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a109142Philadelphia 1827 first edition. Judah Dobson. octavo wraps. Issue for May vol III no 5. "On Fire Engines Hose & c. with Observations " on pp. 281-287 with one fullpage opperplate illustration of a fire engine and of its equipment. "On securing Houses from Fire" is on pp. 303-304. Description of an English Patent "For Securing Houses from Fire" is on p. 311. Other articles on other topics in issue as well. Pamphlet is foxed and toned throughout. cover is chipped on edges; text pages ends are frayed and chipped. Entire issue paginated 281-360. Binding secure. Fair. No owner marks. Pictures available on request. . paperback
1941C197331Farmingdale: Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. 1941. Paperback . Very Good. Quarto. Contemporary facsimile printed recto only punched and bound in green card folder. Slight wear otherwise very good. Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., paperback
36437various publishers n.d. Good/No Jackets. 3 litre wine box Approximately 30 offprints. (various publishers) unknown
196530736Bristol: Bristol Siddeley 1965. 1st edition. Very Good. Quarto. comb-binding 72pp b/w pls. fold out engine plans 5 In-house Description & guide to Installation & Performance of the Bristol Siddeley Viper 500 series Turbojet Engines. Covers Mks. 521 522 & 525. Publication Ref. TS 1386/6 this is copy No. 90 Bristol Siddeley unknown
1940C197332Farmingdale: Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. 1940. Paperback . Very Good. Quarto. Contemporary facsimile printed recto only punched and bound in green card folder. Approx 67 bulletins each between 1pp -8pp. Slight wear otherwise very good indeed. 1930s-1940s. Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., paperback
1965625j0636Peterborough England: Perkins Engines Limited - Peterborough. Good. 1965. Reprint. Paperback. 69 glossy pages. Black and white photos and diagrams. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. ; 8vo . Perkins Engines Limited - Peterborough paperback
198212398Munchen: BMW Marine GmBH 1982. soft cover. G. Light shelf wear and soiling to covers stored in non-BMW four hole folder occasional soiling throughout and previous ownerÕs notes on front cover. Damp damage to lower corner of last 20 pages near spine overall good condition./No Jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams some in colour. BMW Marine GmBH paperback
194856917Waukegan IL: Johnson Motors Dec. 1948. 4to. 8 x 9.5 in. which opens up into double-sided colour lithograph poster 32 x 19 in. minor age soiling & slight toning at fold creases minor shelfwear still VG bright copy. First edition of this dealer brochure & poster for the introduction of the 10 horsepower Sea-Horse outboard motor which was the last of the high profile 10 horsepower series outboards. The engine was produced pretty with minor design changes to the cowling from 1949-1963 through the merger with Evinrude Motors in 1956. No copies located in Worldcat. Johnson Motors, hardcover
195552197Fond du Lac WI: Kiekhaefer Corporation 1955. 4to. 22 2 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout colour photo illustrations diagrams. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers minor bumping to corners slight creasing very slight shelfwear still NF copy. First edition of this very carce and finely illustrated Mid-Century catalogue of the 1955 Mercury Outboard motors. This catalogue advertises and promotes the Mercury Mark 55e 40 horspeower 4-cylinder Mercury 55 Mercury 25 Mercury 25e the Mark series models and more. No copies located in Worldcat. Kiekhaefer Corporation, paperback
0030555Manchester: Gardner Engines No date. First Edition. Softcover Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 25cm x 20cm. 40 iv 22 pages 2 volumes black and white illustrations. Saddle-stapled wrappers. 1: Servicing and Maintenance Instructions for the Gardner No. 3 Unit Construction Reverse Gear Type 2 And Reversing-Reducing Gear Type 3. Instruction Book No. 46-4. With updates pasted in.; 2: Spare Parts Catalogue for the 3UC Unit Construction Reversing Gear Direct Drive & Unit Construction Reversing-Reducing Gear. Minor soiling to wrappers. Category: Engineering Industrial Trade; Inventory No: 0030555. BZDB407 Engineering Industrial Trade; Unbranded Gardner Engines Gardner Gears Spare Parts Catalogue and Servicing and Maintenance Instructions 2 Volumes Gardner Engines paperback
20052090202118203969Dai Nihon kaiga 2005. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Dai Nihon kaiga paperback
1912053689Istanbul: Matbaa-yi Bahriyye. AH 1328 1912. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback in original wrappers. Demy 8vo. 21 x 14 cm. In Ottoman script Turkish with Arabic letters. 16 p. Rear cover is missing. This pamphlet mostly prepared in the form of questions and answers describes the technical infrastructure required for the use of liquid oil fuel in warships. It was prepared for officers studying at the navy schools of the Imperial Ottoman in the early 20th century. On the cover it's indicated to be translated by the Ottoman Naval Forces Commission of Engines but no information on which source to be used to translate it. It's printed after the Second Constitutional Regime in 1908 and Tripoli War in 1911 probably during the Balkan Wars 1912-1913. Following the Young Turk Revolution in 1908 the Committee of Union and Progress which effectively took control of the country sought to develop a strong Ottoman naval force. The poor condition of the fleet became evident during the Ottoman Naval Parade of 1910 and the Ottoman Navy Foundation was established in order to purchase new ships through public donations. Those who made donations received different types of medals according to the size of their contributions. In 1910 the Ottoman Navy purchased two pre-dreadnought battleships from Germany: SMS Weissenburg and her sister ship SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm. These ships were renamed Turgut Reis and Barbaros Hayreddin respectively. The Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 and the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 proved disastrous for the Ottoman Empire. In the former the Italians occupied Ottoman Tripolitania present-day Libya and the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea and the Regia Marina defeated Ottoman light naval forces in the battles of Preveza Beirut and Kunfuda Bay. In the latter a smaller Greek fleet successfully engaged with Ottoman battleships in the naval skirmishes of Elli and Lemnos. The better condition of the Greek fleet in the Aegean Sea during the Balkan Wars led to the liberation of all Ottoman-held Aegean islands other than those in the Italian-occupied Dodecanese. It also prevented Ottoman reinforcements and supplies to the land battles on the Balkan peninsula where the Balkan League emerged victoriously. The only Ottoman naval successes during the Balkan Wars were the raiding actions of the light cruiser Hamidiye under the command of Rauf Orbay. For this reason the Naval Ministry on the one hand tried to train a large number of sailor officers by printing technical booklets like this in order to close the gap. Faded on the cover chipped on extremities and spine. Otherwise a good and rare copy. Not in Özege.; Only one copy in OCLC: 949520567 Bogaziçi Uni. Library. <br/> <br/> Matbaa-yi Bahriyye., [AH 1328] paperback
1950986511950s. Large square 4to photograph album from the 1950s with over 100 photographs/postcards of traction engines with extra photos - some in colour loosely inseted inside film fronted sleeve. Please contact us for more details. unknown
4c4389Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited Coventry/England um 1960/1962. Ein 4seitiges Faltblatt mit einigen Abbildungen bzw. graphischen Darstellungen/ein 16seitiges Faltblatt mit vielen Abbildungen quart/quart-quer 1 Heft fleckig und Falzeinrissen. - sonst gute Exemplare / good condition / Enthalten: Bristol Siddeley Gamma MK. 201 - Rocket Engine Reprinted from The Aeroplane and Astronautics September 4 1959 / Bristol Siddeley - Supply the power - Rocket engines / Text englisch - unknown
190643619Erie PA: Nagle Engine Works 1906. Oblong 8vo. 82 2 pp. Over 50 illusts. some full page many tables & diagrams. Textured & embssd printed softcvrs gilt & blk lettrng & decrtn NF copy. First edition in Spanish of this scarce catalogue on steam engines boilers and machinery intended for the Latin American market. Included are numerous stationary steam engines steam drilling engines boilers for industrial and use in buildings portable steam boilers on wheels along with vertical steam engines with reverse capability many of them to be employed in oil drilling and portable oil rigs. Nagle Engine Works, unknown
196288679Bristol: Bristol Siddeley Aero Engine School c.1962. 1st edition. Nice Copy. oblong quarto. card covers c.200pp. b/w plates text ills. colour diags. index Account of the design of this famous engine series. Much technical detail. Covers Fuel Systems Aircraft & Engines; Combustion Air Lubrication Electrical & Fire systems. Also Performance Data Starting & Handling Routine Servicing & Fault finding. Very scarce Bristol Siddeley Aero Engine School unknown
189861265New York Boston Chicago & East Cambridge MA; Portland OR: Knowles Steam Pump Works The Portland Machinery Co. 1898. 8vo. 136 pp. Nearly 100 woodcut-engravings text illustrations tables 1 large folding engraved plate. Gray flexible softcovers blue & brown lettering decoration front cover affixed printed label for Portland Machinery Co. on front cover some dustoiling edgewear creasing to covers small tear upper fore-edge front cover still a VG- copy. Revised edition of this famed catalogue issued at the height of Knowles Co. pumps including portable boiler & steam engine for fire fighting quick-steaming fire apparatus automatic sprinkler systems mining pumps Artesian well pumps brewery pumps along with specialized refrigeration pumps for breweries and other manufacturing concerns. Founded by Lucius Knowles 1819-1884 he originated and developed both the Knowles Steam Pump Co. as well as the L.J. Knowles & Bro. Loom Works in Warren MA and was one of the first to develop steam-actuated valves. No copies in Worldcat smaller 93 pp. General Cat at Harvard & UCSB. Knowles Steam Pump Works, [The Portland Machinery Co.], paperback
19294373London: Cirrus Aero Engines Ltd 1929. Original cloth binder with 18 leaves measuring 142 x 190 mm total of 35 pages and illustrated throughout. The cloth binder is heavily work and damaged title page thumbed but internally in good order. This copy bears the stamp of Sydney based aviation mechanics Ray & Larkin Pty Ltd based at the Bankstown Aerodrome. Cirrus Aero Engines Ltd unknown
189162149Chicago IL: M.C. Bullock Manufacturing Co. Cor. Canal & Washington Streets 1891-1892. Two pieces. 4to. 18; 12 pp. 1st w/ woodcut-engraved plates text diagrams illustrations; 2nd w/ illustrated title woodcut-engravings tables letterhead. First w/ printed tan softcovers lettering front cover illustrated company logo on back cover minor dustsoiling edgewear ownership markings upper fore-edge; 2nd w/ self-printed softcovers company rubber stamps on front minor age-toning still a VG set. First editions thus of these very scarce promotional pamphlets and catalogues for the M.C. Bullock produced Corliss Steam Engines which they first began producing in 1888 with applications of two versions as hoists. The company manufactured a wide range of Bullock-Corliss engines with cylinder sizes ranging from 10 diameter 30 stroke engine up to 32 diameter 72 stroke weighing in at 58000 lbs. Their engines were essential as power plants and were used in such companies as the Allomez Mining Co. Atlantic Mining Co. Tamarack Mining Co. Penn Iron Mining Co. as well as the San Antonio TX Rapid Transit Street Railway Co. Belle City Street Railway Co. in Racine WI and more. Bullock 1838-1899 also expanded his company’s offerings to ice plant machinery a variety of hoisting engines and specialized in producing diamond-tipped drills and boring mining equipment. No copies of either catalogue in Worldcat. M.C. Bullock Manufacturing Co., Cor. Canal & Washington Streets, paperback
188863886Salem Columbiana County OH: Buckeye Engine Company Thos. J. Walton Steam Printing House 1888. Oblong 8vo. 6 86 2 pp. text throughout w/ woodcut engraved borders 4 woodcut-engraved steam engine plates diagrams charts graphs tables text illustrations. Brown publisher’s cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover decorated endpapers scuffing soot soiling around fore-edges old varnish brush marks to fore-edges front cover still a VG- copy. First edition of this very rare original catalogue/manual for the Buckeye Engine Company’s steam engine and one of the earliest to adapt J.W. Thompson and Nathan Hunt’s groundbreaking high-speed variable automatic cut-off engines featuring a centrifugal governor and flywheel allowing for more controllable power supply primarily for sawmills and logging operations. Simeon & Joel Sharp Milton Davis and Joel Bonsall first began manufacturing steam engines and direct-acting reciprocating muley sawmills by 1851 and in 1870 reorganized the business as the Buckeye Engine Co. by 1888 the company featured over 200 employees sales of nearly $ 500000 and produced steam engines sawmills planing mills shingle machines and more. No copies in Worldcat. Buckeye Engine Company, Thos. J. Walton Steam Printing House, hardcover
193756479Springfield OH: National Supply Company/ Superior Engine Division ca. 1937. 8vo. 21 leaves unnumbered including 5 leaves with typed thumb tabs acting as separators & 7 leaves of typescript & pencil manuscript detailing the Superior Engine customer list in the Western United States & Canada. With 68 silver gelatin photographs printed on glossy photographic stock sized 4.5 x 7.5 in. most w/ text w/in the negative some curving to the images as usual. Original limp brown calf 6-ring binder yapp edges & rounded corners w/ Company name embossed in gilt on front cover minor rubbing shelfwear very minor soiling to lower fore-edge front cover still a VG copy. First edition of this very scarce salesman’s catalogue of maritime diesel engines and stationary diesel engines for generating electricity in factories and power plants. The catalogue begins photos of the Superior Diesel Engine factory in Springfield OH shop views of engines under construction as well as the research & development laboratory. Models 40 50 60 & 80 Superior Diesel Engines are illustrated with cut-away views pistons fuel injection pumps and more. Of particular interest are the extensive typed manuscript customer list for this Superior Engine salesman encompassing such companies as Astoria North Beach Ferry Enterprise Machine Works in Ketchikan AK Pt. Adams Packing Co. in Hammond OR Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co. in Seattle WA Foss Launch & Tug in Tacoma & Seattle Yaquina Bay Fish Co. in Newport OR Diesel Towing Co. in Portland OR Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Hines Lumber Co. in Hines OR Salt River Valley Water Users Assoc. in Phoneix AZ and over 150 others. Superior was founded in 1889 by Patrick Shouvlin who was servicing oil field equipment and quickly grew. In the 1890s his shop adopted the Superior Company name and later made arrangements with National Supply Company to distribute and market their engines. He initially produced gas engines that would run on the plentiful natural gas being produced in the Lima Ohio area at the time replacing steam which was costly to operate and maintain as well as much more dangerous. His engine was well-received and became the standard for pumping oil in the United States. Superior was purchased by National Supply in 1929 and later by White Motors in 1955. No copies located in Worldcat or NUC and printed notice indicates that the salesman was charged $ 100.00 for the book to be refunded when returned. National Supply Company/ Superior Engine Division, unknown
190153484Ithaca NY: Cornell University Ehrhart M.E E.E. & Cardullo M.E. E. June 1901. 4to. 3 28 typed leaves; 43 leaves of plates including 7 tipped-in silver gelatin photographs sized from 3 x 4 in. up to 4.5 x 7.5 in. tables on blue-printed graph paper charts diagrams. Half-black calf over black cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover leather corners minor chipping & wear head & foot of spine scuffing to spine wear to corners still VG- copy. This manuscript thesis details the testing and evaluation of the newly developed Parsons Steam Turbine which was invented by Sir Charles Parsons in 1884 and revolutionized engineering across many fields in the Victorian era. His turbine extracted thermal engineering from pressurized steam allowing a rotating output shaft especially suited for driving electrical generators. In 1897 just four years before this work was researched and published the Parsons engine was applied to the ship Turbinia the first ship powered by the very successful enginer. Ehrhart 1874-1941 & Cardullo 1879-1938 were both electrical engineering students at Cornell University. After graudation Ehrhart became an electrical engineer with expertise in turbines for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh and by the end of World War I Ehrhart was a manager of the Elliott Electrical Engineering Company in Edgewood PA nice suburb of Pittsburgh. Cardullo became a professor of mechanical engineering wrote on thermodynamics and later worked as the chief draftsman of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co. before becoming the head of engineering testing for the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. in Buffalo NY. Worldcat locates 1 copy Cornell. Cornell University, Ehrhart M.E (E.E.) & Cardullo M.E. (E.)], hardcover
1900D14191900. Very Good. Gilt-ruled quarter morocco and mottled cloth over boards with lettering stamped in gilt on upper board and spine; contains hundreds of pages of handwritten notes charts diagrams schematics graphs and mathematical computations with numerous folding blueprints and 18 cyanotypes 5 x 7. Boards scuffed mostly along the edges; small tear at head of spine; hinges cracked. Internally bright and clean. <br/><br/>An account of Barrows test of the Payne Throttling Engine Triple Expansion Engine High Pressure Cylinder the Penberthy Injector Test the Ohio Gasoline Engine and other experiments at Sibley College Department of Experimental Engineering. hardcover
1902152261902. Anonymous. Technical manuscript on early automobile engineering circa 1905 to 1915 documenting the foundational mechanical and electrical principles that shaped European motor production during its formative decades. Written in French and progressing from theoretical foundations to applied engine analysis the text reflects the rapid professionalization of automotive engineering in the years following the establishment of firms such as Hispano Suiza in 1902. Headings including "Concepts mécaniques élémentaires" and "Concepts élémentaires d'électricité" introduce structured treatments of ignition systems magnetos carburetors cooling mechanisms starting systems and multi cylinder crankshaft design. Several pages are devoted to the Hispano twelve cylinder V engine noting: "Dans le moteur de Hispano 12 cylindres en V. chaque rangée composée d'un seul bloc en aluminium qui comprend la chambre de combustion. Les soupapes sont réglées à chaud et sont en acier nitruré" emphasizing aluminum block construction and nitrided steel valves. The manuscript captures a technological transition from experimental motor carriages to precision engineered touring and racing automobiles situating engineering knowledge within the broader industrial modernization of early twentieth century France.<br /> <br /> Anonymous. Technical manuscript in notebook form. No place circa 1905 to 1915. Fifty four handwritten pages in an 8 x 10 inch notebook extensively illustrated with pen drawn schematics sectional diagrams and labeled mechanical studies. Accompanied by a contemporary printed automobile exhibition advertisement approximately 14 x 11 inches featuring Hispano Suiza and other marques with illustrated coachbuilt body styles.<br /> <br /> The structured progression from elementary theory to detailed mechanical application suggests disciplined technical study at a moment when automobile engineering was emerging as a specialized scientific field. Drawings detailing carburation systems electrical current generation spark plug ignition twelve cylinder crankshafts and coachbuilder configurations reflect the integration of metallurgy electrical innovation and luxury design characteristic of the period. The inclusion of motor show ephemera situates the notebook within the culture of early twentieth century industrial exhibitions where technological advancement and commercial display intersected. Minor edge wear to notebook covers and light toning to pages consistent with age; manuscript clean and legible throughout. Overall condition: very good. unknown
191961612Utica NY: O.J. Childs Co. Fire Apparatus 138 Liberty ca. 1919-1922. 4to. 36 leaves unnumbered. linen-backed silver gelatin photos some hinged most negative numbers w/in negative at lower fore-edge all w/ typed captions & identifying text on versos a few w/ caption on recto below the image. Contemporary black-simulated calf vinyl 3-ring loose-leaf binder rounded corners yapp fore-edges minor edgewear & fraying to some of the linen backing on images minor occasional creasing indications of use wear & bumping to covers still a VG exemplar. This uncommon salesman sample photo album includes excellent original photographs of many significant O.J. Childs Co. fire engines and firefighting equipment manufactured in Utica NY following World War I. These factory images encompass Type “B†Triple Combination on REO chassis; Triple Combination Pump Chemical & Hose Car on Federal 1 1/2 ton chassis; Straight Chemical Equipment o 1921 Brookway 1 1/2 ton chassis; and many other variations thereof. O.J. Childs built their own engines like American-La France because commercial truck engines not only lacked the torque but also the endurance to drive a fire pump for hours without overheating or damaging pistons connecting rods and valves. The images include fire engines supplied to the Morristown NJ Basking Ridge NJ Winsted CT Orenda Hose Co. Griffith IN East Greenwich NJ Mt. Carmel PA Loch Sheldrake NY and many others. Also used by the Childs’ Co. customers were such manufacturers as Dodge-Graham Ford pleasure chassis Packard Model EX White 20-45 Chassis a Ward-La France and many more. Orlando J. Childs organized the O.J. Childs Co. Fire Apparatus in 1899 to take over the business of the Utica Fire Extinguisher Co. who were best known for their chemical fire extinguishers designed and patented originally in 1896-97 by William Pomfret and Thomas Keating. They quickly began actively selling fire extinguishers to businesses individuals and even specialized on fire extinguishers for early automobile enthusiasts during the Brass Era who suffered frequent engine fires. After producing their first Triple Combination Pump Wagon about 1910 they quick espanced into ready-made chemical tank truck fire-engines for rural fire departments. Wallace Childs acquired the Foamite Firefoam Co. in New York in 1922 and in 1926 the entire company was acquired and became a subsidiary of American-La France Fire Engine Co. No similar albums images or catalogues located in Worldcat; See: Mark Theobald O.J. Childs & Co. Foamite-Childs Corp American-LaFrance Corp. Coachbuilt 2004. O.J. Childs Co., Fire Apparatus, 138 Liberty, unknown
