‎Engineering‎

‎[AMALGAMATED ENGINEERING UNION].‎

‎AMALGAMATED ENGINEERING UNION. Souvenir 25th Anniversary A.E.U. Australia 1920 - 1945.‎

‎Sydney Worker Trustees 1946. 380pp. 4to. Original cloth. B/w illustrations. A very good bright copy. Sydney, Worker Trustees 1946. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 105418

‎[Antarctica]. [Construction and Engineering]‎

‎Final Report U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Unit Two Hundred One. Deep Freeze 68 cover title‎

‎Antarctica 1968. Very good. 65pp. report typed on rectos only plus 28 leaves illustrated with eighty-six black-and-white mounted photographs each approximately 5 x 7 inches most accompanied by typed paper caption strips plus three loose photographs. Quarto. Original pressboard wrappers with metal spine fastener with printed title leaf pasted to front board. Minor wear to binding photos in generally nice condition. A typed report accompanied by detailed photographs documenting the 1967-1968 projects carried out by U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Unit 201 in Antarctica dubbed "Deep Freeze '68." The projects involved the upgrading and expansion of facilities at McMurdo Station and Palmer Station including water sewer and energy infrastructure improvements and laboratory and living-quarters construction. The original photographs here provide more than eighty-five detailed and well-captioned views of Antarctic construction architecture and engineering involved in the execution of “Deep Freeze ‘68†with sixty-five pages of typed reports providing a dense written summary in support of the project.<br /> <br /> Battalion Unit 201 had been newly established in 1967 as a Seabee unit specializing solely in Antarctic construction to continue supporting the series of "Operation Deep Freeze" missions first headed by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in the 1950s to establish a permanent research infrastructure on the then-largely unexplored Antarctic continent. Plagued by material shortages and the savage regional climate Unit 201 was disbanded at the end of “Deep Freeze ‘71†as the brief building season made the continuation of a dedicated Antarctic construction unit unfeasible. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 5022

‎[AUTOMOBILES -- ENGINEERING]. [LORD, Frank Howard (Ed.)].‎

‎Motor Vehicle Digest Cover title: Engine Parts: magneto gasoline pumps. . . ; Engine Parts: water pumps radiators mascots ornaments; Engine Parts: Carburetors air cleaners filters. . . ; Engine Parts: Carburetors; Electrical Systems & Parts: Spark plugs ignition apparatus. . . ; Internal Combustion Engines: Diesel or modified gasoline kerosene. . . ; Internal Combustion Engines: Submarine diesel engines two-cycle engines sleeve valve motors. . . ; Final Drives or Transmissions; Elements of General Application: Gears universal joints. . . ; Steering: Axles knuckles gears. . . ; Steering - Steering Gear: Roadwheels tires springing. . . ; Springing - Pneumatic Suspension. . . .‎

‎Flint & Detroit MI: General Motors 1903-1938. Twelve vols. Oblong folio. 19 x 12.5 x approx. 2-3 in. per vol. 30 linear inches. 251; 278; 228; 84; 233; 312; 264; 140; 158; 160; 208; 212 leaves 11 of 12 vols. unnumbered. all silver gelatin Photostatic photo print positives on inconsistent quality papers either due to processing or washing process after being shot with the Rectigraph camera reproducing through a prism an image some w/ borders all featuring nine 4 x 6 in. data cards on recto of each leaf all identified w/in the original images some from photographs containing well over 20000 illustrations diagrams photographs and technical details roughness to some of the fore-edges photo textblock not cut or trimmed to size so rough cut at fore-edges occasional lifting from old wicking at fore-edges faint tidemark to lower fore-edges of a couple volumes. Uniformly bound in three-quarter maroon-coloured calf over black pebbled cloth on beveled boards Broun-Green Co. Safety Minute Book McMillan Patented post-binders with three metal posts and ring locking mechanism all leaves perforated at gutter margin for loading into the binders decorated endpapers thumb tabs at fore-edges demarcating the front of the binder gilt lettered title stamped on front covers of all some scuffing edgewear couple hinges starting or weakened occasional scuffing to back covers or to spines former owner’s labels attached to spines of a couple vols. still a VG set originally acquired by a collector when most of Harrah’s automobiles and other material were auctioned off in three separate sales in the mid-1980’s after efforts to preserve the collection failed following the acquisition of Harrah’s casino and hotel empire by Holiday Inns with their ownership stamps on flyleaves. Since Harrah mechanics had to maintain a fleet of over 1425 automobiles many of them exceedingly rare early Brass Era and foreign models these volumes provided invaluable mechanical details. This immense and unique reference set reproduces over 22000 well-illustrated index research cards on 2525 leaves prepared by General Motors for their engineering and technical staff tracking and recording the myriad of manufacturers and suppliers for automobiles trucks aircraft and marine craft from the Brass Era through the Great Depression. These prepared by the GM in-house technical periodical “Motor Vehicle Digest†provide essential visual and technical historical data for the development patent history engineering inventions of most of the major and minor national and international automobile manufacturers and parts suppliers for over three decades prior to World War II. Basically serving as the automotive industry’s equivalent of the National Union Catalogue or Acta Sanctorum these gigantic volumes trace the origins mechanical development devices and equipment on 1000’s of different manufacturers most having been lost now to the passage of time and the many shake-ups during the 20th Century. Not only do they serve as original reference from contemporary technical journals in German French Italian Norwegian Dutch and Danish all neatly translated into English but also offer a means to visually trace the development of the automobile. The four “Engine Parts†volumes include extensive sections on magnetos gasoline pumps accessory drive chains camshaft gears water pumps pistons crank shafts water pumps fuel systems fuel gauges carburetors throttle controls air filters fuel injection and even the 1937 introduction of the Down Draft Carburetor. Of notable interest is the extensive section on radiator badges or mascots and Motometer ornaments for the radiators including winged Gods & Goddesses animals and grille ornaments. The myriad of manufacturers represented is dizzying ranging from Mercedes to Packard Bugatti to Lejeuene Wolsely to Zenith with Napier Thornycroft Solex Rateau Mercedes Rickenbacker Stromberg & Locomobile thrown in. Electrical systems transmissions gears steering systems suspension shocks and more are all minutely detailed. The “Roadwheels†volume encompasses a wide range of companies and developments attempting to deal with the rough roads prior to the Good Roads Movement including spring types with internal springs against the axle tension types compression types and those specifically developed for electric vehicles and companies building electric motors for each wheel hub. The two “Internal Combustion Engines†volumes encompass not only 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines for automobiles but also diesel or modified engines stationery engines submarine diesel engines ocean liner and locomotive engines rotary engines for aircraft and marine applications two-cycle or two-stroke engines developed for early motorcycles and motorcycle cars and even the innovative sleeve valve motors from Willys-Knight. Engine manufacturers range from Delahaye to Bentley Buda to Humboldt-Deutz along with Mianus Alpha Northill out of Los Angeles California Coventry-Victor Tuxham Plenty & Son and Brooke. The “Final Drives or Transmissions†volume examines drive axles front brakes and other systems for Tatra Bugatti Benze & Lorelei while “Electrical Systems & Parts†details nearly 35 years of spark plug priming plug and ignition apparatus from early Brass Era and efforts of Champion Milla Strumpell Helwig Mosler and others. Interestingly the volumes focus primarily on GM competitors inventions technology & development and much of the data drawn from often obscure contemporary automakers’ journals would have proven invaluable especially as before the internet global searches and other digital reference guides there would have been nearly no comparable cross-reference to foreign technology. Lord 1858-1929 was a Princeton alumni having graduated 1879 worked in cattle ranches and gold mining in Arizona spent several years as an insurance broker in New York and Spain worked for the US Secret Service and served during the Spanish-American War in the Army Commissary Dept. in Cuba. After working in advertising and newspapers in Seattle and assistant to the Univ. of Washington he was contracted by General Motors to oversee and compile their in-house “Motor Vehicle Digest†until his death. The GM MVD should not be confused with the many different “Motor Vehicle Digest†laws and subject volumes issued by various states in the first half of the 20th Century and the only extant set of the original in-house printed journal NOT these unique volumes is recorded at the General Motors Institute Collection in Flint MI. The Rectigraph Co. was bought out by Haloid in 1937 and later became Haloid-Xerox in 1958 and their process was also used by Photoclerk and Dexigraph of Remington Rand. These still offer essential technical reference as frequently many of the magazines in the collection have never been digitized for use or are largely unavailable other than through in-person visit to special collections libraries or museum references. No copies located in Worldcat the GM Institute or Henry Ford; See: George P. Hanley The Collection of Industrial History The Society of Automotive Historians Newsletter Issue No. 63 June 1979 pp. 3-5; Frank Howard Lord Obituary The Princeton Alumni Weekly Vol. XXX No. 1 1929 pp. 40-43. General Motors, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60341

‎[bookplate of Luigi Palma Di Cesnola]‎

‎Inauguration of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World By the President of the United States on Bedlow's Island New York Thursday October 28 1886‎

‎New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1886 1887. First Edition . Blue Cloth Gilt. Fine. 9 1/8" Tall. Frontispiece. 63 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Frontispiece Is A Reproduction Of The Engraved Invitation To The Inauguration Ceremony. Contains An Account Of The Proceedings The Addresses In Full And A Brief History Of The Statue. Bookplate Of U S Medal Of Honor Winner Palma Di Cesnola Who Later Became U S Consul In Cyprus 1865 - 1877. He Undertook Excavations There And His Archaeological Collection Formed The Basis Of The Metropolitan Museum's Large Collection Of Greek Antiquities. Book Is Near Fine Gilt Still Brilliant Covers Clean Light Chipping To Front Free Endpaper Contents Fine. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton & Co. (1886) hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 024456

‎[Canada - Bâtiment - Génie industriel - 1931]‎

‎Specification Data 1931 Edition. : grouped catalogue of building and engineering equipment indexed according to trades‎

‎Toronto, Canada, Specification Data , Limited 1931 In-4 29 x 23,5 cm. Cartonnage éditeur souple percaline verte, dos lisse, titre doré sur le premier plat, XXXVI-305-74 pp., abondamment illustré. Exemplaire en bon état.‎

‎Texte en anglais. Bon état d’occasion‎

Bookseller reference : 111275

‎[Chiarugi, Vincenzo].‎

‎Regolamento dei Regi Spedali di Santa Maria Nuova e di Bonifazio. Florence, Gaetano Cambiagi, 1789.‎

‎4to. LXXVIII, (2), 416, (84) pp., including 27 letterpress tables. With engraved armorial title vignette and 9 (instead of 10) engraved folding plates. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards with giltstamped calf spine label. First edition of the pioneering regulations for two Florence hospitals, marking "the first appearance in print of [Chiarugi's] landmark reforms in the humane treatment of the mentally ill" (Garrison/M.). - In 1774 Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Tuscany (later Emperor Leopold II) promulgated Europe's first law concerning the hospitalization of persons recognized as being insane, and several years later he undertook to build a new hospital for the mentally ill. In 1875 the young physician Vincenzo Chiarugi, who had studied at the University of Pisa and then at the hospital of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, was given responsibility to plan the new hospital of San Bonifacio, which opened in 1788. The following year the regulations of the hospital were published, together with the statutes of the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova. The regulations reflect Chiarugi's pioneering attitude towards the treatment of the insane: "A detailed history was required for each patient admitted to the hospital. The hospital was built to meet high hygienic standards, men were separated from women, and the rooms and furniture offered full protection to the patients [...] under no circumstances could force be used on patients, and the only methods of restriction allowed were strait jackets and strips of reinforced cotton, in order to prevent impairment in the patient's circulation" (Mora). - The fine plates, carried out by G. Cecchi, G. Salvetti and others, include plans of the premises of both hospitals, images of the kitchen and heating system, and views of the facade, as well as an organisational chart for both hospitals combined. - Lacks the engraved frontispiece. Extremities and spine-label slightly rubbed; small defect to vellum at lower spine. Front view of the Bonifazio hospital with a larger tear; several plates show small tears, occasionally affecting image. Occasional light foxing throughout. A good copy of this landmark work. Garrison/M. 4920.2. Norman 474. G. Mora, "Vincenzo Chiarugi", in: Journal of the History of Medicine 14 (1959), p. 431.‎

‎[Department of Civil and Mining Engineering Michigan College of Mines]‎

‎Topographical Drawing Notes‎

‎Houghton Michigan: G. P. Schubert 1926. Third Printed Edition. Publisher's Green Cloth Gilt Detailing. Very Good. A Very Good Book Presumed Issued without a Dust Jacket. Book is bumped and rubbed to extremities. Cloth is a toned and a bit scuffed. Front pastedown and flyleaf have some pencil notations. Text is unmarked. All plates present as are instructional materials included in envelope at rear paste down. Gutter is visible for last few leaves binding is otherwise tight and square. Hardcover. Slim Octavo. ii 3-82pp. Laid-In Supplemental Material. G. P. Schubert unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 1236

‎[DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others.‎

‎The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and 172. London, Macmillan, 1953.‎

‎4to (180 x 256 mm). 5 issues, 222 pp. altogether. Extracts bound together in a single volume without original wrappers. Modern red cloth with giltstamped cover title. All the five issues of "Nature" in which, between February and October 1953, the crucial papers were published that revealed to the world the double-helix structure of DNA. Some of the various authors were collaborators, others competitors, and while the credit for the discovery is today almost entirely attached to the names of Crick and Watson, their breakthrough depended on experimental work done by all the other scientists whose relevant papers were published in the same journal and are also here included. - The papers comprise, individually: - a) Pauling, L. and Corey, R. B. Structure of the Nucleic Acids (Nature 171, No. 4347, 21 Feb. 1953, p. 346). - b) Watson, J. D. and Crick, F. H. C. Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (No. 4356, 25 April 1953; p. 737f.). - c) Wilkins, M. H. F., Stokes, A. R. and Wilson, H. R. Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids (p. 738-740). - d) Franklin, R. E. and Gosling, R. E. Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate (p. 740f.). - e) Watson, J. D. and Crick, F. H. C. Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (No. 4361, 30 May 1953, p. 964-967). - f) Franklin, R. E. and Gosling, R. G. Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate (Vol. 172, No. 4369, 25 July 1953, p. 156f.). - g) Wilkins, M. H. F., Seeds, W. E., Stokes, A. R. and Wilson, H. R. Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid (No. 4382, 24 Oct. 1953, p. 759-762). - Together these papers provide the single most important advance in biology since Darwin's theory. The first, by America's leading chemist of his age, Linus Pauling, ultimately contributed least because Pauling's theory erroneously suggested a triple-helix structure. "Instead, victory fell to an unlikely quartet of scientists in England who didn't work as a team, often weren't on speaking terms, and were for the most part novices in the field" (Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, p. 487f.). These were the American wunderkind James Watson and his older colleage Francis Crick at Cambridge; the brilliant but often overlooked Rosalind Franklin (with her student Raymond Gosling), working at King's College London; and the New Zealand-born Maurice Wilkins, also at King's but who communicated to the competition at Cambridge Franklin's key findings - particularly, an X-ray photograph showing the DNA molecule's basic shape and dimensions, which provided Watson and Crick with the crucial clue. It was by then known that "DNA had four chemical components - called adenine, guanine, cytosine and thiamine - and that these paired up in particular ways. By playing with pieces of cardboard cut into the shapes of molecules, Watson and Crick were able to work out how the pieces fit together. From this they made a Meccano-like model - perhaps the most famous in modern science - consisting of metal plates bolted together in a spiral, and invited Wilkins, Franklin and the rest of the world to have a look. Any informed person could see at once that they had solved the problem. It was without question a brilliant piece of detective work" (Bryson, p. 491f.). Less than two months later, their paper, "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid", appeared in "Nature". Franklin's own paper, in the same issue, shows the now-famous X-ray diffraction image of DNA fiber and pointedly concedes that "our general ideas are not inconsistent with the model proposed by Watson and Crick in the preceding communication" (vol. 171, p. 741). - For the discovery of the DNA double helix, Crick, Watson, and Wilkins shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology. Franklin had passed away four year earlier at the age of 37, a victim of the X-rays to which she had over-exposed herself in her work. - Tightly bound and in excellent condition throughout.‎

‎[Editor]‎

‎TI Crypton Tune-Up Data 1977‎

‎Daventry: TI Transport Equipment Ltd. G: in good condition. Soiling and creasing to cover. 1977. First Edition. Laminated card cover. 210mm x 150mm 8" x 6". 64pp. . TI Transport Equipment Ltd unknown‎

Bookseller reference : tic1977

‎[Editor]‎

‎TI Crypton Tune-Up Data 1978‎

‎Daventry: TI Transport Equipment Ltd. VG: in very good condition. Marking to cover. 1978. First Edition. Laminated card cover. 210mm x 150mm 8" x 6". 64pp. . TI Transport Equipment Ltd unknown‎

Bookseller reference : tic1978

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- PHOTO ALBUM]. [SWANSON, Albert Lewis (Pres.); MASON, Raleigh A. (Photographer)].‎

‎An extraordinary factory photo album filled with 62 original silver gelatin photographs documenting the electrical manufacturing repair construction and retail business of the Swanson Electrical & Manufacturing Co. The noted electrical engineering and lighting firm was one of the largest in the Midwest and carried out installations of lighting displays generator plants and repairs for such firms as Swans Down Flour Rumble & Wensel Co. Cotton Mills Heinz 57 Mead Johnson Co. Evansville Water Dept. Monitor Furniture Co. and others.‎

‎Evansville IN: A.L. Swanson Electrical & Manufacturing Co. ca. 1909-1925. Oblong 4to. 62 original silver gelatin photos nearly all backed in linen some w/ embossed photographer’s stamp in lower right corner or photographer’s logo in negative several marked in pencil or ink on versos occasional fraying and dustsoiling to fore-edges of linen. Recent black post-binder original brass split pin posts at gutter margin gilt lettering stamped on front cover VG exemplar. This factory sales photo album for the Swanson Electrical & Manufacturing Co. offers an important visual record of the growth of a Midwestern American manufacturing firm after World War I through the Jazz Age. Founded originally in 1900 by Albert Swanson 1876-1949 in Evansville IN this firm became one of the largest Midwestern companies engaged in electrical engineering construction repair maintenance and retail sales. These photos show how the company built and sold washing machines electric motors radios lighting systems industrial fans installed lighting displays for department stores repaired electric motors rewound generators and installed massive electric generating steam plants for factories. These include photos of the new mill built after 1909 for Swans Down Flour showing the exterior stack for steam the control panels and more; followed by images of the electrical conduits and sea of electric motors for the spinning mill machinery of the Cannelton Cotton Mill in Indiana for the Rumble & Wensel Company; a Heinz plant near Indianapolis IN; and of special interest are the photos of the generating plant installed for the Mead Johnson Co. infant formula plant built in Evansville IN in the wake of World War I. These photos also show the repair shops the massive electrical machines the winding of coils the oil and grease-soaked workers amidst a sea of electrical machine parts work benches metal lathes and more. In addition there are a number of photos of the interior of the new Monitor Furniture Co. Plant on East Virginia St. in Evansville IN finished at the end of 1920. Swanson began repairing and installing electrical equipment in a small downtown shop before the end of the 19th century and by 1915 was refurbishing and selling giant Westinghouse and General Electric motors and generators. In 1919 the Company was incorporated and began quickly expanding finally changing its name to the Swanson-Nunn Co. which continued to install and sell equipment out of their building on 8th street much of the 20th Century. Mason 1886-1944 was a commercial photographer who specialized in architectural and advertising photography in Evansville IN throughout his career. See: Evansville Electrical Concern Re-organzied In: Electrical Review August 2 1919 pp. 209-210. A.L. Swanson Electrical & Manufacturing Co., unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 53577

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- METALLURGY].‎

‎ARMCO oriented electrical steels in sheets and coils.‎

‎Middleton OH: ARMCO Steel Corp. 1957. 4to. 56 pp. Numerous photos graphs charts. Spiral-bound colour-printed softcvrs mnr creasng shlfwr still VG. First edition of this technical catalogue listing the steels to be used in building electrical transformers. ARMCO Steel Corp.], unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 20890

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- APEX].‎

‎Foster Engineering Co. Ltd. Apex Works. South Wimbledon. . . .‎

‎South Wimbledon: Foster Engineering ca. 1925. Oblong 8vo. 17 7 pp. Numerous photo illusts. diagrams. Printed softcvrs slght shlfwr NF. First edition of this history of the manufacturers of APEX transformers switchgear and arc lamps. Foster Engineering, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17541

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- HEWITTIC].‎

‎Hewittic rectifiers. Reprinted from the Engineer 21st December 1928.‎

‎Walton-on-Thames: Hewittic Electric Co. Ltd. 1928. 4to. 8 pp. Numerous photo illusts. diagrams. Printed wrappers slght shlfwr VG. First edition of this offprint illustrating and describingHewittic rectifiers installed in the British Power Grid. Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd., unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17550

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- PHOTOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE].‎

‎Hewittic Transformers. Salesman sample catalogue with 5 silver gelatin photographs of electrical transformers.‎

‎Walton-on-Thames: Hewittic Electric Co. Ltd. ca. 1935. 4to. 5 leaves unnumbered thick paper stock eath with 5 original photographs mounted of Hewittic Transformers with inventory number and typed explanation below sized 6 x 8 in. Original blue textured softcover split-pin binder black lettering on front cover yapp edges slight sunning to fore-edges still VG copy. First edition of this scarce salesman’s sample catalogue of Hewittic Transformers installed in the at the Tir John Power Station. The Tir John Power Station near Swansea was a super coal-fired power station producing electricity for the newly-created National grid and was built by the Swansea Corporation to help relieve massive unemployment resulting from the impact of the Great Depression. At the time it was the largest engineering project in Wales and the largest power station in Britain operating until 1976. Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd., paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 52151

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- PHILIPS].‎

‎Philips industrial power condensers. . . .‎

‎London: Philips Industrial 1937. 4to. 16 pp. Photo-illust. title in red & blk numerous illusts. photos graph. Cream-coloured wrappers lettrng in red & blk mnr shlfwr. First edition of this scarce catalogue from the library of electrical engineer H.J. Howard. Philips Industrial, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 20879

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING]. BROWN, HF., & WITZKE, RL. H. F. R. L.‎

‎Shunt capacitor installation for single-phase railway service. AIEE Proceedings Section T7164.‎

‎New York: American Institute of electrical Engineers 1948. 4to. 9 3 pp. Numerous text illust. charts. Self-printed wraps hole-punched as issued. First edition of this scarce advance copy offprint describing the shunt capacitors placed in service on the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. American Institute of electrical Engineers, paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 20884

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- ALUMINUM].‎

‎Symposium on the use of Aluminum for insulated conductors.‎

‎New York: American Institute of electrical Engineers 1953. 4to. 64 pp. Numerous text illust. charts. Printed softcvrs dustsoilng VG. First edition of this work containing 10 papers on historical review of Aluminum applications in industrial cables Insulated Aluminum Conductors Current-carrying capacities Aluminum Cables Electrical innovations in the Alcoa Building and more. American Institute of electrical Engineers, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 18854

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- PHOTOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE].‎

‎Transformateurs. Societe Savoisienne. Salesman sample catalogue with 7 silver gelatin photographs of transformer equipment. . . .‎

‎Aix-les-Bains France: Societe Savoisienne de constructions electriques ca. 1935. 4to. 7 leaves unnumbered thick paper stock with 7 original silver gelatin photographs tipped-in sized 7 x 9.5 in. with explanatory text dittoed on verso of leaf. Textured brown softcover split-pin binder embossed & raised decorative blue lettering & company logo on front cover yapp edges minor creasing to corners shelfwear still a NF copy. First edition of this scarce photographic salesman’s sample catalogue including the transformers and electrical transmission equipment produced by Savoisienne the largest French manufacturer of such equipment at the time. The photographs show one of their large Three-Phase Transformers installed at a substation in the Netherlands at Kembs France on the Rhine below Strasbourg a large Single phase transformer installed in The Hague the Netherlands another Three-Phase Transformer installed in Rotterdam as well as other industrial electrical transformers. Three phase electrical transformers are a necessary requirement for large industrial production because they handle the heavy electrical loads more smoothly and efficiently and can provide 173% more power than the two conductors of a a single-phase system. Savoisienne Societe de constructions electriques was founded in 1921 by Leon Egger and Claudius Forest two French electrical engineers whose company quickly expanded into specializing in transformer and electrical generating equipment for heavy industry between the World Wars. By the mid-1930s their massive production plant at Aix-les-Bains covered over 12500 square meters and would continue to grow into the 21st century as the Alstom Company and then Areva T. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Yves Bouvier Without and with the State: the French Electrical Manufacturers in a Global Economy Session D4. Societe Savoisienne de constructions electriques, paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 52150

‎[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- BRYDE, LTD].‎

‎Transformers. Second issue 1941.‎

‎London: Bryce Ltd. Kelvin house 1941. 4to. 35 1 pp. Photo frntsp. numerous photo illusts. Original printed softcvrs a very nice copy w/ numerous typed sheets and proof sheets laid-in as well as additional photo pages. First edition of this Bryce Transformer catalogue including a number of corrections and printed photos. Bryce, Ltd., Kelvin house, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 20881

‎[Engineering] ASHWORTH, Jr., William B.‎

‎Centuries of Civil Engineering. An Exhibition Celebrating the Heritage of Civil Engineering February 1 - July 31 2002.‎

‎Kansas City:: Linda Hall Library 2002. 2002. Sq. 8vo. 12 pp. Photos illus. Pictorial wrappers. FINE. Linda Hall Library, 2002. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : S7968

‎[ENGINEERING RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.] C. B. TOMPKINS (+) J. H. WAKELIN (+) W. W. STIFLER JR..‎

‎High-Speed Computing Devices. - "THE FIRST GENUINE TEXTBOOK ON COMPUTING TECHNIQUES AND COMPUTER HARDWARE"‎

‎New York McGraw-Hill 1950. 8vo. In the original full cloth with the original dust-jacket. Dust-jacket with light miscolouring to spine and and a tear to capitals. Small tear to upper part of the back to dust-jacket. A very fine and clean copy. XIII 1 451 pp. <br/><br/><em>First edition in the rare original dust-jacket of the first textbook on digital computers. It constitutes "the first genuine textbook on computing techniques and computer hardware was a pioneering book that influenced both American and foreign computer developments." Tomash-Erwin E14. "The first treatise on how to build an electronic digital computer" OOC"High-Speed Computing Devices was written to satisfy a perceived need following the end of World War II for a compendium of technologies applicable to the emerging field of the electronic digital computer. Because published technical information was scarce in the US there can be little question that the book was an important contribution to the computer literature of the 1950s. For today's student of computer history whether a professional historian or a history buff the book with its state-of-the-art picture of the period 1947 through 1949 establishes a well-documented baseline for tracking and evaluating subsequent technological progress" A.A. Cohen "Introduction" Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series Edition of the ERA Report 1983."It provides the best picture of the state of the industry in its infancy. Ostensibly written as a report to the Office of Naval Research the work was really undertaken on behalf of the Naval cryptographic establishment. Engineering Research Associates ERA was a group formed primarily from demobilized World War II naval cryptographers. It presents a discussion of the mechanical and electrical both analog and digital devices that could be usefully incorporated into computing machines. Although it does not survey the computer projects then underway it does occasionally discuss individual machines in the context of integrating devices into complete systems. Engineering Research Associates ERA later became a division of Remington Rand and then of Sperry Rand." Tomash-Erwin E14Tomash-Erwin E14.Origins of Cyberspace 584. </em> hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 51105

‎[Engineering School HMAS Cerberus]‎

‎Medium & High Speed Diesel Engines‎

‎Melbourne: Engineering School HMAS Cerberus nd. Nice Copy. 8vo. card covers 206pp. b/w plates colour & b/w illusts. notes index Excellent manual inc. nice colour folding diagrams Engineering School HMAS Cerberus unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 89108

‎[Engineering Equipment Users Assoc.]‎

‎Steam Trapping and Condensate Removal‎

‎London: Constable 1962. revised edition. Nice copy. tall octavo. hardback with dust jacket xi 96pp. text ills. fldg. charts E.E.U.A. handbook No.8 Constable hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 148958

‎[Exposition Universelle de 1889]‎

‎Revue technique de l'Exposition Universelle de 1889. Vol. IV. 6e partie. Tome II. Machines à vapeur et machines thermiques‎

‎Paris, E. Bernard & Cie 1893 In-4 27,5 x 17,5 cm. Reliure demi-basne havane, dos lisse orné de roulettes dorées, 476 pp., notes en bas de page, 322 figures dans le texte, table des matières, index alphabétique.‎

‎Contient : Unification du cheval-heure - Spécification de la puissance des générateurs de vapeur - Rendement - Machines à vapeur à détente en cylindres successifs - Progrès réalisés dans les machines à vapeur depuis 1878 - Notes sur divers moyens d'économiser la vapeur dans les machines à cylindres - Sur la détermination exacte des positions réciproques de l'extrémité de la bielle et de la manivelle et sur un diagramme de distribution tenant rigoureusement compte de l'obliquité des bielles - Sur un nouveau procédé de commande des tiroirs de distribution au moyen de l'orientation facultative de collier d'excentrique - Communication sur un nouveau type de machine à vapeur accouplée dit type compound français b. s. g. d. g. - Essai sur une application spéciale de compound aux machines locomotives existantes - Note sur l'aéro-condenseur - Machines thermiques autres que les machines à vapeur d'eau - Fondations élastiques et isolantes en vue d'amortir les chocs et les vibrations - Les moteurs secondaires à l'exposition universelle de 1889. Bon état d’occasion‎

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