Samuel Clegg

A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and Distribution of Coal-Gas Its Introduction and Progressive Improvement

London, John Weale , 1866. Cloth. The fourth edition of this comprehensive treatise on the manufacture and distribution of coal-gas by Samuel Clegg. The fourth edition of this work by civil engineering Samuel Clegg. An extensive and comprehensive treatise on coal gas, originally appeared in 1841. A valuable exposition of the various processes of the apparatus employed in the manufacture and distribution of coal gas, with chapters outlining the history of the introduction of lighting by coal-gas, the chemistry applied to the manufacture of coal-gas, on the various processes applied to coal-gas, and more. Illustrated in text with numerous black and white figures, as well as thirty-two full page plates, of which six folding and most double-page. Collated, complete. With advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally rather worn with some shelf wear, minor bumping and chipping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Cracking to the lower joint, the backstrip laid down. Previous ownership inscription to the title page, dated 1867. With library stamps to the front pastedown, front free endpaper, and the occasional leaf of plates. Internally, firmly bound. With a touch of age toning particularly to the first few leaves, otherwise the pages are generally clean throughout. Illustrated in text with numerous black and white figures, as well as thirty-two full page plates, of which six folding and most double-page. Collated, complete. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 798A72

Catalogus: Engineering

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Samuel Clegg

A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and Distribution of Coal-Gas Its Introduction and Progressive Improvement

London, John Weale , 1866. Cloth. The fourth edition of this comprehensive treatise on the manufacture and distribution of coal-gas by Samuel Clegg. The fourth edition of this work by civil engineering Samuel Clegg. An extensive and comprehensive treatise on coal gas, originally appeared in 1841. A valuable exposition of the various processes of the apparatus employed in the manufacture and distribution of coal gas, with chapters outlining the history of the introduction of lighting by coal-gas, the chemistry applied to the manufacture of coal-gas, on the various processes applied to coal-gas, and more. Illustrated in text with numerous black and white figures, as well as thirty-two full page plates, of which six folding and most double-page. Collated, complete. With advertisements to the rear. With British politician Arthur Marsden's bookplate to the front pastedown. Rebound in full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With British politician Arthur Marsden's bookplate to the front pastedown. Library stamp to the front free endpaper. Inscribed to the title page 'The property of the Cheltenham Gas Co.' dated 1866. The hinges are slightly strained, holding firm. The volume internally firmly bound. The pages clean with only only a hint of age toning. Illustrated in text with numerous black and white figures, as well as thirty-two full page plates, of which six folding and most double-page. Collated, complete. Very Good . Ill.: Samuel Clegg. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 798A71

Catalogus: Engineering

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J. D. Beardmore & Co.

J.D. Beardmore Buyers&Apos; and Shippers&Apos; Guide Cabinet and General Brassfoundry. Castors, Etc. , Etc.

London, Beardmore, c1935. Cloth. A charming and scarce catalogue of items sold by a leading London manufacturer in the areas of cabinetry hardware and brass foundry. A scarce 1930s catalogue for the London based ironmonger J. D. Beardmore. Aimed at both shippers' and buyers', products available include cabinet handles, cast brass handles, sliding door locks, dovetail joints and antique candle sticks.The majority of products available are accompanies by helpful and charming engraved illustrations, with prices and measurements accompanying them.This is catalogue number 1890, which the catalogue explains 'represents your name and address in our books. Any telegram or communication bearing the same will be understood to have come from you&apos.Dated c. 1935, with dates ranging from 1936 to 1933 appearing within the work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail. Significantly age toned, with small mark to head of rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 801F10

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: brass cabinet catalogue industry cabinet Not Stated

J. Cotes

The Young Surveyor&Apos;S Guide; or, a Treatise on Practical Land Surveying. Being a Complete Introduction to That Useful Art. In Six Parts.

London, B. Crosby, 1806. First edition. Hardback. A very rare first edition of this 19th century guide to land surveying, illustrated with wood engravings. The first edition of this work in the original pictorial paper boards. Illustrated with 7 plates, 6 full page diagrams and further diagrams accompanying the text. Collated complete. A scarce 19th century guide to land surveying in six parts by land surveyor and mathematician J. Cotes. This guide includes information on implements, and using these implements, for land surveying, and then how to create a plan. 6 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original pictorial paper boards. Externally, bumped and worn to the boards and extremities, but most of the lettering to the front board is still legible. Some lettering lost to the rear board. Significant losses to the backstrip. Front hinge is splitting but still reasonably firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are roughly cut, and a little soiled and age toned to the page perimeters, but they are all intact. Occasional small stains, not affecting the text. Loss to the rear free end paper. Good Only . Ill.: Berryman. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: 843M35

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: Land surveying Measurement Geometry Measurement Berryman

London County Council

Technical Education Board Minutes of Proceedings 1898

London, Jas. Truscott and Son, 1898. Leather. A scarce collection of minutes and cash papers from the Technical Education Board for the London County Council. With four cash and financial data papers, for the year 1898, bound into the rear. Volume six only. Rebound in a half maroon calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, some rubbing to the calf, and minor bumping to the cloth. Sunning to the spine, and very slight loss to the spine labels. Internally, firmly bound and bright, with only the odd handling mark. Ministry of Education Library ink stamp and ink numbering to the title page. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: LTH13-A-1

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: Financial London Education Board Council London None

W. Walker; A. B. Brown; Francis Lightbody; Robert Davis and Robert Scott Burn

Working, Drawings and Designs: Mechanical Engineering & Machine Making

Edinburgh and London, A. Fullarton & Co. 1864-68. Cloth. A rare work on mechanical engineering, richly illustrated with plates. Written and illustrated by Robert Scott Burn, a Scottish engineer and author known for his works on building construction and mechanical engineering. W. Walker, A. B. Brown, Francis Lightbody and Robert Davis were also contributors.From Bath Municipal Library; with their bookplate to the front endpaper.With the ownership inscription of Alfred Jones to the title page. Undated; dated from copies on Jisc. Richly illustrated with in-text woodcuts throughout, as well as forty-eight plates from I-XLVIII and eight plates from A to H. Collated, complete.Complete with errata. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a touch of wear to the recent cloth. Library bookplate to the front endpaper; ownership inscription to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are heavily spotted and discoloured throughout; they are worn to the edges. Title page has loss which has been repaired but affects the title. Good . Ill.: W. Walker; A. B. Brown; Francis Lightbody; Robert Davis and Robert Scott Burn. Good .

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Boeknummer: 805R28

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: Working Drawings and Designs Engineering Mechanics Engineering W. Walker; A. B. Brown; Francis Lightbody; Robert Davis and Robert Scott Burn

E. Dobson

A Rudimentary Treatise on Foundations and Concrete Works Containing a Synopsis of the Principal Cases of Foundation Works, with the Usual Modes of Treatment, and Practical Remarks on Footings, Timber-Planking, Sand, Concrete, and Beton, Pile-Driving, Caissons, and Cofferdams; with an Account of the New Mole Executed in Beton at the Harbour of Algiers.

London, John Weale, 1850. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this nineteenth century treatise on foundations and concrete works. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. This book is part of the series "Mr. Weale's Series of Rudimentary Works for the Use of Beginners", and focuses on foundation works, with chapters on footings, planking, sand, concrete, beton, pile-driving, caissons and cofferdams. Many diagrams accompany the text. 8 pages of publisher's advertisements to the front of the volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with some soiling to the front board and bumping to the extremities. Internally, the binding is strained in a couple of places. Pages are generally bright and clean, apart from some soiling to the front paste down. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 840M16

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: Building Concrete Architecture Engineering Concrete Not Stated

George Dodd; Charles Babbage

The Curiosities of Industry and the Applied Sciences

London, Lea, 1852. Cloth. An uncommon publication, of twelve articles from George Dodd's 'Cyclopaedia of the Industry of All Nations&apos. This issue contains twelve articles under the title 'Dodd's Curiosities of Industry' and was issued under H Lea's imprint. This particular copy is lacking the title page, although collation matches the Lea publication. In the same year Routledge issued a copy containing sixteen of the articles, under the title 'The Curiosities of Industry and the Applied Sciences&apos. First edition thus, the first edition of this collected issue. This twelve chapter issue is scarcer than the sixteen chapter issue. The article on "Calculating and registering machines" contains an account of Babbage's Difference Engine no. 1 and a brief notice of the Analytical Engine. Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. Comprising of: Glass and Its Manufacture Iron and Its Manufacture Calculating and Registering Machines India Rubber and Gutta Percha Industrial Applications of Electricity Gold Paper Printing Its Modern Varieties Corn and Bread What they Owe to Machinery A Ship in the Nineteenth Century Fire and Light Wool and Silk, Fur and Feathers The chapters to this work were originally issued separately. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, sound, with loss to the head and tail of spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Prior owner's bibliographic notes to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages 3-20 of 'Gold' is loosening. Pages are bright. Chips to edge of page 21 to 'Wool and Silk&apos. Pages are very clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 702L20

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: Babbage Calculating Machine Charles Babbage Dodd Calculating Machine None

John Dwyer

The Principle and Practice of Hydraulic Engineering; Applied to Arterial and Through Drainage, the Conveyance of Water and MILL Power: Also, the Tables of Earthwork, for Finding the Cubic Quantities of Excavations and Embankments, in Railways, Roads, Rivers, Drains, Etc. For the Use of CIVIL and Military Engineer, Architects, Builders, Contractors, and Surveyors, Drainage Trustees and Inspectors, Land and MILL Proprietors, Overseers, Etc.

Dublin, James McGlashan, 1852. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this work by John Dwyer regarding hydraulic engineering. A very scarce volume rarely found in any edition. The second edition of 1852 of this work by John Dwyer, in which he explores the principles and practice of hydraulic engineering. The author looks at the movements and control of fluids in this very informative volume. With a detailed index and a list of testimonials of his work included.Illustrated with various charts throughout, complete with the two folding plates to the rear with over twenty figures. In the original publisher's cloth binding with new endpapers. Externally smart with some shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The cloth to the spine and rear board has slightly faded, and is slightly rubbed at the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With a faint age toning, as usual, and a minor odd spotting to the occasional leaf, otherwise the pages are generally clean throughout. Illustrated with various charts throughout, complete with the two folding plates to the rear with over twenty figures. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 782A39

Catalogus: Engineering

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James Weir French [editor]

Modern Power Generators: Steam, Electric and Internal-Combustion and Their Application to Present-Day Requirements

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this detailed work on modern power generators, with illustrations throughout. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with five colour folding composite sectional models and over two hundred in-text images. Volume two is illustrated with six colour folding composite sectional models and over two hundred in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive work on the progress of the Mechanical Arts by the work of the engineer and the mechanic, with chapters on steam generators, steam engines, steam locomotives, Written by James Weir French, a British Chairman of Barr and Stroud Engineers and Instrument Makers and Optical Glass Manufacturers. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 906T41

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: Modern Power Generators French Power Not Stated

Ernest L Edwardes

The Story of the Pendulum Clock

Altrincham, John Sherratt and Son, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this sweeping history of the Pendulum Clock, featuring a letter by the author loosely inserted. Looking at the history and development of the pendulum clock. The first edition of this work. Featuring a colourful frontispiece and numerous further plates in black and white. Signed by the author to title page. A handwritten letter from the author loosely inserted reads: "Dear Mr and Mrs Knight, it gives me the very greatest pleasure to be able to send you, at last, a complimentary copy of my new book The Story of the Pendulum Clock. In it, you will see many familiar clocks - your own! Still, however, [..] unpublished the pictures of your fine Japanese "lantern" clock and the little pillar clocks. These, deo volente, will appear in my next and final volume of the series "Weight-driven Chamber Clocks of Holland, 1550-1850; and An Introduction to the Clockmaker's Art in Old Japan." I will find it necessary to visit Amsterdam (its Rijksmuseum) so that the illustrations for the "Dutch part" of the book shall be reasonably adequate in number and variety. Needless to say, a copy of the fourth volume will be forwarded to you when completed (within two years, I hope). I trust that you are both in good health and that the present book will provide you with [.] interest.With many regards and all good wishes,"signed and dated 1977.Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper unclipped and very smart with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 837A50

Catalogus: Engineering

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Elsie Englefield

A Treatise on Pewter and Its Manufacture: Together with a Brief Account of the First of Brown and Englefield the Last of the Great General Pewter Manufacturing Firms of London

London, The Priory Press , 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming work dedicated to the manufacturing of pewter, a copy presented by the Worship Company of Pewterers. The first edition of this work. Elsie Englefield's volume dedicated to the manufacturing of pewter, with chapters dedicated to the Worship Company of Pewtereres, the pewter and the collector, the revival and use, with hints to collectors. With illustrations in text and in full page. Association copy presented by the Worship Company of Pewterers to Philip Stanley Holden, Esq. with bookplate to front pastedown. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Bookplate from the Worship Company of Pewterers to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 823A59

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: pewter first editions manufacture industry first editions Not Stated

William Coles Finch

Watermills & Windmills: A Historical Survey of Their Rise, Decline and Fall As Portrayed by Those of Kent

London, The C. W. Daniel Company, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this comprehensive historical survey of Kent watermills and windmills. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. William Coles Finch (1864–1944) was a British historian, and wrote several books on Kent-related topics. He is best known for this historical survey, which is considered a standard work on the topic of Kent watermills and windmills. An invaluable work for all lovers of old rural England. 4 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fairly smart, except for fading to the head and tail of the spine, which continues a little to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot and light offsetting to the first and last couple of pages. Dust wrapper is fairly smart, though the title has almost entirely faded from the spine of the wrap, the spine itself has slightly darkened, and there are marks to the front and rear of the wrap. Some red dye from the cloth has transferred to the verso of the wrap, with a little to the rear of the wrap. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 870M6

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: Watermills Windmills Kent William Coles Finch Windmills British history Not Stated

James Weir French

Machine Tools Commonly Employed in Modern Engineering Workshops

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume first edition set of this detailed work on machine tools with illustrations throughout. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with four colour folding composite sectional models and over two hundred in-text figures. Volume two is illustrated with six colour folding composite sectional models and over two hundred in-text figures. Collated complete. A comprehensive study of the modern conditions of manufacturing and the economy of production, with reference to the increased accuracy of the workmanship when using well-designed and well-built machine tools over other available options. This work describes different machines by organizing them into defined groups and providing examples of their common uses. Written by Sir James Weir French, the Chairman of Barr and Stroud Engineers and Instrument Makers and Optical Glass Manufacturers. With a forward by John Dewar Cormack, a Scottish professor of Civil Engineering at Glasgow University. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark. Light spotting to the guard plates of the composite sectional models. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 906T40

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: Machine Tools Modern Engineering Tools Cormack French Not Stated

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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Boeknummer: 631L33

Catalogus: Engineering

Trefwoorden: Sudan Supplies Water Irrigation Supplies Not Stated