(Foster, T.J., Manager)

Circular of Information of The International Correspondence Schools ; A System of Home Study in Steam Engineering.

Scranton, PA, The Colliery Engineer Co. 1897. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 88pp. Stapled printed wraps. Very light wear to spine ends. Exterior and interior are unusually clean. Descriptions of courses and instruction and directory of instructors. 2 fold-out plates and other in text illustrations. Anearly publication, NOT a reprint. Very Good.

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Book number: 001233

Catalogue: Educational, Engineering and Technology

Keywords: Engines Locomotives

Steam: Its Generation and Use, With Catalogue of the Manufactures of The Babcock & Wilcox Co.

New York and London, Babcock & Wilcox, 1906. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 131pp. Purple bevelled boards, gilt lettering and decoration. Wear to spine ends, tiny chip to foredge, spine sunned but readable, cracking to front endpapers, text is clean. Contains numerous illustrations and technical data and charts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001815

Catalogue: Engineering and Technology, Ephemera

Keywords: Boilers Furnaces Generation

Backman, Jules

The Economics of the Electrical Machinery Industry

New York, New York University Press, 1962. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 374pp. SIGNED. Hardcover with minor spotting to covers and top edges, spine sunned, binding is sound. Signed inscription by author on front free endpaper, contents are clean. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000487

Catalogue: Business, Engineering and Technology

Keywords: Generating Distribution Defense " Consumer Appliances" Signed

Water Committee of the City of Brooklyn

Documents and Plans Submitted By the Water Committee to the Common Council of the City of Brookyn for the Year 1854

Brooklyn, NY, Water Committee of the City of Brooklyn, 1854. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Jos. Laing & Co. 145 pp, 27 plates. Cloth rear board, front board and front free endpaper missing, spine retaped, title page is half deteriorated (facsimile replacement attached), dampstaining to first few pages of text, contents mildly age-toned, all plates are sound. This remarkable document includes the historic detailed proposal for the improvement of the water supply for Brooklyn, New York in 1854. The proposal consists of 145 pages of details on how to supply the water, the details of the negotiations with suppliers and construction specifications. In addition there are 27 meticulously engraved plates showing plans for various construction requirements along the supply route, such as canals, ponds, pipes, conduits, reservoirs, engine house, etc. Despite the imperfections of this book, the complete text and illustrations that are all present, make this an exceptional historical record. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004164

Catalogue: Government and Politics, Engineering and Technology, Architecture

Keywords: "City Planning" Infrastructure "Water Supply" NYC Brooklyn

Gray Marine Motor Company

Instruction Manual Operation and Maintenance Parts and Price List, Vol VI, Gray Marine Diesels Model 64-TL1

Detroit, Michigan, Gray Marine Motor Company, 1942. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 209pp. Heavy card wrappers. Covers lightly soiled, rear cover stained and some stain penetratiing upper inner margin of some pages, not affecting text, "3" written in pencill on front cover, binding is tight. Built for Bureau of Ships, United States Navy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002026

Catalogue: Reference, Engineering and Technology

Keywords: Mechanics Engines Nayv

Dietzschold, C.

Abriß Der Getriebelehre Mit Besonderer Anwendung Uaf Die Uhrmacherei Und Feinmechanik.

Krems A. Donau, C. Dietzscholds, 1905. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 219pp. Blue flexible boards. Text in German. Covers scuffed and rubbed, text is clean and binding is tight, owner's bookplate and name on front endpapers. This is the original 1905 publication, NOT a recent reprint. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003036

Catalogue: Hobbies and How-To, Engineering and Technology

Keywords: Clocks Watches Timekeepers

Dunlap, John R. (Editor)

The Engineering Magazine, August 1898 (Vol XV, No. 5)

New York, The Engineering Magazine, 1898. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 26,711-888,27-74pp. Tan wrapper. Front cover soiled, torn, insected, contents insect bored affecting some text to about 30 pages, text and ads are otherwise mostly clean. An early edition of this extinct publication. Includes an article on the commercial merits of The Nicaragua Canal. Poor.

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Book number: 001876

Catalogue: Periodical, Engineering and Technology

Keywords: Heating Construction Canal

Department of State Engineer and Surveyor

State of New York Department of State Engineer and Surveyor Laws and Regualtions for the Improvement of the Erie, Oswego and Champlain Canals

Albany, Department of State Engineer and Surveyor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 75p + approx. 35p orders and instructions. No date, approximately 1910. Flexible cloth cover, gilt lettered. Covers clean, contents age-toned, owner's name on front free endpaper. Laws, specifications and instructions for canal improvement. 7 foldout diagrams and drawings. Very Good.

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Book number: 002126

Catalogue: Engineering and Technology, Ephemera

Keywords: "Hudson River" Mohawk Oneida Champlain Canals Waterways

Falkner, F. And Smith, Joseph A.

The Farmer's Treasure; A Practical Treatise on the Nature and Value of Manures, Founded from Experiments on Various Crops W ith a Brief Account of All the Most Recent Discoveries in Agricultural Chemistry; bound with Productive Farming

New York and Philadelphia, D. Appleton & Co. and Geo. S. Appleton, 1844. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 153,138 + catalogue of books. Brown embossed boards,gilt spine lettering, 2 separate titles bound in one volume. Corners worn, light spotting to covers, some insecting and chipping to hinges, but hinges are holding tightly and binding is sound, contents are variably foxed. The publication date of "Productive Farming" is 1843. Good.

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Book number: 002899

Catalogue: Engineering and Technology, Gardening and Plant Science

Keywords: Agriculture Farming Chemicals Vegetation

Hubbard, Charles L.

Heating and Ventilation, Parts I,II and III (3 Voumes)

Chicago, American School of Correspondence, 1925. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 213pp+examination paper in each of 3 volumes. Red hardcovers, black lettering to covers and spines. Volume I is shaken and has insect damage to spine and a bit of water staining, owner's name on front pastedown. Volume II is very faded,and waterstained inside and out and volume III is sound and clean inside and out. Descriptions of the different systems of heating and ventilation, their components and their maintenance. --------3 Volumes------- Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000448

Catalogue: Hobbies and How-To, Engineering and Technology

Keywords: Warming Vacuums Fans Furnace

Edison Institute

Menlo Park- Edison Institute

Dearborn, Michigan, Edison Institute, 1933. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 12pp +4pp addenda. Stapled brochure printed in blue. Very ight soil to cover, contents very clean. Description of the Edison Laboratory with photos of Edison at work and photos of some of his inventions. Very Good.

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Book number: 002681

Catalogue: Hobbies and How-To, Engineering and Technology

Keywords: "Greenfield Village" Inventions Telegraphy Phonograph "Motion Pictures"

Jepson, George

Cams and the Principles of Their Construction

New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 59pp. Blue boards, blind-stamp design to front cover, gilt lettering, 2 fold-out diagrams plus other diagrams, errata slip bound-in at rear. Corners have the slightest of rubbing, contents are age-toned but otherwise clean and binding is tight and sound. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001669

Catalogue: Engineering and Technology

Keywords: MacHines Mechanical Instructive Jepsen

Jordan, Franklin I.

Photographic Control Processes

New York, Galleon Publishers, Inc. 1937. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 236pp. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Spine ends and one corner bumped, otherwise covers are clean and sound. Slight age-toning, mainly to endpapers, and a bit of foxing to top edges. Scarce dust jacket is darkened and worn at edges, some closed tears, and a few peices missing along the edges, some foxing on the reverse side, but mostly complete. Illustrations by the author. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 000513

Catalogue: Hobbies and How-To, Engineering and Technology, Photography

Keywords: Photography Film

Nichols, Edward, Belden, Edgar S.,Post, Chester L.

Building Superintendence, Parts I, III, and IV (3 Volumes)

Chicago, American School of Correspondence, 1916. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Three volumes: Part I (1916), Part III (1926), Part IV (1916). 340pp. approx. Red hardcovers with slight rubbing to corners, contents are clean. Concise instructions on building superintendence including frame constrruction, concrete construction, plumbing and heating, inspection and legal considerations plus examination papers. ----- 3 volumes------ Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000446

Catalogue: Engineering and Technology, Architecture

Keywords: Construction Supervision Contracting Plumbing

Cross. William P.

Floods in Ohio Magnitude and Frequency

Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Water Resources Board, 1946. Soft cover. 154pp. Stapled pictorial wraps. Light soil to cover, small corner stain to rear cover and endpaper, staple rust, owner's name in corner of front cover. Written in cooperation with the Water Resources Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey to provide information regarding flooding for designing engineers, public officials and the general public, with tables, charts and a foldout map. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001686

Catalogue: Engineering and Technology, Collectible

Keywords: Hydrology Flooding "Flood Control" Rivers Ohio