Abridgments of the Specifications Relating to the Production and Applications of Gas

London, George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1860. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce work collecting abridgments on gas, published by order of the Commissioners of Patents. This work examines the history of gas manufacture from the year 1681 until 1858, and details its purchase and manufacture across nearly two centuries. A very scarce work, rarely found in commerce.A fascinating glimpse into the history of the gas industry. In a recent full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are occasionally slightly spotted. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 798R39

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Keywords: Gas Abridgments relating to Gas Gas Production History of Energy Abridgments relating to Gas None

Description and Rules for the Management of the United States Rifle Caliber. 30, Model of 1917

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1918. Brochure/Pamphlet. An illustrated copy of this rifle handbook. A revised edition of Description and Rules for the Management of the United States Rifle Caliber. 30, Model of 1917, published in January 1918. With three folding plates and other in-text illustrations.Collated, complete. In the original paper wraps. With some tape to the spine and marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 860B62

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Keywords: Description and Rules for the Management of the United States Rifle Caliber. 30, Model of 1917 guns rifles manuel guns Not Stated

H. M Dockyard, Rosyth Claim No. 16-Monoliths

Not Stated , Easton Gibb & Son, 1921. Cloth. A scarce volume of this 1920s contract variation H.M Dockyard, Rosyth Claim no. 16-Monoliths, with two plates. This volume contains H.M Dockyard, Rosyth Claim no. 16-Monoliths, Extra Cost of the Monoliths owing to Alterations of the Condition contemplated by the Contract. Rosyth Dockyard is a large naval dockyard on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland which formerly undertook refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels and submarines. This volume contains a Contractor's Statement of Claim and observations and criticisms of the claim. With two plates. Collated, complete. In cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some rubbing to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 848B96

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Keywords: H.M Dockyard, Rosyth Claim no. 16-Monoliths Dockyard buisness Scotland Dockyard Not Stated

Anon

La Technique Des Travaux

N/A, N/A, 1926. Cloth. A copy of La Technique des Travaux. A Monthly Review of Modern Construction Processes. 2nd Year, No. 8, August 1926. In a paper binding. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: FGN11-B-9

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Keywords: Construction Industry Work Technology Industry None

Jean Appier

Recueil de Plusieurs Machines Militaries Et Feux Artificiels Pour la Guerre

Pont-A-Mousson, Charles Marchant, 1620. First edition. Vellum. A scarce, first edition copy of this important work on military and recreational fireworks. Being parts I-V of this eventual seven part work. Jean Appier produced the text and the engravings for this work. His father was an engineer for the Duke of Lorraine, and Appier himself was an artist. He collaborated with Francois Thybourel, the physician and mathematician to produce this work. A fascinating work, with sections on a variety of exploding devices including treasure chests and baskets of eggs. Collated, title page for part II has been bound as the title page for part I. Lacking the preliminary pages for part I, which starts at the text (C1, page 17). In-text illustrations throughout the work. This scarce work influenced Appier's later book on pyrotechnics 'La Pyrotechnie&apos. In the orignal French and in the original vellum binding. A very scarce and fascinating technological work. In the contemporary vellum binding. Externally, generally smart. The vellum is slightly wrinkled. Several spots and marks to boards. Small loss to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned. Occasional light spots to pages. Good . Ill.: Jean Appier. Good .

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Book number: 722L21

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Keywords: fireworks gunpowder illustrated gunpowder Jean Appier

C. Bach and R. Baumann

Festigkeitseigenschaften Und Gefugebilder Der Konstruktionsmaterialien

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1921. Cloth. A second edition of this work on construction material. Illustrated throughout with 936 figures. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with some rubbing and bumping. Spine slightly sunned. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: GEN37-B-3

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Keywords: Construction German C. Bach R. Baumann German None

Benjamin Baddam

Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgement of the Philosophical Transactions Volume I Only.

London, G. Smith, 1738. Leather. A very scarce and sought after book. Volume one only. Fourteen plates including frontis, ten of which are folding. Benjamin Baddam (c1693–1740) was a printer and compiler of the Memoirs of the Royal Society. He compiled an abridgement of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions. It was printed for him between 1738 and 1744 by Godfrey Smith in ten volumes, with 131 folding plates drawn by G. Smith and engraved by James Hulett, under the title Memoirs of the Royal Society, being a new abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions for the years 1665 to 1735. Previous abridgements of the Philosophical Transactions had been carried out on a piecemeal basis, whereas Baddam's version provided continuity and uniformity for the first time. The boards are missing. The text block is firm. Internally the pages are generally clean, with slight browning. There is some very mild spotting, which is mostly limited to the first and last couple of pages. There is the occasional handling mark. The back endpaper is chipped. Overall the condition is fair due to the need for rebinding, otherwise good. Fair . Ill.: Not stated. Fair .

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Book number: LTH1-E-14

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Keywords: Royal Society Philosophy Mathematics Philosophy Not stated

Benjamin Baddam

Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgement of the Philosophical Transactions Volume II Only.

London, G. Smith, 1739. Leather. A very scarce and sought after book. Volume two only. Thirteen plates, twelve of which are folding. Benjamin Baddam (c1693–1740) was a printer and compiler of the Memoirs of the Royal Society. He compiled an abridgement of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions. It was printed for him between 1738 and 1744 by Godfrey Smith in ten volumes, with 131 folding plates drawn by G. Smith and engraved by James Hulett, under the title Memoirs of the Royal Society, being a new abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions for the years 1665 to 1735. Previous abridgements of the Philosophical Transactions had been carried out on a piecemeal basis, whereas Baddam's version provided continuity and uniformity for the first time. The boards are detached and the back board is missing. There is significant wear to the extremities, including bumping and rubbing with loss to the leather. Internally the pages are slightly browned with handling marks and some small stains. There is the occasional very mild spotting. Overall the condition is fair externally and good internally. Fair . Ill.: Not stated. Fair .

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Book number: LTH1-E-15

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Keywords: Mathematics Science Philosophy Royal Society Science Not stated

M. Powis Bale

Steam and Machinery Management a Guide to the Arrangement and Economical Management of Machinery with Hints on Construction and Selection

London, Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1890. Cloth. A second edition of M. Powis Bale's 1884 Steam and Machinery Management, with black and white illustrative diagrams. Powis Bale was born in 1850 and became a knowledgable writer of engineering and wood-working books. He became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers before his death in 1920. A textbook still used by engineers, Steam and Machinery Management touches on aspects such as fuels, erecting counter-shafts and centrifugal pumps. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart though rubbed to edges with handling marks to cloth binding. Owner's stamp on front free end paper. Internally, front hinge is weak though rear hinge is slightly strained but firm. Binding is firm but strained. Some pencil marks on the pages but otherwise mainly bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: GEN37-E-11

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Keywords: Steam Machinery M Powis Bale Diagrams Machinery None

ed. Thomas Greaves Barlow

The Journal of Gas Lighting

London and New York, G. Hebert; D. Appleton & Co. 1849-50. Leather. A scarce collection of this periodical relating to gas works from the mid-nineteenth century, edited by Thomas Greaves Barlow. This work was originally published quarterly between 1849 and 1860 in folio format.Volume I only, containing No. 1 from February 10 1849 until No. 23, December 10 1850. With the supplement to No. 18. Bound with sales and advertisements to the rear of the work.Edited by prominent engineer Thomas Greaves Barlow.Illustrated with occasional vignette diagrams.A very scarce title, with only one held institutionally in Trinity College Dublin Library.In need of a rebind but effectively impossible to find in any condition. In a half calf binding. Externally rather worn; large amounts of loss to the contemporary leather spine, which has been repaired with tape. Extremities are rubbed. Internally, binding is tender, with the front board near loose and the endpaper and title page detached from the text block. Pages are a little spotted. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .

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Book number: 799R15

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Keywords: Gas Lighting Thomas Greaves Barlow History of Gas Lighting Periodicals Thomas Greaves Barlow Gas Manufacture None

S. C. Batstone

Electric-Light Fitting

London , Whittaker and Co. 1914. Cloth. A treatise on wiring for lighting, heating, and other domestic uses to which electricity can be applied, and the laying down of small private installations. Illustrated throughout with many vignettes. In a green cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some bumping, rubbing, and marks to the boards, including an institutional stamp. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages are bright, and generally clean, though with some scattered ink stamps, and a few handling marks. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: GEN30-D-17

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Keywords: Electricity Lighting Heating Lighting None

John Henry Belville

A Manual of the Thermometer

London, Richard and John Edward Taylor, 1850. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition publication on the history and use of the thermometer as a meteorological instrument. The very scarce first edition of this work.Containing the history of the use of the instrument in question, alongside an essay on terrestrial radiation, and 'general outline of the climate of the eastern part of England&apos. With vignette woodcut illustrations throughout.The work of John Henry Belville, an assistant astronomical observer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and author of a similar study entitled 'A Manual of the Barometer' published the year before this work. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Ink inscription and spotting to front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Some foxing to first few pages, remaining pages generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 785F37

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Keywords: Thermometer Temperature Climate Greenwich Observatory Temperature Not Stated

H. F. Boughton

The Patentee&Apos;S Guide Information for All Sorts and Conditions of Inventors in All Parts of the World

London , Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Ltd. 1890. Cloth. A scarce work on the process of patenting inventions and ideas. With information on obtaining patents, registering of designs and trademarks, summaries of the copyrights and merchandise marks acts, and much more. In a brown cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing and bumping. The spine is slightly cocked, and there are a few marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Ink signature to front pastedown. Pages are bright, though with some scattered instances of foxing throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: GEN27-D-2

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Keywords: Inventions Patenting Technology Patenting None

F. J. Britten

Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1904. Leather. A smartly rebound second edition of this informative work on clocks, watches, and their makers. With illustrations throughout. Second edition. Illustrated with over seven hundred figures, mostly from photographs. A historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past in England and abroad, with a list of ten thousand makers. Written by F. J. Britten, a British horologist, considered one of the preeminent horologist of his time. Bound in contemporary half red crushed morocco with the original red cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Book number: 888T54

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Keywords: Old Clocks Watches Makers Clocks Not Stated

Siemens Brothers

The Cape Peninsula Automatic Telephone System & Trunk Exchange

London , Siemens Brothers & CO , 1933. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and fascinating volume on The Cape Peninsula Automatic Telephone System & Trunk Exchange, with illustrations and folding plates. A very scarce volume. The Cape Peninsula Automatic Telephone System & Trunk Exchange The Siemens Brother was an electrical engineering design and manufacturing business in London and this volume traces the development of the Cape Peninsula Network, exploring the apparatus needed, circuit elements, the power plant and the trunk exchange.With thirteen folding plates and other illustrations throughout the text. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1933. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

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Book number: 844B36

Catalogue: Technology

Keywords: The Cape Peninsula Automatic Telephone System & Trunk Exchange technology telephones technology Not Stated