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[Farsi spiritual tales].
Persian illuminated manuscript. [North-Western India?, ca. 1860s].
4to (167 x 215 mm). Persian illuminated manuscript on paper. 31 ff., written on both sides, 11 lines per extensum. Black ink with rubricated titles, written in a thin and very cursive Indian nastaliq style tending already to perform the "shorthand" writing infractions of the shekasteh ("broken") variety. With a coloured headpiece and 10 full-page coloured illustrations. Blindstamped red leather with reinforced spine. A prose work of anecdotal moral tales, most likely from North-Western India (now Pakistan) from the mid or third quarter of the 19th century. Untitled and without a colophon or marginalia, beginning abruptly, it appears to be incomplete, despite the conventional presence of an - apparently overpainted - headpiece of the sarlawh type. - Unlike similar Persian allegorical prose works, whose tales revolve mostly around allegorical animal characters, this narrative, oriented towards moral and spiritual instruction, appears to be inspired on the one hand by Saadi’s gently ironic works such as "Gulestan". Divided into several chapters, or "abvab", it focuses on the moral analysis of human deeds and intentions, informed by Indian Sufi spiritual tradition. - The scene is set in an exquisitely Indian historical context: the text mentions a "raj" (Hindu king), and the Mughal Empire also make an appearance with the protagonist of the final tale, Alamgir Padshah (the "World-Seizing Emperor", likely the Mughal ruler Awrangzeb, who reigned 1658-1707), encountering a certain Mard-i murtaz (a spiritually well-versed man). The manuscript is embellished by full-page miniatures, one depicting a hunting scene, another illustrating a valiant horseman slaying a dragon-like monster. The illustrations are colourful and lively, if conventional in their disposition of the human figures and landscape before a background without depth.
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[Freud, Sigmund].
A collection of 82 works from the library of Sigmund Freud. Various places, 1908-1937.
76 volumes, mostly offprints or articles removed from journals, bound in private wrappers or in the original printed wrappers. Mostly 8vo but including a few specimens in small folio. An ensemble of 82 works from the library of Sigmund Freud, comprising roughly half of the known corpus now in private hands. In his census, the medical historian Gerhard Fichtner established the number of works from Freud's former library now in private ownership at only 166 works, or some 4 percent of his former collection of 3725 titles, the vast majority of which (more than 3,400 books) are today preserved by the Freud Museum in London and the Health Sciences Library in New York. Regarding the privately owned works, "it is noteworthy that Freud (during both the Viennese and London time) bestowed upon Eva Rosenfeld, a friend of Anna Freud, 25 important early items from his library. Amongst the privately owned volumes are also some that surfaced in recent years in the second-hand market. They are predominantly offprints, whose dedications show they once belonged to Freud's library and, as a rule, carry the partially erased stamp of the Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium Vienna. They must have arrived long before Freud's emigration in this library, which was seized and destroyed by the Nazis. Did the erasure of the stamp help to save these items, or did it disguise unauthorized possession? They come from the estate of a German analyst" (Davies/Fichtner, pp. 17f.). Indeed, the nature of some of these erasures - rather constituting overpastings with near-contemporary typed transcriptions of those parts of the text obscured by the stamp (as in David Baumgart's article on Spinoza's image in German and Jewish thought) - would strongly suggest the former reason: such an overpasting would arguably have sufficed to conceal the items' provenance from a cursory examination in 1938, but would not at all be helpful to a collector wishing to obscure a third party's title. - The present ensemble includes articles by 40 different authors from a range of disciplines, including Hugo Bergmann, Eugen Bleuler, Carl Clemen, Josef Friedjung, Heinrich Gomperz, Gustav Hans Graber, Jakob Kläsi, Otto Pötzl, and Isidor Sadger. Two specimens preserve the author's inscription to Freud (by Pötzl); others contain autograph corrections by the author (Sadger). Eighteen items show traces of a removed stamp or inscription. Paper often brittle; some wrappers a little rubbed or chipped, but on the whole very well preserved. Acquired from a Belgian private collection. Detailed list available on request. Cf. Davies/Fichtner (eds.), Freud's Library. A Comprehensive Catalogue (Tübingen/London, 2006).
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[HMSO]
Soil Mechanics for Road Engineers
London: HMSO. 1952. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx.Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ has minor edewear and is a little grubby. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 541 pages. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Impression. Hardback. HMSO hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB213863
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[Hutton, F. R]
Illustrated Machine Tools of 1885 Report on Machine-Tools and Wood-Working Machinery
Manteno IL: Lindsay Publications. 19811885. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 163 pages. "Lost Technology" series. A reprint ofthe 1885 report from the Department of Interior Census Office. . Very Good. Reprint. Softcover. Lindsay Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB330257 ISBN : 0917914007 9780917914003
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[Hydrex Felt & Engineering Co ]
Modernized Waterproofing as Related to Architecture and Engineering
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B9781020505713 ISBN : 1020505710 9781020505713
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[Hydrex Felt & Engineering Co ]
Modernized Waterproofing as Related to Architecture and Engineering
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Bookseller reference : B9781022454323 ISBN : 1022454323 9781022454323
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[INSTITUTE OF TYPOGRAPHY ENGINEERING RESEARCH].
TYPECOSMIC. Digital Type Collection. Volume 1: Sans Serif. Volume 2: Serif.
Cologne Evergreen 1994. 2vols. xx790798pp. 4to. Original boards lightly rubbed. Previous owners name in ink to ffe. A very good copy. Cologne, Evergreen, 1994. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 203598
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[Karpe, Franz Karl, österreichischer Mediziner (1784-1837)].
Theoretische Medicin [...] IV. V. Theil, enthaltend Diätetik, Materia medica u. Receptirkunst. Innsbruck, 1834.
Deutsche Handschrift auf Papier. (1) S., 3 w. SS., 294, (18), 311 SS., eine w. Seite, (4) SS., 2 w. Bll. Ungebundene Bögen. 4to (190 x 230 mm). Saubere Vorlesungsmitschrift der einführenden medizinischen Lehrveranstaltung an der Universität Innsbruck, gehalten von Franz Karl Karpe, der von 1818 bis zu seinem Tod Professor für Theoretische Medizin bzw. 1823/24 und 1833 Rektor der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck war. Im Vorlesungsverzeichnis für das Jahr 1834 scheint die Lehrveranstaltung auf unter dem Titel "Ueber Encyclopädie und Methodologie, als eine Einleitung in das medicinisch-chirurgische Studium, ferner über theoretische Medicin, nämlich: Physiologie, allgemeine Pathologie und allgemeine Therapie; dann über Diätetik, medicinische und chirurgische Arzneimittel-Lehre und Receptirkunst, nach Nushard". Grundlage für die Vorlesung war das zweibändige Lehrbuch "Theoretische Medicin für Wundärzte" (Prag, 1824-26) des Mediziners Franz Willibald Nusshard (1785-1847), der während der Choleraepidemie von 1831/32 gemeinsam mit Julius Vincenz von Krombholz die Lazarette in Prag leitete und 1843 zum Direktor aller dortigen Krankenhäuser und Versorgungsinstitutionen ernannt wurde. - Die Mitschrift zur Physiologie, Pathologie und Therapie (311 SS.) ohne separates Titelblatt. Mit 18 SS. über Heilquellen in Tirol und Vorarlberg, eine Aufzählung, die sich in der Dissertation des Mediziners Johann Georg Gmeiner (Wien 1838) wiederfindet. - Papierbedingt etwas gebräunt; vereinzelte Randläsuren; wenige Seiten mit leichem Wurmfraß nahe der rechten oberen Ecke. Mit auffallend wenigen Korrekturen. - Eine frühere Mitschrift zu Karpes Vorlesung aus dem Jahr 1827 befindet sich in der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol (Cod. 1193).
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[Krupp AG]
Gewichtstabellen für Quadrat-, Rund- und Flachstahl, Stahlbauprofile, Eisenbahn-Oberbaumaterial, Stahlspundwände, Stahlrammpfähle und Umwandlungstabellen. [Abweichender Deckeltitel: Fried. Krupp A.G. Friedrich-Alfred-Hütte Rheinhausen. Tabellen.].
Rheinhausen, Verlag der Friedrich Krupp AG, 1950. 8°. 17,5 x 12 cm. [1] Blatt, 75 Seiten. Klammergeheftete Original-Broschur. [2 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 64344CB
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[LABELYE (Charles)]
The Result of a Particular View of the North Level of the Fens Taken in August, 1745. London: Printed by C. and J. Ackers, 1748. First edition, 8vo (190 x 120 mm), 32pp., facsimile letter tipped-in, later quarter calf by Birdsall & Son, Northampton, slightly rubbed, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. [Sold with:] ----. The Result of a View of the Great Level of the Fens, Taken at the Desire of His Grace the Duke of Bedford, &c. Governor, and the Gentlemen of the Corporation of the Fens, in July 1745.
First edition, 8vo (190 x 120 mm), vi, [2], 74pp., without the map, later quarter calf by Birdsall & Son, Northampton, slightly rubbed, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Charles Labelye (1705-1753) was a Swiss civil engineer and mathematician. Moving to England in the 1720s and receiving patronage from the Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke, he is best known for his work on the original Westminster Bridge. He was invited by the Duke of Bedford and the Corporation of the Fens to compile a full and detailed report which was undertaken during periods of special leave granted him by the Westminster Bridge Commission. Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of Lord Esm? S. Gordon. Skepton, 815, 816.
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[Mars].
A collection of views from the spacecrafts Mariner 6, 7, and 9. Washington, DC, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969-1972.
33 original black-and-white NASA photographs (gelatin silver prints), ca. 255 x 203 mm each, with extensive official captions and NASA logo printed on the back in purple ink. Stored within black cardboard binder, photographs in individual transparent sleeves. A collection of original gelatin silver prints showing the surface of the planet Mars, taken by the American robotic space probes Mariner 6, 7, and 9: five photographs taken by Mariner 6 and seven taken by Mariner 7 (1969); the remaining 21 taken by Mariner 9 in 1971-72. All are extensively annotated on the reverse with NASA's printed official photo captions. - Mariner 6 and 7 flew over Mars' equator and south polar regions, analysing the atmosphere and the surface with remote sensors and relaying to Earth hundreds of grayscale pictures. The mission goals were to study the surface and atmosphere of Mars in close flybys, so as to establish the basis for future investigations and to demonstrate and develop technologies required for future Mars missions. Two years later, NASA launched Mariner 8 and 9 - the former crashing into the Atlantic immediately, leaving the single surviving orbiter to perform a mission designed for two. Upon its arrival, NASA scientists were further dismayed to find the planet obscured by thick dust storms. Nevertheless, the mission turned out a complete success: after the dust had settled, the probe managed to send back excellent pictures of the surface. After 349 days in orbit, Mariner 9 had transmitted no fewer than 7329 images, covering 85% of Mars' surface. The images revealed river beds, craters, massive extinct volcanoes (such as Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in the Solar System), canyons, evidence of wind and water erosion and deposition, weather fronts, and fogs. Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos, were also photographed. The findings from the mission underpinned the later Viking program. - The exploration of Mars continues: the summer 2020 launch window saw the United Arab Emirates send an orbiter on the Al Amal (Hope) Mars Mission. It arrived in February 2021 to study the Martian atmosphere and weather.
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[MECHANICAL ENGINEERING -- POP-UPS]. GEORGE, R.
Der Maschinenbau. Modellatlas. Portfolio which features Heinrich Bussing’s stave-wagon motor truck a German Electrical Manufacturing Co. DC turbo dynamo a Zwilling four-cylinder steam locomotive a 1921 Protos 10/30 PS Phaeton touring car with 8 other models
Nordhausen: Heinrich Killinger 1922. Folio portfolio. With 7 large double-page colour chromolithograph plates 11 elaborate colour-lithograph paper models with overlays printed on thick cardstock. Contemporary gray-green boards stamped in gilt & black on front cover black cloth spine minor bumping to corners shelfwear light uniform toning still VG copy w/ all models in excellent working condition. First edition thus of this installment of Georg’s inventive and technically accurate moveable model atlases which were instructional pieces that were available separately from the technical volumes. This one features eleven pop-up models with elaborate overlays including a 1920 3-ton motor truck with stave bed by the famed company which also produced buses and other large transport vehicles the Zwilling four-cylinder steam engine which was a narrow gauge locomotive based on the three-truck Shay design; as well as the 1922 Protos 10/30 Phaeton which featured 4 cylidners 30 horsepower and was a remarkably reliable automobile. In addition this features models of a DC turbo dynamo a steam electric generator a heavy duty Deutz AG gas engine a Stirling steam boiler with a couple duplicates. Heinrich Killinger, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51691
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[MECHANICAL ENGINEERING -- POP-UPS]. GEORGE, R.
Der Maschinenbau. Modellatlas. Portfolio which features side & top views of a brass-era touring car complete with brass roof rack a German Electrical Manufacturing Co. DC turbo dynamo a Zwilling four-cylinder steam locomotive and other models
Nordhausen: Heinrich Killinger 1920. Folio portfolio. With 4 large double-page colour chromolithograph plates 7 elaborate colour-lithograph paper models with overlays printed on thick cardstock. Contemporary gray-green boards stamped in gilt & black on front cover black cloth spine minor bumping to corners shelfwear light uniform toning still VG copy w/ all models in excellent working condition. First edition thus of this installment of Georg’s inventive and technically accurate moveable model atlases which were instructional pieces that were available separately from the technical volumes. This one features seven pop-up models with elaborate overlays including a 1920 touring car green with both side and top elevations revealing all of the internal workings the Zwilling four-cylinder steam engine which was a narrow gauge locomotive based on the three-truck Shay design; as well as models of a DC turbo dynamo a steam electric generator a heavy duty Deutz AG gas engine and more. Heinrich Killinger, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51692
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[MECHANICAL ENGINEERING -- POP-UPS]. [HANTZSCHEL-CLAIRMONT, Walter].
Die Praxis des modernen Maschinenbaues. Modell-Atlas. Features Opel 30/75 PS touring car Steam Locomotive fitted with the Schmidt System; a Siemens Three-phase turbo dynamo with 5 other models
Berlin: C.H. Weller ca. 1920. Folio. 14 pp unpaginated printed on thick cardstock w/ 8 elaborate colour-lithograph paper models with overlays 1 large folding double-page. Contemporary cloth stamped & decorated on front cover in black with black lettering gray cloth spine minor bumping to corners shelfwear still NF copy w/ all models in excellent working condition. First edition thus of this installment of Walter Hantzschel-Clairmont’s inventive and technically accurate moveable model atlases. This one features eight pop-up models with elaborate overlays including a 1919 Opel 30/75 PS which was the first six-cylinder engine produced by the company and featured 80 horsepower and was the last major luxury car built by Opel in Ruessellsheim the Steam Locomotive fitted with the Schmidt Water system which required distilled water operated on the Prussian State Railways and was built by the Berlin Machine Works; as well as the Kunze-Knorr brake which was the first graduated brake for goods trains in Europe and allowed a vast savings in less accidents and requiring fewer brakemen operating the trains. In addition this features models of a Burckhardt Steam Boiler a three-phase turbo dynamo manufactured by Siemens a large 500 Horsepower Two-Stroke Marine Diesel Engine a large DC electric motor and a Ludwig Loewe & Co. machine lathe. Hantzschel-Clairmont under his pseudonym of Jean Clairemont was the chief editor of the famed technical magazine Eisenzeitung in Berlin. C.H. Weller, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51690
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[MECHANICAL ENGINEERING -- POP-UPS]. [HANTZSCHEL-CLAIRMONT, Walter].
Die Praxis des modernen Maschinenbaues. Modell-Atlas. Features Opel 30/75 PS touring car Steam Locomotive fitted with the Schmidt System; a Siemens Three-phase turbo dynamo with 5 other models
Berlin: C.H. Weller ca. 1920. Folio. 14 pp unpaginated printed on thick cardstock w/ 8 elaborate colour-lithograph paper models with overlays 1 large folding double-page. Contemporary gray boards stamped & decorated on front cover in black with black lettering gray cloth spine minor bumping to corners shelfwear still NF copy w/ all models in excellent working condition. First edition thus of this installment of Walter Hantzschel-Clairmont’s inventive and technically accurate moveable model atlases. This one features eight pop-up models with elaborate overlays including a 1919 Opel 30/75 PS which was the first six-cylinder engine produced by the company and featured 80 horsepower and was the last major luxury car built by Opel in Ruessellsheim the Steam Locomotive fitted with the Schmidt Water system which required distilled water operated on the Prussian State Railways and was built by the Berlin Machine Works; as well as the Kunze-Knorr brake which was the first graduated brake for goods trains in Europe and allowed a vast savings in less accidents and requiring fewer brakemen operating the trains. In addition this features models of a Burckhardt Steam Boiler a three-phase turbo dynamo manufactured by Siemens a large 500 Horsepower Two-Stroke Marine Diesel Engine a large DC electric motor and a Ludwig Loewe & Co. machine lathe. Hantzschel-Clairmont under his pseudonym of Jean Clairemont was the chief editor of the famed technical magazine Eisenzeitung in Berlin. C.H. Weller, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51689
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[MECHANICAL ENGINEERING -- POP-UPS]. [HANTZSCHEL-CLAIRMONT, Walter].
Die Praxis des modernen Maschinenbaues. Modell-Atlas. Features Fiat Five-Passenger Automobile Heissdampf Tender Locomotive and Wright Brothers Military Flyer with 5 other models
Berlin: C.H. Weller ca. 1910. Folio. 14 pp unpaginated printed on thick cardstock w/ 8 elaborate colour-lithograph paper models with overlays 1 large folding double-page. Contemporary dark blue-green linen embossed & stamped & decorated on front cover in black with black lettering black cloth spine minor bumping to corners shelfwear still NF copy w/ all models in excellent working condition. First edition thus of this installment of Walter Hantzschel-Clairmont’s inventive and technically accurate moveable model atlases. This one features 8 pop-up models with elaborate overlays including a 1905 Fiat Five-Passenger 60 Horsepower touring car the Steam Tender Locomotive which operated on the Prussian State Railways and was built by the Berlin Machine Works; as well as the Wright Brothers Military Flyer first demonstrated in testing in 1908 and even though Orville was severely injured in 1908 flying the aircraft it proved to be very successful and had higher speed than the previous models and by 1910 was fitted with wheeled landing gear as featured in this moveable model. In addition this features models of a combination planer and band saw for sawmills; water turbine a massive Heinrich Lanz stationary Locomobile steam engine Babcock & Wilcox Steam Boiler and finally a large stationary Diesel Motor produced by the Nuremberg Machine works. Hantzschel-Clairmont under his pseudonym of Jean Clairemont was the chief editor of the famed technical magazine Eisenzeitung in Berlin. C.H. Weller, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51688
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[MILITARY ENGINEERING - WW1] CORPS OF ENGINEERS, US. ARMY U. S.
Report #79. Searchlight Investigation Section: Historical Review
N.p. Washington D.C: Corps of Engineers U.S. Army 1918-1919. Small quarto 28cm. Presentation binding of half calf over dark brown buckram titled in gilt on spine and front cover personalized for "Major Tompkins" see note; 278pp. Text printed recto-only; pages 83-266 comprised entirely of 164 original 8" x 10" photographic plates and 20 folding blueprints. Slight rubbing and soil to binding; text and photographs complete Very Good or better. <br /> <br /> Massive photographically-illustrated report on the Corps of Engineers WW1-era project to update and upgrade the Army's searchlight technology on the battlefield – a project made necessary by the advent of aerial warfare and the realization stated in the Report's introduction that ".from advance reports received from the A.E.F. in France.existing searchlight equipment was unsuited for operation on the Flemish and French battle lines.the Corps took immediate steps to obtain lighter weight searchlights and more mobile and reliable power plants than had previously been available." The report details the personnel goals and developmental processes utilized throughout the project. Of particular interest are the more than 150 photographs and engineering drawings accompanying the report documenting every phase of the project including facilities personnel prototypes and finished devices in the field. The photographs are mostly original double-weight prints on semi-gloss photographic paper captioned either in image or on versos; some are on thinner uncoated paper; all are in excellent original condition as are the many folding blueprints most of which reproduce graphs of performance test results. <br /> <br /> This copy in a presentation binding to Major later Major General William Frazer Tompkins a graduate of the famous West Point class of 1915 that included Omar Bradley Dwight D. Eisenhower James Van Fleet and others. Tompkins 1892-1969 commanded the 56th Engineers a searchlight division unsurprisingly on the Western Front from 1917-19; later in WW2 he served with distinction as Director of the War Department's Special Planning Division receiving his final promotion to Major General in 1944.<br /> <br /> A highly uncommon and very well-preserved document illustrating the ad-hoc on-the-ground innovations required of the U.S. military during the challenging years of WW1 when rapidly changing technology and tactics birthed the modern age of military engineering. Presumably one of very few copies produced and perhaps the only copy so bound; not separately catalogued in OCLC. unknown
Bookseller reference : 81435
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[Military] [Engineering]
Military Engineering Volume III Part iI Small Box Girder Bridge Mark II.
His Majesty's Stationery Office. London. 1941 Reprint with ammendments. Cr8vo 30pp. Card covers stapled bound vg cod. Originally intended for military use only fold out charts and plans. His Majesty's Stationery Office. London. 1941 (Reprint with ammendments) unknown
Bookseller reference : 41550
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[Naval Engineering] GOSNELL, H. Allen.
Scoop circulation. Scoops and their influence on condensing equipment.
New York etc.:: Simmons-Boardman; London: Simpkin Marshall 1931. 1931. 196 x 125 mm. Small 8vo. xi 69 pp. Frontis. 2 illus. 23 figs. Gilt-stamped red cloth; inner hinge cracked. Very good. Scoop circulation is a method of circulating condensing water in such a manner that the moderate speed of a ship will cause a projection to "scoop" sea water into the condenser without the use of the circulating pump. This was an important method of designing fast naval vessels from 1892 to the 1930s. Simmons-Boardman; London: Simpkin Marshall, (1931). hardcover
Bookseller reference : S2418
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[No Author] US. Army Engineering District U. S.
Informational Supplement: Department of the Army Permit Actions in the Hawaii Kai Marina Oahu Hawaii
Published by Author. Honolulu. Paperback. Good. Good. Softbound 4to. Report bound into illustrated cover with metal fastener. Describes a five year general plan to permit and authorize the construction of marina docks in Hawaii Kai Marina. 34pp. B/w map & figures. > Language: English > Size: 4to > Media/Binding: Soft cover Published by Author., Honolulu paperback
Bookseller reference : CORV-BBP-13573
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[No author given]
Tunnel fires and escape from tunnels : International Conference 5-7 May 1999, Lyon, France [cover title] [1st International Conference on Tunnel Fires]
Quarto in aquamarine illus glossy paper wraps; 565 pages, b&w illus Scarce. Contents: TUNNEL FIRES -- Part 1. Risk analysis (9 papers) -- Part 2. Passive life safety measures (7 papers) -- Part 3. CFD and simulation (10 papers) -- Part 4. Differing national approaches (4 papers) -- Part 5. Fire testing (4 papers) -- Part 6. Case studies (5 papers) -- Part 7. Ventilation (11 papers) SECTION TWO: ESCAPE FROM TUNNELS (7 papers). || Disasters, Firefighting, Underground Structures; Engineering, Safety || **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**
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[Nova acta eruditorum - 1748-1749].
[Nova acta eruditorum, anno MDCCXLVIII (1748) publicata]. Leipzig, Lanckische Erben, 1748.
716 SS. Mit 5 (statt 6) gest. Tafeln. - (Beigebunden): Nova acta eruditorum, anno MDCCXLIX (1749) publicata. (4), 720, (28) SS. Mit 4 (von 6) gest. Tafeln. Halbpergamentband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. Dreiseitiger Farbschnitt. 4to. Sammelband zweier Jahrgänge des bekannten, von Friedrich Otto Mencke herausgegebenen und 1732-76 erschienenen gelehrten Periodikums, das die seit 1682 erscheinenden "Acta eruditorum" ablöste. Beiträge aus Mathematik, Philologie, Jurisprudenz, Bibliothekskunde, Theologie etc. - Vereinzelt unbedeutend braunfleckig. Es fehlt der Titel des Jahrgangs 1748. Diesch 1. Kirchner 91. ZDB-ID 504753-5.
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[NUCLEAR ENGINEERING]. PIGFORD, Thomas H.[arrington] & MIRALDI, Floro.
Introduction to nuclear engineering Spring Term - 1954. Solution Book N-10T.
Cambridge MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1954. Thick 4to. Approx. 350 leaves dittoed typescript & manuscript with lithoprint typescript throughout. With equations diagrams printed diagrams flow charts tables 1 large folding. Blue buckram binding gilt lettering on spine minor age toning shelfwear still a NF copy. First edition thus of this exceedingly scarce nuclear engineering textbook class notes quizzes and exams designed for MIT in the Spring of 1954 by Professor Pigford 1922-2010 who was recruited to join the MIT faculty following the completion of his doctorate and in 1952 inaugurated their pioneering graduate program in Nuclear Engineering. Dr. Pigford helped develop the process used by the government at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories and then nationwide to harvest plutonium for nuclear weapons from irradiated reactor fuel. This dittoed & lithoprint work would later be developed and revised to contribute to his most important early work “Nuclear Chemical Engineering†first published in 1958 and considered the first text in the field. He also worked on the unsuccessful Cold War effort to develop a small enough nuclear reactor to power an airplane but also spent decades working on how to process and handle nuclear accidents and nuclear waste and was a member of the commission that investigated Three Mile Island. It was also his report for the Secretary of Energy following the Chernobyl disaster on the Hanford Nuclear Reactor which stated that the reactor producing plutonium there was far more dangerous than American commercial reactors and the safety measure proposed would not be sufficient. No copies in Worldcat. Massachusetts Institute of Technology], hardcover
Bookseller reference : 63578
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[Nuovo compendio di scienze].
Nuovo compendio di scienze, accresciuto e migliorato da un sacerdote Luganese. Terza edizione. Ad uso delle Scuole Elementari del Cantone Ticino. Lugano, Bianchi, 1845.
174 SS., l. w. Bl. Mit lithogr. Titel und 6 lithogr. Tafeln und Karten (dav. 2 gefaltet; lith. A. Veladini in Lugano). Marmorierter Halblederband der Zeit mit etwas Rückenvergoldung. Dreiseitiger gesprenkelter Farbschnitt mit Initialen des Vorbesitzers am unteren Schnitt. 8vo. Sehr seltenes Schweizer Schulbuch zu (Natur-)Geschichte und Erdkunde: über Gott und Menschen, Grundbegriffe der Astronomie, die verschiedenen Lebewesen, Geographie, Geschichte, aber auch Mythologie, Gesellschaft und Ethik. Die Tafeln zeigen das Sonnensystem, Tierarten, Karten (Welt- und Europakarte; Faltkarten des Tessin und der Schweiz) sowie die antike Götterwelt. - Einband berieben; innen etwas gebräunt bzw. braunfleckig. Hs. Besitzvermerk des Schülers Domenico Isella aus Morcote (1848). International kein Exemplar über Bibliothekskataloge nachweisbar. Nicht bei Barth.
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[Ottoman Atlas].
Manuscript map album of the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Empire, ca. 1910.
Oblong 4to (264 x 195 mm). 14 leaves with 10 pen-and-ink maps, hand coloured with watercolours. Tissue guards. Full giltstamped cloth binding with tughra of Mehmed V (ruled 1908-18) on upper and "Album" on lower cover. A hand-drawn album of maps showing the western parts of the Ottoman Empire, with legends in Ottoman Turkish. Maps include northern Greece (from Macedonia to Constantinople), the Bosporus, the Dardanelles, Halkidiki, Albania, Crete, etc. - Finely preserved.
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[PAPER ENGINEERING -- TOYS]. [BLASCHE, Bernhard Heinrich]; BOILEAU, D.[aniel (Translator).]
Papyro-plastics: or the art of modelling in paper; being an instructive amusement for young persons of both sexes. . . .
London: Printed for Boosey and Sons Broad-Street 1825. 16mo. 5 x 6 in. xiii 3 102 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Hand-coloured engraved frontisp. 21 engraved plates many folding. Blue publisher’s boards large lozenge printed label on front cover illustrating necessary tools of compass rulers scissors to create paper structures minor rubbing edgewear minor bumping to corners slight scuffing still a VG bright copy. Second edition in English 1st with colour frontisp. of this delightful educational instruction book on how to design cut and build paper models and paper toy structures for both girls and boys originally published as Der Papierformer in 1819. Blasche had intended the work as another step in his concept of “Nature Education†by encouraging students to develop skills by exercising their free activity learning geometry perspective and mathematics. This methodology and movement was contemporaneous with Froebel’s education reforms which transformed the concept of child education. See: Ilinca Iurascu Papierdenken: Blasche Frobel and the Lessons of Nineteenth-Century Paper Modeling June 15 2023. Printed for Boosey and Sons, Broad-Street, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 62318
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[Pest.] Albrecht, H[einrich] / Müller, Hermann Franz.
Über die Beulenpest in Bombay im Jahre 1897. Wien, K. u. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, in Commission bei Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1898.
2 Bände (statt 3). Titel, XIII, (1) SS. Mit 5 Tafeln im Lichtdruck. Geheftet ohne Einband. Titel, Parteanzeige, 226, (2) SS. 1 tabellar. Tafel, 36 gefalt. tabellar. Tafeln, 4 Tafeln in Heliogravure. Roter Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel und Rückenvergoldung. Folio. "Besonders abgedruckt aus dem LXVI. Bande der Denkschriften der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften". Bd. I: Zur Geschichte der österreichischen Pestcommission. Bd. II: Wissenschaftliche Theil des Berichtes. A. Klinische Untersuchungen. - Es fehlt des Teil II.B ("Pathologisch-anatomische Untersuchungen mit Einschluss der pathologischen Histologie und Bacteriologie"). Bd. I unaufgeschnitten und unbeschnitten. Mit der eigenh. Widmung des Verfassers, des Wiener Pathologen und Bakteriologen Heinrich Albrecht (1866-1922): "S[einem] l[ieben] Fr[eund] Prim[ar] Dr. Obermayer Z[ur] fr[eundlichen] Erinnerung an Dr. H. Albrecht 19./XII 98". - "Nach der Promotion 1891 in Wien war Albrecht Assistent bei Emil M. Zuckerkandl in der Anatomie und seit 1893 in der pathologischen Anatomie unter Anton Weichselbaum und Alexander Kolisko. 1897 war er Mitglied der Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften zur Erforschung der Pest in Indien. [...] Albrecht entdeckte die Art der Übertragung der Cerebrospinalmeningitis und führte u. a. Untersuchungen über den primären Tuberkuloseherd und den Keuchhusten- und Influenzaerreger durch" (DBE). Der spätere Ordinarius für Pathologische Anatomie in Wien (wo er auch die Leitung des Pathologisch-Anatomischen Instituts übernahm) widmet die Studie seinem Kollegen, dem Wiener Internisten Friedrich Obermayer (1861-1925). "Seit 1893 Primararzt an der Infektionsabteilung des Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Spitals, leitete er 1900-20 eine Innere Abteilung an der Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, wo er mit Ernst Freund die Analyse des leukämischen Blutes durchführte. 1908 wurde er a.o. Professor. Obermayer gelang erstmals die Darstellung von gefärbten Eiweiß-Diazo-Verbindungen und die Auffindung von Nucleoalbumin im Harn, dessen prognostische Bedeutung für verschiedene Nierenerkrankungen er erkannte" (DBE). Fischer I, 17. Nicht im DG.
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[Pharmacology].
Formulaire pharmaceutique, a l'usage des hôpitaux militaires [...]. Paris, Méquignon, 1804.
8vo. XVI, 111 pp., final blank page. Contemporary marbled boards. Second edition. - Scarce pharmaceutical compendium for military hospitals. This pharmacopeia encourages physicians to harmonise prescriptions to make treatments more efficient and reliable and promotes the use of domestic remedies. First published thus in 1793, this work appears to be an expanded translation of Jean François Coste's 1780 "Compendium pharmaceuticum". - The booklet comprises medicines for internal and external use, including medicinal wines, potions, herbal juices, powders, pills, poultices, gargles, lotions, liniments, injections and enemas. In addition, it includes a table of weights and measures, as well as observations on the importance of clean air in hospital rooms, a proposition of pharmacy subdivisions equipped with first-aid medication following the ambulances, and a model patient form to be filled out by a physician on his ward rounds. - Pencil note on the title-page marking the copy as a duplicate. Extremities slightly rubbed; small flaws to marbled paper along spine. Interior somewhat brownstained throughout. OCLC 17407037.
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[PONTS & CHAUSSEES]
Articles additionnels sur les Ponts et Chaussées. proposés par le Comité des Finances
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1791 in-8, 8 pp., dérelié.
Bookseller reference : 189623
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[PONTS & CHAUSSEES]
Projet de réglement pour l'Ecole des ponts et Chaussées. Extraits des Décrets de l'Assemblée Nationale relatifs à l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1791 in-8, 26 pp., dérelié.
Bookseller reference : 189628
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[Prüfungsschrift].
Sätze aus der Arithmetik, Geometrie, Stereometrie, ebenen und sphärischen Trigonometrie, aus den Kegelschnitten und einigen anderen krummen Linien, aus der Differenzial- und Integral-Rechnung, welche die Hörer der Philosophie im 1. Jahre, Zöglinge der k. k. Theresianischen Ritter-Akademie, Herr Johann Freyherr von Defin, Herr Anton Freyherr von Handel, Herr Carl Freyherr von Mecséry, Herr Emanuel Freyherr von St. Quintin, Herr Ladislaus Edler von Szögyény, Herr Gregor Edler von Waldheim, Herr Veit Graf Zelenski, Den 27 August um 9 Uhr Vormittags öffentlich zu entwickeln die Ehre haben. Wien, Anton Strauss, [um 1820].
16 SS. Pappband mit dreiseitigem Goldschnitt. 8vo.
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[RADIO -- ENGINEERING].
Reference data for radio engineers. Fourth edition.
New York: International Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1957. Thick 8vo. 1121 31 pp. 1 large folding table in colour 100s of diagrams. Green cloth gilt lettrng minor rubbng frmr ownrshp signature on ffep VG-. Reprint edition. International Telephone & Telegraph Co., hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36842
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[SCIENCE -- ENGINEERING]. SCHONHOLZ, Fr. von.
Handbuch aller Wissenschaften in ihrem Wesen ihrer Entwicklung und ihrem Zusamenhange gedrangt dargestellt als Leitfaden zur wissenschaftlichen Selbstbildung. . . .
Berlin: Vereins Buchhandlung 1839. 8vo. xii 702 pp. Numerous text illusts. diagrams. Contemporary three-quarter-green cloth over marbled boards chppng & fryng hd & ft of spine crnrs wear scuffng interior foxing still G referencecopy. First edition of this scarce and comprehensive work on the sciences including sections on mathematics mechanics optics physics chemistry meteorology electricity magnetism mineralogy biology botany zoology and more. Worldcat locates 2 copies. Vereins Buchhandlung, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 38960
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[Shinagawa Engineering]
Fun with Model Mobiles
Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Co. 1968. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. 101 p. . Japanese title: ãŸ ã® ã— ã„ é€ å½¢ モ ビ ー ル Author: å“ å· å·¥ Publisher: 美 è¡“ 出 版 社 Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : Alibris.0031953
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[SMITH ENGINEERING WORKS]
Mining Quarry and Gravel Pit Machinery
Milwaukee: Smith Engineering Works 1936. Quarto original wrappers; 30 pp. illustrated. Some foxing otherwise in good condition. Bulletin number 266 from the Smith Engineering Works detailing their machinery for washing and screening as well as sand tanks elevators and conveyors. </p> <p>Each of the following machines is fully illustrated with technical specifications and further information for miners: pulsators dry screens super scrubbers gravel washers standard and log washers sand tanks screw rewashers sand drags belt and chain conveyors feeders and grizzlies and bin gates.</p> <p>Front cover bears the details of Dudley Walters Colorado School of Mines. Smith Engineering Works unknown
Bookseller reference : 4294
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[Smith's Dock Co. Ltd.]
Ships and Men 1899-1949
North Shields: Smith's Dock Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Staples rusted. 1949. First Edition. Illustrated card cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 30pp. B/w illustrations. . Smith's Dock Co Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : q0229
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[Soil Mechanics] [Earthquake Engineering] [Robert V. Whitman] Taylor, Donald W.; Terzaghi, Karl; Freeman, John R.; Burington, Ri
From the Library of Robert Whitman: Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics Theoretical Soil Mechanics Earthquake Damage and Earthquake Insurance; Handbook of Mathematical Tables and Formulas
<br /> <br /> Four books from the research library of world-renowned expert in soil dynamics and earthquake engineering Robert V. Whitman. Whitman earned both his masters and doctoral degrees in engineering from MIT where he then taught for over 40 years and remained an active member of the MIT community for many more years as a professor emeritus. <br /> Whitman worked with Professor Donald Taylor during his doctoral studies. Their work on slope stability under dynamic loading established the basis for the "Newmark sliding block method" for estimating earthquake-induced ground displacements. In 1981 he presented the Terzaghi Lecture on risk analysis in geotechnical engineering at the American Society of Civil Engineer’s National Convention. He won the Terzaghi Award for outstanding contributions to knowledge in the fields of soil mechanics subsurface and earthwork engineering in 1987. Much of his later research focused on a methodology for estimating losses from earthquakes and he led the committee that developed a computer software called HAZUS which FEMA expanded to include floods and hurricanes.<br /> <br /> Taylor Donald W. Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics. John Wiley and Sons. 1949. Third printing. Black cloth boards with gilt text to spine edges worn spine cracked and front cover nearly detached Whitman's name on ffep good.<br /> <br /> Terzaghi Karl. Theoretical Soil Mechanics. John Wiley and Sons. 1951. Sixth printing. Blue cloth board with faded gilt text to spine general wear pages toned Whitman's name on title page very good.<br /> <br /> Freeman John R. Earthquake Damage and Earthquake Insurance. McGraw-Hill. 1932. First edition. Red cloth boards with gilt text on cover and spine large pale stain on front and back covers edgewear small cut on spine book plate with author signature pasted to ffep large dedication on front pastedown to Whitman from the FEMA-NIBS Earthquake Loss Estimation Project very good.<br /> <br /> Burington Richard Stevens. Handbook of Mathematical Tables and Formulas. Handbook Publishers Inc. Sandusky Ohio. 1945. Reprint of second edition. Softcover leather cover well worn chipped edges pages toned Whitman's name on ffep very good.<br /> <br /> . unknown
Bookseller reference : 7976
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[SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING]
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1965. 1st edition. Hardcover. tables figures photos. Large 4to. Heavy three volume set uniformly bound in red cloth. Volumes I and II contains the 218 papers presented; volume III published in 1966 contains the reports of the General Reporters at the conference the texts of the lectures that were given at the start of each technical session a record of the discussions at those sessions and a summary of the conference program. Containing 218 papers presented at the conference held September 8 to 15 1965 in Montreal Canada. A very heavy set. University of Toronto Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9900029111
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[SPACE FLIGHT -- PAPER ENGINEERING]. HOEFT, William "Bill" G.
Columbia Space Shuttle landing set & game: make a perfect landing on the runway. . . .
Concord CA: A Plane Fun Product Printed by Print-N-Stuff 1981. 4to. 20 pp unpaginated. printed on thick paper stock cut-out model illustrations on rectos of interior leaves. Self-printed softcovers on thick stock cover art illustration of paper model Shuttle Columbia OV-102 landing strips on versos minor edgewear dustsoiling faint tidemark at fore-edge back cover still a VG copy. First edition of this very scarce paper airplane game featuring four shuttles 2 chase planes and landing strips with the paper Columbia Shuttles featuring adjustable elevons tails and how to properly fly the paper constructs. This is one of several created by Bill Hoeft and predates his Fly it Yourself Space Shuttle set produced in 1983. The Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 was the debut space flight and first vehicle ordered after the Enterprise operated for 22 years flew 28 missions and tragically disintegrated upon reentry in 2003 after having comprimised the thermal protection system upon launch. No copies in Worldcat. A Plane Fun Product, [Printed by Print-N-Stuff], paperback
Bookseller reference : 62060
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[STEAM ENGINEERING]. HAWKINS, N.[ehemiah].
Maxims and instructions for the boiler room. Useful to engineers firemen & mechanics relating to steam generators pumps appliances steam heating practical plumbing etc. . . .
New York: Theo. Audel & Co. 63 Fifth Ave. 1901. Tall 8vo. 331 1 pp. plus 14 pp. publ. ads. Frontisp. portrait in green & black numerous text woodcut engravings diagrams tables. Embossed green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering t.e.g. w/ printed d.j. slight dustsoiling shelfwear NF/NF copy. Early printing of this excellent handbook by this prolific American inventor publisher and author who also wrote under the pen name of Theodore Audel. Designed specifically for the construction setting control and maintenance of steam boilers and steam generators this work is very scarce in the original dustjacket. Theo. Audel & Co., 63 Fifth Ave., hardcover
Bookseller reference : 56837
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[STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING -- CONCRETE].
PCI design handbook. Precast and prestressed concrete. . . .
Chicago::: Prestressed Concrete Institute 1985. 4to. Approx. 400 pp sections separately paginated. 100s of text figures diagrams tables. Blue cloth white lettrng mnr bmpng to couple crnrs VG. Third edition of this excellent reference. Prestressed Concrete Institute, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 35542 ISBN : 0937040231 9780937040232
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[Telephones / Engineering]. Fullerton, Dick P., Jr.
Hybrid Coils.
Palo Alto 1925. Good. 8-3/4" x 11". 4 76 pp recto only. Red cloth stamped in black illustrated with 34 blueprint figures lacking #18 but with two of #17 including 12 full-page and one fold-out figure. Lightly worn with damp-spotting and darkened spine; missing front endpaper; minor staining from paste to occasional leaves. Signed by Fullerton in ink at the end of the Introduction. An interesting student thesis on the practical use of hybrid coils in telephony by Dick P. Fullerton a Seattle native who worked for Western Electric and would later become president of the New York Telephone Company. Shortly after transfering to the latter company he assisted Stanley S. N. Watkins in his preparation of the Voder machine for demonstration at the 1939 World's Fair.The thesis is divided into three parts: "The first is a general discussion of the hybrid coils and their use in telephone work. The second part is a mathematical analysis of the three chief relations in a hybrid coil and the third part is an experimental verification of these mathematical derivations. . Through the entire paper I have endeavored to keep the practical application of the coil to the repeater as the chief thought for the prime function of the coil is to transmit speech and if it fails in this it is useless regardless of the results of experiments and mathematics" pp 2-3.Scarce. We find one holding in OCLC at Stanford. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1278
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[United States] Department of Military Art and Engineering
The German invasion of Russia
West Point Department of Military Art and Engineering / United States Military Academy 1943. Softcover stapled. Cover slightly edge-browned front cover slightly creased with previous owner's name near top-edge; otherwise very good condition. . 45p. Quarto. 11 folding maps. Written for use in the instruction of cadets at West Point. At head of title: "Confidential." West Point, Department of Military Art and Engineering / United States Military Academy paperback
Bookseller reference : 20328
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[University of Natal, Department of Electrical Engineering]
Electricity Undertakings in Natal
London: Oxford University Press for the University of Natal 1953. Natal Regional Survey Volume Five. 8vo; original blue cloth; dustwrapper; pp. ix i 100; frontispiece figures including folding and tables. Very good condition. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; endpapers browned a little foxing mainly to edges. . (London: Oxford University Press for the University of Natal, 1953) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3775
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[various]
Tunnel Fires & Escape from Tunnels ; 3rd International Conference ; 9-11 October 2001; Washington, DC, USA [cover title]
Large quarto in dark aqua green in illus stiff paper wraps; 439. illus, tables, charts. Includes related conference hand-outs laid in, comprising about 20 additional pages. Over 40 papers by experts across the globe on various aspects of tunnel fires. || Firefighting, fire prevention disasters. Tunnel Management International. || **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**
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[various]
Tunnel Fires ; 4th International Conference ; 2-4 December 2002; Basel, Switzerland [cover title]
Large quarto in dark aque green in illus stiff paper wraps; 385p. illus, tables, charts. Includes conference attendee's hand-written notes and related conference hand-outs laid in, comprising about 25 additional pages. Nearly 40 papers by experts across the globe on various aspects of tunnel fires. || Firefighting, fire prevention disasters. Tunnel Management International. || **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**
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[various]
Tunnel Fires ; 5th International Conference 25-27 October 2004, London UK [cover title]
Large quarto in dark aque green in illus stiff paper wraps; 385p. illus, tables, charts. Nearly 40 papers by experts across the globe on various aspects of tunnel fires. || Firefighting, fire prevention disasters. Tunnel Management International. || **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**
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[Veterinärmedizin].
Belehrung über die Thierseuchen für Dominien, Wundärzte, Ortsrichter etc. [Prag, o. Dr., 1834].
64 SS. Geheftet. Folio. Seltene Verordnung über die Vorbeugung von und das Verhalten bei Tierseuchen (Milzbrand, Schafpocken, Maul- und Klauenseuche, Rinderpest, Wurmkrankheiten etc.). - Druckort und Datierung nach dem Exemplar der UB Leipzig; die Wienbibliothek nennt als wahrscheinliches Druckjahr 1838. Gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Nicht bei Engelmann (Bibl. vet.) oder Lesky.
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[Wedel, Georg Wolfgang.] Fasch, Augustin Heinrich / Herwig, Johann Friedrich.
De cancro occulto. Jena, Krebs, 1688.
24 SS. Papierfalz. 4to. Einzige Ausgabe. - Inauguraldissertation über den Krebs, dem Thüringer Medizinstudenten J. F. Herwig abgenommen vom kurfürstlich-sächsischen Leibarzt A. H. Fasch (1639-90), der in Jena außer der Botanik noch Chirurgie und Anatomie lehrte. "Diese vielseitige Funktion [...] mag verhindert haben, dass eine größere zusammenhängende Schrift von ihm verfasst wurde. Gegen 50 Dissertationen über alle möglichen klinischen Fragen tragen seinen Namen" (Hirsch II, 340). Am letzten Bl. verso Widmungsgedicht vom Niederlausitzer Mediziner Georg Wolfgang Wedel (1645-1721). "Seit 1667 Stadtphysikus in Gotha, wurde er 1672 zum Dr. med. promoviert und übernahm 1673 in Jena den Lehrstuhl für Medizin. Seit 1672 war Wedel Mitglied der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. 1685 wurde er fürstlich sächsischer Leibarzt, 1694 kaiserlicher Pfalzgraf. Sein rund 375 Titel umfassendes Schriftenverzeichnis enthält ausschließlich Dissertationen, Programme und Gelegenheitsreden" (DBE). - Mit zahlreichen griechischen Einsprengseln. Papierbedingt gleichmäßig schwach gebräunt, sonst gut. Der im leichten Überformat bedruckte Titel vor dem Beschneiden unten eingefaltet. - Recht selten; nicht auf Auktionen der letzten 30 Jahre oder in Wolfenbüttel; das Exemplar in Gotha ohne Einfaltung beschnitten und so des Impressums verlustig. VD 17, 39:163638E.
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[Western Photographica]. [Engineering]
Small Album of Annotated Photographs Documenting Concrete Construction and Civil Engineering Projects in the American West During the Early 20th Century
Various locations including Wyoming Nebraska and Iowa 1919. Very good plus. Forty-two original black-and-white photographs and real photo postcards most with manuscript annotations bound into a two-ring leather binder. Two additional postcards laid in. Minor occasional dust soiling but overall in excellent shape. An intriguing pocket-sized binder containing a collection of photographs and real photo postcards documenting large-scale construction projects in the American West mostly involving concrete projects such as dams drainage reservoir infrastructure railroads and more between about 1913 to 1920. All of the projects occur on or west of the Mississippi River in locations such as Keokuk Iowa; Ardmore South Dakota; Grand Island Nebraska; and Arminto Wyoming. The projects cover a wide range of subject matter from a simple base for a railroad mail sack crane to entire dam wall construction and seem to feature several involving sprayable concrete commonly known as gunite. This material was rather new in the 1910s but is still widely in use to the present day.<br /> <br /> The majority of the images are captioned in manuscript identifying the project or location or often both. These include a power-generating dam in Keokuk; reinforcement of a reservoir dam near Lysite Wyoming; widening of a cut for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad through Arminto; memorializing a concrete crib wall for the same railroad at the Bancroft St. Vincent Omaha; the installation of an eighteen-inch wall casting and sinking the Kelly well in Grand Island; documenting frost action on a brick chimney and water tank and also picturing a "concrete gun" in Worland Wyoming; and others. The images are organized into two sections with small tabs one reading "Dams" and the other "Miscellan."<br /> <br /> The compiler of the pictures is not identified but he or she was most likely involved in the operational aspects of the construction projects. One of the captions is initialed at the bottom "JRH" which may help scholars identify the compiler with further research. The binder itself was produced in Kansas City which may be an additional clue to the compiler's identity. A small but focused collection featuring major western construction projects from the early-20th century. unknown
Bookseller reference : 2655
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