WHYTE, ADAM GOWANS

The Electrical Industry: Lighting, Traction and Power

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages plus 47 pages of ads at back. "Before 1879 the electrical industry did not exist. It has made tremendous progress in the twenty odd years since it was born - progress much more rapid than that made, say, by the steam-engine a century ago." - from page 2. Doesn't that sound like the state of the internet in the mid-1990s, or the blockchain explosion of recent years? Chapters include: The Birth of the Electrical Industry; The Early Days of Electric Lighting; Electric Lighting in London and the Provinces; The Early Days of Electric Traction; The Development of Electric Inter-Urban Tramways; Electric Railways; Electric Power - An Industrial Revolution; The Economies of Electric Power; Electric-Power Distribution Schemes; Electrical Engineering as a Career; The Future of the Electrical Industry. Above-average but not excessive wear to red cloth exterior. Binding intact. Two small contemporary book vendor artifacts inside back board, otherwise unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating historical item.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; The Electrical Industry: Lighting, Traction and Power Electricity History Electric Traction; The Development of Electric Inter-Urban Tramways; Electric Railways; Electric Power - An Industrial Revolution; The Economies of Electric Power; Electric-Power D. Fair .

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WHYTE, Adam Gowans

Forty years of electrical progress: the story of the G.E.C

Ernest Benn, 1930. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket 1st edition. 1st edition, 1930, in dark blue cloth with gilt; B&W illustrations. G.E.C compliments slip loosely inserted. Page fore-edge foxed; binding tight; gilt on spine a little dull. Dust jacket browned & worn, with short tears Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_76539_jpg.jpg.

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WHYTE, ADAM GOWANS

How Life Goes on

London : Watts, 1946. Hardcover. 2nd impression of the revised edition. VG hbk in blue cloth with black lettering. With many illustrations.15579.. Very Good .

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Book number: 70986

Keywords: Adam Gowans Whyte Natural History

WHYTE, ADAM GOWANS

Our World and Us : A Simple Account of "How the Wheels go Round" - from the Electron to the Star

London, United Kingdom, Watts & Co. 1930, First Edition. Decorative Cloth with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The World of Youth Series No. 5. Beige bds with Shiny Black titles and Decoration (fresh and unworn) nice frontis illus, pp 144 with 12 illus and plates, pristine unread state (interior very bright, not inscribed) Original wrapper has price clipped spine which also tanned, o/w fresh. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 8658

Catalogue: Science & Technology

Whyte, Adam Gowans.

The Religion of the Open Mind. With a foreword by Eden Phillpots.

London: Watts & Co, 1915 2nd enlarged edn. viii, 152 pp, occasional illustrations. Original printed paper wraps. 17 cm x 11 cm. Wraps well soiled, tearswith minor loss to spine tips, minor wear to corners, text lightly age browned.

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Book number: 35548

Whyte, Adam Gowans

The World's wonder Stories for Boys and Girls

London, Watts & Co, 1916. First. Hardcover. 12mo. Light wear to extremities. Darkening to spine and soiling to rear board. Rubbing to front. Spine cracking at frontis. Sporadic foxing. Couple of pages loose. Good.

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Book number: 5005089

Catalogue: Fiction

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