... A Valuable Reference of Lighting in All Its Branches, Cobering the Application of Traditional Styles Land Contemporary Trends

New York, The Simes Company, 1939. Hardcover. Brown paper-covered, gilt printed covers with coarse woven cloth spine. 98 pp. including 92 pages of bw illustrations. Cover title (from top to bottom): "MCMI The Simes Company Inc Lighting Fixtures MCMXXXIX" 98 pages of lighting for Public Building Illumination (pp. 1-43); Residential Lighting Motifs (pp. 44-77); General Illumination (pp. 78-98). Essential reference for the time period 1901-1939, as defined on the cover. VG, exlibrary with minimal markings a superb copy overall .

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Book number: 165735

Catalogue: Technology and Manufacturing

Keywords: Technology and Manufacturing ; Lighting - American ; ;

Ash, James

The Art of Double Counting on the Lathe; Whereby a Variety of Patterns, in the Form of Ellipses, Triangles, Squares, Pentgons, Hexagons, and Octagons, 3,4,6 and 8-Looped Figures, Besides Others of a More Complex Character, May Be Produced by Means of the Common Eccentric Chuck, Used in Combination with the Division-Plate and the Eccentric and Elliptical Cutters

London, Holtzapffel & Co, 1881. Hardcover. Blue-gray boards with stamped design on front and back, gilt lettering on front and spine, 144 pp, black and white illustrations. Includes 74 illustrations. Written by Major James Ash, Late Bombay Artillery, Inventor of the Elliptical Cutting-Frame. Appendix by John Jacob Holtzapffel. Good (top half of spine is missing, overall shelfwear to boards and staining to block edges) Includes inscription to previous owner on first flyleaf dated 1881.

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Book number: 175695

Catalogue: Technology and Manufacturing

Keywords: Technology and Manufacturing ; Technology ; ;

Bauer, Friedrich

Decrypted Secrets: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology

Berlin / New York, Springer, 2007. Hardcover. white boards w/ grey, red & blue illustrations. 524 pgs w/ color, bw illustrations. Cryptology, for millennia a "secret science", is rapidly gaining in practical importance for the protection of communication channels, databases, and software. Beside its role in computerized information systems (public key systems), more and more applications within computer systems and networks are appearing, which also extend to access rights and source file protection. The first part of this book treats secret codes and their uses - cryptography. The second part deals with the process of covertly decrypting a secret code - cryptanaly-sis - where in particular advice on assessing methods is given. The book presupposes only elementary mathematical knowledge. Spiced with a wealth of exciting, amusing, and sometimes personal stories from the history of cryptology, it will also interest general readers. "Decrypted Secrets" has become a standard book on cryptology. This 3rd edition has again been revised and extended in many technical and biographical details. "The best single book on cryptology today" (David Kahn, Cryptologia) "For those who work actively with cryptology this book is a must. For amateurs it is an important dictionary which in many cases will guide them to make their ciphers more secure." WorldCat. VG (light wear to boards. lower corners bumped & creased. spine ends crinkled.) .

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Book number: 192219

Catalogue: Technology and Manufacturing

Keywords: Technology and Manufacturing, Cryptology ; Cryptology ; ;

Davis, Charles, Thomas

The Manufacture of Leather: Being a Description of All of the Processes for the Tanning, Tawing, Currying, Finishing, and Dying of Every Kind of Leather

Philadelphia, H.C. Baird and Co, 1885. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. xl, [33]-824 pages illustrations. Additional information on title page: 'Various raw materials and the methods for determining their values; the tools, machines and all details of importance connected with an intelligent and profitable prosecution of the art, with special refernce to the best American practice to which are added complete lists of all American patents for materials, processes, tools and machines for tanning, currying etc'. G ex-lib copy. Library sticker on inside front cover, library card on final page. Library stamp on title page. Cover has fading, shelf wear, age toning. Spine has glued library stamp.

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Book number: 182851

Catalogue: Technology, Manufacturing, Leather

Keywords: Technology, Manufacturing, Leather ; Leather ; ;

Dollfus, Charles and Henri Bouche

Histoire de L'Aeronautique

Paris, France, L'Illustration, 1932. Hardcover. dark blue cloth boards w/ gilt printing & emblem. marbled pastedowns & endpapers. 574 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations; numerous tipped-in plates. text in French. There is aged, light dampstaining to lower margins and edges of the pages. Dampstaining and rippling becomes more apparent at approximately the 300 page mark; there may be instances of worn paper residue to some pages from being separated. Fantastically illustrated history of aeronautics. A rough, but sturdy copy. Oversized; approximately 12lbs. Good- (boards have innumerable scuffs, scratches & rubbed areas; worn areas; patches of adhered paper from an aged dampstaining accident. corners rubbed to boards. paper split at hinges, but binding remains intact; front endpaper & opening pgs detached; back endpaper nearly detached) .

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Book number: 189532

Catalogue: Technology and Manufacturing

Keywords: Technology and Manufacturing, Aeronautics, Flight, Airplaines ; Aeronautics ; ;

Giedion, S.

Mechanization Takes Command, a Contribution to Anonymous History

New York, Oxford Univ. Press, 1948. Hardcover. Mylar covered dj; red cloth covers, gilt lettering. xiv, 743 pages illustrations, diagrams. Contents: Anonymous history -- Springs of mechanization -- Means of mechanization -- Mechanization encounters the organic -- Mechanization encounters human surroundings -- Mechanization encounters the household -- The mechanization of the bath -- Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references. VG/G+, dj has tears on edges and at spine. Covers good. Pages cleann and tight.

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Book number: 183070

Catalogue: Technology and Manufacturing

Keywords: Technology and Manufacturing; Mechanization ; Mechanization ; ;

Hamilton, Henry

The English Brass and Copper Industries to 1800

London, England, Longmans, Green & Co, 1926. Hardcover. navy cloth w/ gilt spine printing. book xxvii, 388 pgs w/ bw plates & tissue-guard frontispiece. Speckled and spotted foxing throughout, heavy concentrations to opening and closing pages. Pages remain fairly bright and text detailed. A sturdy copy. Good (split to front hinge, binding material still intact; board rattled. slight split to textblock; pgs intact. boards scuffed & scratched; spine sunned. corners bumped & curled. foxing to textblock edges.) .

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Book number: 187611

Catalogue: Technology and Manufacturing

Keywords: Technology and Manufacturing, English Brass Industry, English Copper Industry. ; Brass and Copper Industries ; ;

Holt, Richard

The Mills of Medieval England

Oxford / New York, Basil Blackwell, 1988. Hardcover. black cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 202 pgs w/ bw illustrations. blue, pale yellow illustrated dustjacket. Foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Pages remain bright. Good+ (speckled & spotted foxing to textblock edges w/ remnants to pg edges. top edge of pgs 84/85 have rubbing & patches of foxing. front pastedown peeling. dustjacket rubbed & scuffed; light sunning to spine) .

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Book number: 187546

Catalogue: Technology and Manufacturing

Keywords: Mills of Medieval England, Technology and Manufacturing, Milling ; Mills of Medieval England ; ;

Schreiner, George Abel

Cables and Wireless and Their Role in the Foreign Relations of the United States

Boston, Stratford, 1924. Hardcover. Navy blue covers, gilt lettering. 269 pages illustrations, fold-outs. Introduction by Edward F. McSweeney. The means of international intercourse -- The cable policy of the United States -- Cable-landing licenses and monopolies of traffic -- Cable relations between the United States and Great Britain -- The radio in international communication -- The press and international communication. VG, covers show normal wear for age. Ex-library markings on spine. Pages clean and tight .

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Book number: 183074

Catalogue: Technology and Manufacturing

Keywords: Technology and Manufacturing; Cable, Wireless ; Cable and Wireless ; ;