J. Vieille [Jules Marie Louis Vieille]

Cours Complementaire D&Apos;Analyse Et de Mecanique Rationnelle

Paris, Bachelier, 1851 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very mid-nineteenth French language guide to mechanics and mathematics, illustrated with four folding plates. In the original French.Illustrated with four folding plates to the rear. Collated, complete.The first edition of this very scarce work.Divided into four books, author Jules Marie Louis Vieille covers a range of 'problemes de mecanique', and presents a wealth of mathematical formulas.With the stamp of the King's College London library to the title page and following leaf, and a 1904 presentation inscription to the library to the front pastedown. With a contemporary 1851 inscription to the front free endpaper. In paper covered boards. Losses of paper to back strip head and tail and joints. Joints starting, with boards holding firm. Inscription to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Library stamp to title page and following leaf. The odd pencil inscription. Foxing to first and last few leaves, with further spotting throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 861F23

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: maths Rational Mechanics g plarry Rational Mechanics Not Stated

Major A. V. T. Wakely

Some Aspects of Imperial Communications

London, Sifton Praed & Co, 1924. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this detailed work on engineering and Imperial communications, illustrated with fourteen folding plates. The first edition of this work. A fascinating engineering work, discussing Imperial Communications. The author outlies the various problems in language, for non-technical readers, originally intended to be read by students.Illustrated with fourteen folding plates.Collated, complete.Written by Major A. V. T. Wakely of the Royal Engineers. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor marks to the boards and spine, with a heavier mark to the spine and to the front board. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd light spot. Small clsoed tear to the bottom of plate VIII. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 711P34

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Sonstige Stichworte: Some Aspects of Imperial Communications a. v. t. wakely royal engineers engineering a. v. t. wakely imperial communications education Not Stated

R F Wileman; H W Clark

Discharges of the White Nile and Nene

London, The Institution of Civil Engineers , 1946. First edition. Paperback. An excerpt from the April 1946 journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers regarding irrigation and discharges of the White Nile and Nene. A fascinating piece of history from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan condominium with interesting provenance. 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. A letter from the author is inserted to the rear, see further details below. This paper has been taken from the wider journal and bound individually in brown paper wraps. It is paper no. 5528 read on 19.2.46 and is from the I.C.E journal no 6 of 1945/6, April 1946. 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. With several in-text diagrams, photographs and a folding plate. There is a pocket to the rear wrap which has several letters inserted. The first letter is from Newhouse to the Institution of Civil Engineers regarding the comments and figures of one J W Burns. Burns made comments regarding this paper at an I.C.E meeting and Newhouse believes the words to be 'full of mis-statements of fact', which acquire a certain authority by being printed in the proceedings of the I.C.E.' Newhouse had written this letter as Burns' comments are printed to the rear of this work. The I.C.E responded to Newhouse's letter saying that it is not practice 'to accept a contribution to the written discussion upon a paper from a speaker who has already contributed to the oral discussion at a meeting&apos. Newhouse's prior comments are also published to this same section. The Secretary of the I.C.E suggests that the authors of this work should reply to Mr Burns' comments. The next letter is from Newhouse to the author of this report, R H Wileman whereby he mentions the statements made by Burns that are 'not tenable&apos. The final letter to this collection is from Wileman to Newhouse, thanking him for his correspondence and noting that he shall ensure a correction is printed. Wileman confesses to Newhouse that 'I was so bored by Burns' mass of figures at the meeting that I did not even trouble to examine the proof of his oral contribution..&apos. Pages 306-end have printed discussion regarding this report by Wileman and Clark, and Newhouse makes several contributions that are printed. Next to the portion of J W Burns' comments, Newhouse has repeatedly written 'Wrong' to the margin. This work compares the discharges of River Basins in Sudan and Britain. Clark and Wileman use the White Nile and the Nene as examples. A detailed report regarding irrigation. In brown paper wraps. Externally, smart. A few handling marks to wraps, which have tape to the edges of the rear wrap. Prior owner's inscription to the front wrap, F Newhouse. Internally, generally firmly bound. Two leaves are detached but present. Tape to the first leaf from the home-made paper wrap binding. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Buchzahl: 634L8

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: Nile White Nile Irrigation Engineering White Nile Basins Discharge None

Sir William Willcocks

The Assuan Reservoir and Lake Moeris

London, E and F N Spon, 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work by Sir William Willcocks, a British civil engineer during the peak of the British empire. An irrigation engineer, Willcocks proposed and built the first Aswan Dam, which is the subject of this work. With five folding plates. Collated, complete. Multi-lingual, with the initial work in English followed by a French translation and an Arabic Translation. This work discusses Willcocks' decision to build the first Aswan Dam, a gravity masonry buttress on the Nile River. Nothing of this scale had been attempted let alone built before this, and at the time of completion it was the largest masonry dam in the world. It was also the first true storage reservoir on the river. Willcocks originally delivered this work as a lecture at a meeting of the Khedivial Geographical Society, Cairo on the 16th January 1904. In the publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Light rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Stamp to the recto of front endpaper and to the title page, R and R Limited. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges. Just the odd spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 621L10

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: Civil Engineer River Irrigation Aswan Dam River Multi-lingual Not Stated

W Willcocks

The Nile a Reservoir Dam at Assuan and After

London, E and F N Spon, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this work by the brain behind the first Aswan Dam on its inception and subsequent development in the context of the Nile and Egypt. Illustrated, with twelve plates. Sir William Willcocks was a British civil engineer during the peak of the British empire. To this work Willcocks discusses the River Nile prior to his inception of the Aswan Dam, a gravity masonry buttress. Nothing of this scale had been attempted let alone built before this, and at the time of completion it was the largest masonry dam in the world. It was also the first true storage reservoir on the river. With twelve plates of plans indicating Willcocks' plans and proposals for the dam. Frontispiece is detached but present. With an errata slip. In a full cloth binding. Externally, sound with patches of rubbing to the boards and joints. Light bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is slightly strained but firm. Frontispiece is detached but present. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Buchzahl: 621L11

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: Nile Egypt Willcocks Dam Egypt Civil None

Archibald Williams

How It Is Made: Describing in Simple Language How Various Machines and Many Articles in Common Use Are Manufactured from the Raw Materials

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons , [1907]. Cloth. A fascinating juvenile guide to manufactures by Archibald Williams. Dated from copies on Jisc, [1907] edition without 'First printed October 1907' to verso title page, which appears in the 1927 edition. Juvenile literature piece with explanations and descriptions of the manufacturing of various inventions, including money, paper, matches, pianos, candles, soap, chinaware and pottery, glass, photographic plates, mechanism of weaving, and more.  Written by Archibald Williams. Featuring a coloured frontispiece and other black and white illustrations in text. In the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, spine and boards lightly bumped to extremities, rear board lightly soiled. Front free endpaper was pasted to front pastedown by a previous owner. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last few leaves, otherwise pages bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and other illustrations in text in black and white. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 816A19

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: manufactures juvenile technology juvenile None

Archibald Williams

How It Works: Dealing in Simple Language with Steam, Electricity Light, Heat, Sound, Hydraulics, Optics, Etc. And with Their Applications to Apparatus in Common Use

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, c1905. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this work dedicated to many technological and engineering features, re-backed, retaining the original boards. Archibald Williams explored the use and workings of various features of technology and engineering, including electricity, heat, sound, and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous further illustrations in text. The first edition with no edition remarks, seen in later editions. Dated from Copac from the earliest edition found (the fifth).  Re-backed with the original boards and spine restored in full cloth binding, renewed endpapers. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Small tape repair to inner gutter of 'Author's Note,' not affecting any of the text. Pages generally very clean and bright throughout, with odd minor handling mark to occasional leaf. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 825A78

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: engineering technology how technology Not Stated

Archibald Williams

How It Works Dealing in Simple Language with Steam, Electricity, Light, Heat, Sound, Hydraulics, Optics, Ect. And with Their Application to Apparatus in Common Use

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, c1910. Leather. An illustrated volume looking into the question 'how does it work' in regards to many feats of engineering and technology, by Archibald Williams. The eighth edition of this work.An extensive study into engineering and technology, a useful volume looking into the simple question of 'how does it work?' Describing in a simple language the scientific workings of steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and many in-text illustrations throughout.By Archibald Williams.Undated, dated from Jisc's information about the dates of the other editions.Prize label from Stubbington House to the front paste down. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Light marks to the boards and spine, heavier to the rear board, including a couple of small damp stains. Minor rubbing to the spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Hinges are a little strained but remain firm. Front endpaper has been excised, front free endpaper is detaching. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few spots. Pages 129 to 140 and 289 to 304 are working loose. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Buchzahl: 797P16

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: How It Works Dealing in Simple Language With Steam, Electricity, Light, Heat, Sound, Hydraulics how it works science engineering how it works Not Stated

Archibald Williams; T. W. Corbin [ed.]

The Romance of Modern Mechanism with Interesting Descriptions in Non-Technical Language of Wonderful Machinery and Mechanical Devices and Marvellously Delicate Scientific Instruments, &C. &C.

London, Seeley, Service & Co. 1923. Leather. A later printing of this work celebrating progress in mechanics by Archibald Williams, in a full calf school prize binding. A later printing of this work, originally published in 1906. Archibald Williams celebrates the progress in machinery in the twentieth century. Revised and brought up to dated by T. W. Corbin. Chapters explore from delicate instruments to workshop machines, portable tools, motor-cars and engines, and more. With many illustrations in text and full page black and white plates. In a full calf school prize binding, awarded to C. M. P. Brown in 1927 for mathematics. In a full calf school prize binding with marbled edges and endpapers. Externally generally very smart with minor self wear and rubbing to the spine and extremities, a touch of sunning to the spine. Minor darkening to the tail of the spine. School prize bookplate to the front free endpaper, awarded to C. M. P. Brown in 1927 for mathematics.  Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to the leaves. With many illustrations in text and full page black and white plates.  Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 805A73

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: mechanism technology development technology Not Stated

Archibald Williams

The Romance of Modern Engineering

London, Seeley, Service & Co. LTD. 1925. Leather. A Bickers bound new edition of this loving study on modern engineering, illustrated throughout. In a half calf prize binding by Bickers & Son LTD.A fascinating ode to the development of engineering in the beginning of the twentieth century, an easy to approach work written in non-technical language.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixteen plates.Collated, complete. Written by Archibald Williams.Revised and edited by T. W. Corbin.Prize label to the front pastedown, from the St. David's, Reigate, awarded to G. C. Bovill in 1931.Publisher's adverts to the reverse of the half-title and title page.A new edition of this work. In a half calf prize Bickers binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, the cloth is discoloured. Light marks and rubbing to the boards and spine. Spine is a little faded. Spots and marks to the fore edge. Prize label to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots, mostly due to the spots to the fore edge. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Buchzahl: 764P25

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: The Romance of Modern Engineering engineering archibald williams modern engineering engineering Not Stated

W. D. & H. O. Wills

An Album of Railway Engines

London, W. D. & H. O. Wills , c1938. Paperback. An original copy of this complete collection of fifty of Wills' cigarette cards illustrating railway engines. Dated from the National Railway Museum. The complete collection of fifty Wills Cigarette Cards, with colourful illustrations of railway engines. Each card is accompanied by a description of the engine and a brief historical sketch of the model. Issued by W. D. & H. O. Wills, a founding branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland, a tobacco manufacturing company formed in Bristol, England. It was the first British company to mass-produce cigarettes. In the original paper wraps. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and spotting to the boards. A small closed tear to the front board and the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 885T43

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: Album Railway Engines Wills Railway Not Stated

Geoffrey Wilson

The Old Telegraphs

London, Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 1976. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this comprehensive historical book about telegraphs in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The first edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. With thirty-six pages of monochrome plates. Collated complete. Geoffrey Wilson provides a comprehensive history of the development of telegraphs, of the shutter, semaphore, and other kinds of visual mechanical telegraphs developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. In the publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with some light shelf wear to the edges and a few small marks to the boards. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in very smart condition. Some shelf wear and light chipping to the edges. Some sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Buchzahl: 837G2

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: Engineering electrical Unusual railways george shephard electrical Not Stated

Frank Young

Every Man His Own Mechanic: A Complete and Comprehensive Guide to Every Description of Constructive and Decorative Work That May Be Done by the Amateur Artisan, at Home and in the Colonies

London, Ward, Lock and Co, 1882. Leather. A bright copy of Francis Young's informative guide for the 'amateur artisan', illustrated throughout. Illustrated throughout with seven hundred and fifty wood engravings, and with a frontispiece, this is a complete and comprehensive guide to everyday constructive and decorative work, with an extensive index to the rear.The volume is divided into three parts; Household Carpentry and Joinery, Ornamental and Constructive Carpentry and Household Building Art and Practice.Undated; dated 1882 via Jisc.A smart copy of this informative work. In a half calf binding, with cloth covered boards. With original calf back strip laid down. A touch of rubbing to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Light handling marks to title page. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright, with only the odd light handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 826F3

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: mechanic construction carpentry construction Not Stated

Peter Young

Power of Speech: A History of Standard Telephones and Cables 1883-1983

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1983 . First edition. Leather. A fine first edition of Peter Young's study of a century of telephones and cables, in a deluxe full morocco binding with slip case. The first edition, first impression of this work.Illustrated with seven double sided leaves of photographic plates, displaying twenty-seven captioned photographic images. Collated, complete.The deluxe edition of this work, in a full morocco binding, with corresponding cloth covered slip case.Published to celebrate the centenary of Standard Telephones and Cables PLC (STC), founded in London in 1883 as International Western Electric, an agent of American Western Electric. This work discusses distribution and advancements in telephones and cabled in the intervening years. In a full morocco binding, with cloth covered slip case. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

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Buchzahl: 896F53

Katalog: Engineering

Sonstige Stichworte: power of speech peter young telephone cables telephone communications peter young American Company Western Electric Not Stated