Engineering
The New Encyclopedia of Machine Shop Practice: a Guide to the Principles and Practice of Machine Shop Procedure
New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1941. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. brown cloth, 561pp. Illustrated. Rubber stamps to endpapers from Lincoln Electric Company. Some rubbing to edges and extremities, spine bumped and rear joint worn, otherwise a very good copy. Essays on Bench Work, Machine Drawing, Gears and Gear Cutting..... More
Sketches of Engine and Machine Details: Specially Arranged for the Use of Engineers, Draughtsmen, Mechanics and Students
Halifax: F. King & Sons, 1898. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy pebbled cloth lettered in gilt, 77pp, [3]pp index, xx [pictorial ads], bookplate on ff/ endpaper. Laid-in are [5]multi -coloured order forms from publisher, light wear on boards with slight bruising of corners and upper spine, else a fine, clean copy. A...... More
Shoring and Its Application
Ludgate Hill, London: Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Weale's Scientific & Technical Series, No.261. Tan cloth, viii, 92pp, [48pp] ads. Boards a bit soiled and slightly bowed, small ink blotting on lower rear cover o/w very good. Information on Raking, Flying and Dead Shores, as well..... More
Bond's Light Engineering Handbook
London: Bond's O'Euston Road Ltd., 1952. Soft cover. 5" x 7.25" N.d., Orig. tan wrappers, staple bound. 56 pp. Light soiling to covers, age toning to interior. More
Hand-book and Illustrated Catalogue of the Engineers' and Surveyors' Instruments of Precision Made by C.L. Berger & Sons
Boston: C.L. Berger & Sons, 1900. Soft cover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, tan card boards. 212 pp. B&W illustrations. Wear to spine (worse at rear), rubbing to edges, creasing to boards, general soiling to binding. Wear to upper corner of text block at rear with chipping. More
British Engineers
London: William Collins of London, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Britain in Pictures. Orig. brown paper over board. 48 pp. Eight colour plates and 27 illustrations in B&W. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket is age toned, some light edge wear. More
The Renaissance of Physics
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Orig. navy cloth. 306 pp. [16] B&W plate illustrations. Spine cocked and darkened, rubbing to extremities. Hinges cracked. Bookplate to front pastedown of science historian and author Stillman Drake. Ink ownership inscription to title..... More
De Havilland Hydromatic Propellers: Notes for Pilots and Ground Staff
Middlesex: The De Havilland Aircraft Company. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. [no date]. Navy buckram, 67pp. Illustrated, with [5] foldout sketches of propellers. Fine. Fast facts for instillation and adjustment, ground and flight operation, governing and pitch change for irregularities and maintenance. More
The Sulphuric Acid Process of Treating Lixiviation Sulphides
Washington, D. C. The Author, 1896. Soft cover. 8vo. Author's edition. Orig. brown paper wraps. 22 pp. Shor tears to head and lower corner of front cover, small chip to rear fore edge. Library stamps to cover and first page. A paper read before the American Institute of Mining Engineers..... More
Oil Hydraulic Power and its Industrial Applications
New York: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (tall). Dark gray cloth, black leather spine label lettered in gilt, xi, 366pp. In-text illustrations of photographs of hydraulic machines, sporadic foxing, bookplate and owner name on ff/ endpaper, and name on half-title, title pages, light wear on cloth, edges..... More
Early New Zealand Engineers
Wellington: A.H. & A.W Reed, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. maroon cloth. 306 pp. [32] pp. B&W photos, 3 diagrams at rear. Rubbed to extremities. Foxed to edges of text block and interior. Dust jacket is sunned and spotted to spine, edge worn..... More
Steam Power Stations
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. green cloth. x, 637 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light rubbing to extremities. Some light bruising to corners of boards and text block. Cracked to inner hinge at title page. More
Audel's New Electric Library, Vol. VII.
New York: Theo Audel & Co., 1943. Soft cover. 16mo. Soft, black leatherette, [12] 2,901-3,630. Illustrated. Light creasing to leather otherwise near fine. This volume contains house wiring, working with alternate current, knob and tube wiring, some useful mathematics and much more, with test questions at the end of each..... More
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Machine Drawing: Instruction Paper [3 vols]
Chicago: American School of Correspondence, 1914. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orig. red publisher's cloth. 68; 69-155; 156-218 pp. B&W plates and illustrations in text. Minor rubbing to extremities, spines darkened and tilted. More
Handbook of Telemetry and Remote Control
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. N.d., [ca. 1967]. Orig. green cloth.xii, various pagings, 46 pp. index. B&W illustrations. Spine shaken. Property of BCIT stamp and publisher's sale stamp, and ownership inscription to ffep. 0. More
Hawkins' Indicator Catechism: A Practical Treatise for the use of Erecting and Operating Engineers Superintendents, Students of Steam Engineering
New York: Theo Audel & Co., 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth titled in gilt, a.e.g., 173pp, ads. Illustrated throughout, wear on bottom of ff/ endpaper from peeled sticker, bookplate on front pastedown. About fine. More
Modern Blacksmithing: Rational Horse Shoeing and Wagon Making. With Rules, Tables, Recipes, Etc., Useful to Manufacturers, Blacksmiths, Machinists, Well-Drillers, Engineers, Liverymen, Horse-Shoers, Farmers, Wagon-Makers, Mechanics, Amateurs and All Others Who Have Occasion to Perform the Work for Which This Book is Primarily Intended
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1913. Hardcover. 18mo. Orig. green cloth. 202 pp., ads. Illustrations in text. Spine darkened, some general soiling and light staining to cloth. Foxing to edges of text block. More
Gearing--Cams, Pulleys and Belting
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1943. Hardcover. 12mo. International Library, 222d, Black cloth, vi, 100pp, 1-60pp, 1-49pp. With illustrated lin-drawings. Light wear on edges and spine ends. Near Fine. More
An Appreciation of Two Great Workers in Hydraulics: Giovanni Batista Venturi Born 1746; Clemens Herschel Born 1842
London: Privately Printed / Blades East & Blades, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (7.5" x 10"). Tan pictorial boards with two portrait illustrations on upper and lower front board, black lettered title on cover, 34pp, illustrated in-text, light foxing and some sunning on pages, owner inscribed on front endpaper with..... More
Farm and Home Mechanics' Guide: Information on Internal Combustion Engines, Mechanical and Civil Engineering Problems, Repairing and Maintaining Farm Machinery
Regina, Saskatchewan: Farm Mechanics Publishing Co., 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 5" x 6.25" Full blue cloth over stiffened card boards, orange stamped lettering. 253 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light rubbing to extremities, creasing to spine. A few small stains to interior. More
Engineering in History
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, orange cloth boards. vii, 530 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine a little shaken. Chafed to extremities. Rubber stamp of the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Ontario to front pastedown. Small spot of soiling..... More
Nuclear Energy: The Unforgiving Technology
Edmonton: Hurtig, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (crown). Light blue and gray soft cover, skull and question mark on front cover, 259pp, [1]. Spine and rear cover somewhat sunned, esp. top edges.Inscribed and Dated by Author on Title Page. Near Fine. More
Simplified Calculation of Statistically Indeterminate Bridges. With Appendix : Exact Theory of Three-Span Suspension Bridges.
Prague: Published by the Author, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (large). Brown cloth, x, 291pp, [2] eratta. Illustrated in-text with photos, line drawings, and numerous calculations; some bubling on cloth, spine and gilt faded, light wear on tips with fraying at spine ends. Eratta pp. starting, name on front pastedown..... More
Proceedings of The American Society of Civil Engineers. September 1934, Volume 60, No. 7: Technical Papers, Discussions, Applications for Admission and Transfer
New York: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1934. Soft cover. 6" x 9" Original card wraps, sewn and glued binding. [4], 929-1094 pp., [5]. B&W illustrations. Bumping and creasing to edges, chip to spine foot, orange pencil inscription to head of front cover. Soiling to edges of text block. Creasing..... More