 John-Street 1847. 8vo pp. 336; 155 figures in the text; original brown cloth gilt-stamped spine; covers lightly rubbed; spine extremities chipped; otherwise very good. Early ownership signature of "AJ Brown." A popular and durable text. A tenth edition was reached by 1871. Gillespie 1816-68 was the first professor of civil engineering at Union College. To quote the DAB this work "was quickly recognized as useful in its field and held its place until long after his death." Hindle in his Technology in early America p. 59 notes it as "an excellent treatise on road construction." Kress C.7094. <br/><br/> published by A. S. Barnes & Co., 51 John-Street hardcover books
189342477NY: The Engineering Record 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. 1pp. 17 plates 1pp. 17 plates 4ads. Some spotting and darkening to the red cloth with a bit of glue residue on the front small chip to edge of front free endpaper with some light wear to the extremities else a very good example in publisher's beveled boards lettered in gilt. Rear endpaper loose but present. <br/><br/> The Engineering Record hardcover books
D1692n.p. n.d. Hardcover. Very Good. N.d. but early 1900s. Cloth-backed boards with lettering stamped in brown on upper board; contains 4 full-color illustrations with moveable flaps to demonstrate the inner workings of a electric engines. Boards rubbed and scuffed; spine tips and corners bumped. Illustrations are bright and clean. <br/><br/> hardcover books
198522213Boston: MIT Press 1985. Later printing. Paperback. Near Fine. Stated fourth printing. Includes a 32 pp illustrated booklet in clear plastic pocket along with three laminated plastic illustrated "wheels" or tools used for design purposes. Thick plastic folder is lightly worn. Contents all in fine condition. Classic work in the field of human engineering and design. MIT Press paperback books
