G W Grabham

Water Supplies in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Khartoum, The Sudan Government, 1934. Paperback. An interesting piece of engineering history, from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan condominium regarding water supplies. This bulletin was issued by the Sudan Government and provides a historical look at this conundrum. This is bulletin number 2. This report has some interesting provenance as it is from the library of Frederic Newhouse (1883-1969), sometime inspector-general of Egyptian irrigation in the Sudan. With his inscription to the front wrap. Illustrated, with four plates and a large folding plate to the rear. Written by G W Graham, a Government Geologist. This work touches on meteorology, general principles governing ground water and its movements, geological formations in relation to water supplies, water supply requirements, construction of wells and drilling and conservation of water. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart with a small amount of loss to the head and tail of spine. Slight age toning to the page edges. Prior owner's inscription to the front wrap, F Newhouse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional correction to the pages by prior owner Frederic Newhouse. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Sudan Supplies Water Irrigation Supplies Not Stated

G. C. Greenwell

A Practical Treatise on Mine Engineering

London, E. and F. N. Spon, 1869. Leather. The second edition of this incredibly detailed treatise on mine engineering by G. C. Greenwell, illustrated throughout with colour double paged plates. The second edition of this work. An engrossing and detailed treatise on mine engineering, written during an uprising of mining in the United Kingdom. Illustrated with sixty-one double paged colour plates, and three colour plates. Collated, complete. Written by G. C. Greenwell. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. Rebound in a quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Some light marks to the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. Repaired closed tear to page 255. Small tape repair to the reverse of plate 64, and some edgewear. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: G. C. Greenwell. Very Good Indeed .

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Sonstige Stichworte: engineering G. C. Greenwell mine mining G. C. Greenwell greenwell industry G. C. Greenwell

Douglas T. Hamilton; Franklin S. Jones

Thread-Cutting Methods; Gages, Gaging and Inspection; Diemaking and Die Design

New York; London, The Industrial Press; The Machinery Publishing Co. 1918-20. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions of these instructional and informational texts on machinery and technology, all of which are illustrated throughout. Three early twentieth-century works on machinery and technology, all of which are illustrated throughout.Included in this set are the following: Threat-Cutting Methods, published by The Machinery Publishing Co. in London in 1918, the first edition of this work. Written by Franklin D. Jones. Containing information on the operation and various tools used for forming screw threads, including the application of taps, lathes, dies, and attachments. Gages, Gaging and Inspection, published by The Industrial Press in New York in 1918, the first edition of this work. Written by Douglas T. Hamilton. Including information on the limit system, measuring machines, inspection of screw threads and gears, and more. Diemaking and Die Design, published by The Machinery Publishing Co. in London in 1920, the first edition, fourth printing of this work. Written by Franklin D. Jones. Including information on the application of dies for blanking, bending, forming, and drawing sheet-metal parts. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, very smart, with some light shelf wear and light bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and extremities. A few light spots to the boards. Internally, binding slightly tender to 'Gages, Gaging and Inspection', other volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Sonstige Stichworte: diemaking die design thread-cutting gages die design engineering Not Stated

Jules Havrez; R. F. Martin

On Recent Improvements in Winding Machinery

London, W. M. Hutchings, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first English edition of this academic engineering paper, illustrated with folding plate. Signed by the translator R. F. Martin. The first English edition of this work. A very scarce work. Signed by the translator, R. F. Martin, to the recto to the front endpaper. A scientific engineering work on winding machinery and hoisting machinery, an in-depth paper on stationary steam engines. Illustrated with three folding plates and two folding tables. Originally written by Julez Havres. Translated into English by R. F. Martin. One page of publisher's adverts to the rear. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, smart. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Just a few light marks to the boards and spine. Translator's signature to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a couple of light spots to the first few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Sonstige Stichworte: winding machinery winding machinery technology winding jules havrez r. f. martin Not Stated

R. P. Hearne; Sir Hiram Maxim

Aerial Warfare

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909. First edition. Leather. A beautiful copy of the scarce first edition of this work on the development of aerial flight in the twentieth century, discussing its possible use in warfare. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-six, and numerous in-text illustrations. With a half-title. This work is an octavo. Collated, complete. A fascinating look at the quick development of aeronautics at the turn of the twentieth century. This work discusses the possible use of aeroplanes and other flying machines in warfare. This book was published just a few years before the outbreak of the First World War, during which some aeroplanes were indeed used in warfare. This was the first work on aerial warfare to be published for the public, other works before this having been limited to the military. At the time this work was published, aeroplanes were still a very new phenomena, with the first successful manned flight taking place in 1903. Written by R. P. Hearne, who also wrote 'Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins', and was a motoring journalist. With an introduction by Hiram Maxim, an inventor who is best known for his creation of the first portable automatic machine gun. The first edition of Hearne's work on aeronautics. From the library of the Irish international hot air balloonist Wilf Woollett. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. A little fading to the spine. A few light marks to the boards. A very small amount of loss of leather to the extremities of the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: aerial warfare aeronautics r p hearne sir hiram maxim aeronautics aeroplanes aerial navigation Not Stated

William Holdford and H. Myles Wright

Cambridge Planning Proposals

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1950. Cloth. 12.5" by 10" Volume I- A Report to the Cambridgeshire Council, Volume II- Maps and Plans. Complete in two volumes. William Holdford was a British architect and town planner heavily involved in the post WWII town planning for Britain. In cloth bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with rubbing. Some handling marks to boards and fading to spines. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright with spotting to first and last but otherwise clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Architecture Planning Cambridge Maps Planning None

Charles Hood

A Practical Treatise on Warming Buildings by Hot Water; on Ventilation, and the Various Methods of Distributing Artificial Heat, and Their Effects on Animal and Vegetable Physiology. To Which Are Added, an Inquiry Into the Laws of Radiant and Conducted Heat, the Chemical Constitution of Coal, and the Combustion of Smoke

London, Whittaker & Co. 1844. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this scientific book regarding the ventilation of buildings. The very scarce second edition. In full cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. With numerous vignette wood-cut illustrations throughout. An interesting scientific work regarding the ventilation of buildings by hot water. Detailing the various methods of distributing artificial heat, and their effects on animal and vegetable physiology. Including an overview of the laws of radiant and conducted heat and the chemical constitution of coal. Complete with the half title page and four pages of the publisher's advertisements to the front of the book. In full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light shelf wear to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Staining to the upper rear board. Bumping to the spine. Chipping to the upper spine. Internally, binding slightly strained but still firmly bound. Pages age-toned but otherwise bright and clear. The odd small mark throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: chemistry engineering plumbing ventilation engineering engineering architecture Not Stated

H E Hurst; D A F Watt

The Measurement of the Discharge of the Nile Through the Sluices of the Aswan Dam Final Conclusions and Tables of Results

Cairo, Government Press, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this report by leading hydrologist and namesake of the 'Hurst Exponent', Harold Edwin Hurst. An important work in the field of hydrology and regarding the river Nile. With fascinating provenance. From the library of Frederic Newhouse (1883-1969), was a sometime inspector-general of Egyptian irrigation in the Sudan. This title was published as a part of a series of reports commissioned by the 'Ministry of Public Works, Egypt&apos. The Egyptian Department of Public works was established in the early 19th century and concentrated on works relating to irrigation and hydraulic engineering. It became the most respected engineering entity and regarded as a fantastic school for civil engineers in modern Egypt. This work was issued during the British Occupation Period and is number 24 of the 'Physical Department Paper&apos. Co-written by Harold Edwin Hurst and D A F Watt. Hurst was a British hydrologist from Leicester. He produced several studies on the long-term storage capacity of reservoirs and of the fluctuation in water level in the Nile. He worked in Egypt for 62 years and was heavily involved in the new Aswan High Dam project, which was built using his plan. D A F Watt was a resident engineer at the Aswan Reservoir. This technical study charts tables of the discharge of sluices as well as outlining four methods to measure discharge of the Nile. Hurst presents the results of these methods, which includes a wide range of data. The minister of public works at the time, Ibrahim Fahmy, prefaces this work by stating that 'the present report marks to the conclusion of a piece of work of great importance to Egypt which has extended over more than twenty years&apos. With four plates to the rear of the work, comprising of one photograph and three plans. An interesting and important study on the Nile and the irrigation development during the British occupation. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Boards have faded, and have light scattered spots. Prior owner's inscription to the front board, F Newhouse No A F 4/3. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 621L16

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: Irrigation Egypt Cairo Aswan Egypt Newhouse Hydrology None

Harold Edwin Hurst; David Alexander Fraser Watt; H H Jeffcott

The Similarity of Motion of Water Through Sluices and Through Scale Models: Experiments with Models of Sluices of the Assuan Dam. And the Measurement of the Discharge of the Nile Through the Sluices of the Assuan Dam (Second Paper)

London, The Institution of Civil Engineers , 1924. First edition. Paperback. An interesting piece of engineering history. Being a report regarding the Asuan/Aswan Dam, a pioneering piece of irrigation engineering in Egypt. This report looks at the motion of water through sluices. This report also has an excerpt of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol ccxviii, Session 1923-1924 part ii. The Institution was the first professional engineering body and was formed during the late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries. The ICE have issued numerous works over the years. This report has some interesting provenance as it is from the library of Frederic Newhouse (1883-1969), sometime inspector-general of Egyptian irrigation in the Sudan. With his inscription to the front wrap. With several in-text diagrams and tables. Written by Harold Edwin Hurst and David Alexander Fraser Watt, with an abstract of the discussion upon the papers. Edited by the secretary of The Institution, H H Jeffcott. A fascinating piece of history from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan condominium. In the original paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Front wrap is torn at the joint and may detach with further handling. Loss to the head and tail of spine. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Buchzahl: 634L9

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Sonstige Stichworte: Sluices Aswan Asuan Sudan Aswan None

Doctor John Jeffries

A Narrative of the Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard; with Meteorological Observations and Remarks. The First Voyage, on the Thirtieth of November, 1784, from London Into Kent: The Second, on the Seventh of January, 1785, from England Into France

London, J. Robson, 1786. First edition. Cloth. An important work, somewhat compromised but with interesting provenance. John Jefferies' work recounts his experiences on two hot air balloon journeys the author took with the influential Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Previously owned by the French aeronaut Char This work is a quarto, with the signatures running as C-N2, O1. ESTC citation number T10668. Bound without the half title and the title page, with a photocopy of the original title page loosely inserted, and a typed copy of the title page bound in. Bound without the two plates, and pages 54-60. Photocopies of these pages and one plate are loosely inserted. With a plate of a hot air balloon bound in to the front from another work. This work documents the author's experiences travelling with Jean Pierre Blanchard in a hot air balloon, the journeys taking place on the 30th November 1784, and the 7th January 1785. The first flight took off from Mayfair, London, and landed in Ingress in Kent. The second flight was monumental for being the first flight over the English Channel. The journey took two and half hours, and flew from Dover Castle to Guines. After the colossal achievement of this 1785 flight, Blanchard was awarded an impressive pension by King Louis XVI, and Louix ordered for the balloon to be hung up in the church of Eglise Notre-Dame de Calais. John Jeffries was an American scientist and military surgeon during the American Revolution. He is best known for his work with Blanchard. He is also credited with being one of the first weather observers in America, taking daily weather measurements in 1774, and taking weather measurements whilst in the hot air balloon over London. Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Charles Dollfus&apos. Dolfus was a French aeronaut, who dedicated his whole life to aeronautics, making his first balloon flight in 1911 at the age of eighteen. He also served in the Navy was a balloon pilot. In 1978 he sold his aeronautical collection to the Air Museum, and it was one of the largest existing aeronautical collections in the world. From the library of the Irish international hot air balloonist Wilf Woollett. The first edition of this interesting work on hot air balloon flights. Rebound in a full cloth binding. Externally, smart. The odd mark to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned with dampstains. Lacking the half-title, title page, frontispiece, plate and pages 55-60. Plate of a hot air balloon bound in to the front. Missing pages are provided in photocopy, loosely inserted. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .

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Buchzahl: 657P28

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: john jeffires doctor jeffries aeronautical hot air balloon doctor jeffries balloon Jean-Pierre Blanchard None

Arthur W. Judge

Engineering Workshop Practice: A Practical Work on Engineering Workshop Tools, Machines, Materials and Equipment, Engineering Manufacturing Processes and Machine Operations

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1951. Cloth. An early revised edition of this comprehensive practical work on engineering equipment, machinery and processes. The third edition, fourth impression of this three-volume work in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Loosely inserted to Volume III is a four-page pamphlet concerning this work. Volume I contains eight plates. Volume II contains thirteen plates. Volume III contains five plates. Collated, complete. A new revised edition of this practical work on engineering tools, machines, materials and equipment, as well as engineering manufacturing processes and machine operations, by Arthur W. Judge, assisted by other experts. Profusely illustrated with illustrations and diagrams throughout. Index to the rear of Volume III. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart, with bright gilt to the spines. Rear hinges to Volume I and II are slightly strained but holding firm. Front hinge to Volume II is strained but is holding reasonably firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 868M12

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: Engineering Technology Machinery Technology Not Stated

D Marchal

Brevet D&Apos;Invention Pour la Suppression Des Vibrations Dans le Materiel Des Chemins de Fer, Etc. , Etc.

Bruxelles, H Goemaere , 1862. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of D Marchal's patent for the suppression of vibrations. The first edition of this work. A very scarce copy. Patent for the suppression of vibrations on railway tracks, &c. In the original French of D Marchal, civil engineer in Bruxelles. Rarely seen in commerce. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally very smart with only minor creasing to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 860A65

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: engineering railway first editions very scarce railway None

H. S. Merritt; George W. Usill

A Practical Treatise on the Science of Land and Engineering Surveying, Levelling, Estimating Quantities, &C.

London, E. & F. Spon, Ltd, 1887. Cloth. A smart fourth edition of this scientific study into land and engineering, with folding plates. Fourth edition. Illustrated with forty-two plates, nineteen of which are folding. Collated complete. A detailed scientific treatise on land surveying and engineering, with chapters on inscribing and circumscribing figures, defining areas, levelling, calculating quantities for estimates, use of instruments in surveying and plotting, and more. Written by Henry Samuel Merrett, a British engineer. With an appendix by George William Usill. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine. A small puncture wound to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 896T55

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: Practical Treatise Science Land Treatise Surveying Merrett Not Stated

James Newlands

The Carpenter and Joiner&Apos;S

London, Blackie and Son, [1860]. Leather. An attractive rebound copy of this comprehensive guide to carpentry and joining by James Newlands; rebacked in a half crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards and charming marbled endpapers and textblock. This copy is undated, dated using Copac. James Newlands was a renowned civil engineer who notably designed and implemented the first integrated sewage system in the world in 1848. His extensive studies and survey of Liverpool and its surroundings (during his role as an officer acting under the Liverpool Sanitary Act) resulted in the construction of a contour map of the town and the creation of a comprehensive system of sewers and drains. His role in building these sewers was regarded as a 'sanitary salvation', resulting in life expectancy in Liverpool more than doubling from the original age of nineteen. This works covers the following topics: Practical Geometry Construction and use of Drawing Instruments Stereography- Descriptive Carpentry Knowledge of Woods- Theoretical Carpentry Practical Carpentry Joinery Stairs and Handrailing Projection of Shadows- Perspective- Isometric Projection. This work is copiously illustrated throughout with engravings on wood, and is collated, complete with one hundred and eleven numbered plates (with two pages of plates to XXXV, LXV, LXXXIII, and LXXXVII). The plates have occasionally been bound slightly out of order, with plate XCIV and XCIII bound between plate LXXXII and LXXXII, XCVI bound before plate XC, and plate XCVI bound befor plate XCV. Rebacked in a half crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards, and the original spine preserved. Externally lovely with slight rubbing to original spine. Hinges reinforced with tape. Tape repair to fore edge of half title page, illustrated title page, title page, plate LXVIII, and last few pages. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned but bright and clean, with the odd spot and handling mark to the occasional page. Small handling mark to upper fore edge of plate IX. Small repair to upper extremity, page 141. Prior owner's pencil inscriptions to rear endpapers. Faint tidemark to rear endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 637M33

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: Carpentry Illustrated Newlands Engineering Illustrated Joinery Unnamed

George A. Owen

A Treatise on Weighing Machines

London, Charles Griffin & Company, Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fascinating work on weighing implements, illustrated with diagrams and folding plates. This is a guide to the construction of weighing instruments, intended for use by merchants, manufacturers and inspectors. Written by George A. Owen, chief inspector of weights and measures for Smethwick.With the small library stamp of Assay Office Library, Birmingham to the front endpaper. Birmingham Assay Office tests and hallmarks precious metals, and was founded in 1773.Containing thirty-two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work.Richly illustrated with one hundred and seventy-five illustrations both in the text and plates; this includes four folding plates.A smart first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Small library stamp to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 788R69

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Sonstige Stichworte: George Owen Weighing Machines Engineering Weighing Machines Not Stated