SMILES, SAMUEL.
The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer. Third Edition, revised, with Additions.
London, John Murray, 1857. Uncut in orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt locomotive on frontcover and blindtooled. Rebacked preserving orig. gilt title. Engraved portrait as frontispiece. XVI,546 pp. Internally fine and clean.
Bookseller reference : 35313
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PECHMANN, HEINRICH FREYHERRN von.
Praktische Anleitung zum Flussbaue. Zweite verb. Aufl. 2 Bde.
Münch., 1832. Cont.hcalf. Atlasvol. in cont.hcloth. Back somewhat worn. St.o.t. XVI,VIII,198, XVI,234 pp. and Atlas in folio-oblong with 8 litogr.plates.
Bookseller reference : 3542
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ROST, G.H.AUGUST.
Praktische Anleitung zum Kriegsbrückenbau Mr Of fiziere aller Waffen...mit 96 erläuternden Figuren...
Gotha u.Er furt, 1833. Cont.hcalf. Back worn. Brownspotted. VI,306 pp., 7 fold.engr.plts.with 96 figs.
Bookseller reference : 3544
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EISENBAHNEN - BAUER, R.,
A.Prasch,O.Wehr.
Die Elektrischen Einrich tungen der Eisenbahnen. Mit 318 Abbildungen 2.Auf1. Wien,Pest,Lpz.,1902. Orig.cloth. XXIV,432 pp. Stamps on title.
Bookseller reference : 3550
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"EULER, LEONHARD. - WATER-PUMPS.
Maximes pour arranger les plus avantageusement les Machines destinées à elever de L'Eau par le moyen des Pompes.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1754). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"" tome VIII, pp. 185-232.
Bookseller reference : 35701
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HAUSDING, A.
Industrielle Torfgewinnung und Torfverwerthung mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der dazu erforderlichen Maschinen und Apparate nebst deren Anlage-und Betriebskosten. Mit 103 in den Text gedruckten Holzschnitten.
Berlin, Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey, 1876. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt back. XVI,318 pp. Fine wood-cut illustr. in the text.
Bookseller reference : 35705
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MACQUER, P.J.
Art de la Teinture en Soie. - [ON DYEING SILK]
(Paris), 1763. Folio. Later marbled boards. IX,86 pp. and 6 engraved plates (showing tools and dyeing processes). Printed on good thick paper, clean.
Bookseller reference : 35947
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"EYTELWEIN, J.A.
Handbuch der Mechanik fester Körper und der Hydraulik. Mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf ihre Anwendung in der Architektur.
Berlin, F.T. Lagarde, 1801. Nice contemp. full calf, raised bands, richly gilt back. XXIV,498,(1) pp., 60 textillustrations in woodcut and 5 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine.
Bookseller reference : 36133
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CHAUDRY, F.
Machines Hydrauliques.
Paris, Dunod et Vicq, 1896. 8vo. Orig. full limp calf, gilt. VIII,402 pp., 298 textillustrations.
Bookseller reference : 36147
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CHATLEY, HERBERT.
The Problem of Flight: A Text-Book of aerial Engineering.
London, Griffin & Company, 1907. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth, gilt. Frontispiece. X,119 pp., 61 textillustrations. Fine and clean.
Bookseller reference : 36149
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CHRISTIAN, (GERARD JOSEPH).
Traité de Méchanique Industrielle, ou exposé de la Science de la Mechanique déduite de L'Experience et de L'Observation principalement a L'Usage des Manufacturiers et des Artistes 3 vols. + Planches.
Paris, Bachelier, 1822-25. 4to. Bound in 4 uniform contemp. hcalf. Gilt backs. (4),4,VII,496(4),4,II,503"(4),6,482 pp. 4 plates to textvolumes and Plate-volume with 60 double-page engraved plates. (Total of 64 plates, all). Printed on good paper, broad margins, a few marginal brownspots internally clean and fine.
Bookseller reference : 36161
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SCHWEDLER, FRANZ.
Handbuch der Rohrleitungen. Allgemeine Beschreibung, Berechnung, Herstellung, Normung, Tabellen und Bildtafeln. Mit 27 Abb. im Text, 273 Abb. auf 46 Tafeln und 10 Tafeln in einer Tasche.
Berlin, Springer, 1932. Orig. full cloth. Titlepage with stamps. VIII,225 pp. and plates.
Bookseller reference : 36169
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LEFÈVRE, JULIEN.
L'Électricité a la Maison. Avec Figures intercalées dans le Texte.
Paris, Baillière et Fils, 1889. Small8vo. Orig. full cloth. 396 pp., 2 double-page folded plates, many fine textillustrations in woodcut. Some scattred brownspots.
Bookseller reference : 36171
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CHANUTE, OCTAVE.
Progress in Flying Machines. Being a Facsimile of The Whole of The First 1894 Edition including original illustrations. With a Foreword by Alan B. Shepard.
Long Beach CA, Lorentz & Herweg, 1976. Orig. boards. One corner bumped. Portrait. VI,308 pp. Richly textillustrated.
Bookseller reference : 36173
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BREYMANN, G.A. - H.A. LANG.
Allgemeine Bau=Constructions=Lehre mit besonderer Beziehung auf das Hochbauwesen. Ein Leitfaden zu Vorlesungen und zum Selbstunterricht. Neu bearbeitet von H. Lang. I. Theil: Constructionen in Stein. Fünfte gänzlich umgearbeitete Auflage. Mit Abbildun...
Stuttgart, Gustav Weise, 1881. 4to. Bound in 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Slightly rubbed. Frontispiece in colour. VI,312 pp., 596 textillustrations and 105 lithographed plates.
Bookseller reference : 36382
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ZACHARIAS, J.
Unterhaltung und Reparatur der elektrischen Leitungen für alle Zwecke und Praxis. Mit 94 Abbildungen.
Wien, Pest, Leipzig, 1884. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Paperlabel on lowerpart of back. Stamp on title. Frontispiece. XVI,236 pp. Illustrated.
Bookseller reference : 36511
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WAGNER, F.
Vejledning for Kedelpassere. Med 124 Figurer i teksten. Tredje noget ændrede Udgave.
Kjøbenhavn, Gad, 1900. Orig. bogtrykt papbd. 119 pp. Illustreret.
Bookseller reference : 36521
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BLOCK, WALTER.
Handbuch der technischen Messgeräte. Mit 88 Abbildungen.
Berlin, (AWF), 1923. Orig. full cloth. Stamp on title. 392 pp., textillustrated.
Bookseller reference : 36595
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BERGSØE, PAUL.
The Gilding Process and the Metallurgy of Copper and Lead among the Pre-Columbian Indians.
Copenhagen, 1938. Orig. printed wrappers.
Bookseller reference : 36600
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ASKINSON, GEORGE WILLIAM.
Die Parfümefabrikation. Anleitung zur Darstellung aller in der Toilettekunst verwendeten Präparate. Sechste verbesserte Auflage. Mit 17 Abbildungen.
Wien und Leipzig, Hartleben, 1911. Orig. full blindstamped cloth. XVI,384 pp., textillustrations.
Bookseller reference : 36731
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HANSEN, N.E.DEMANT.
Reparationshåndbogen. Automobilet teori og Praksis. 2 Bd. (1.Motoren med Tilbehør. - 2.Undervognen).
K., 1954, Lex8vo. 2 orig.helshirtbd. 776,958 pp. Rigt illustr.
Bookseller reference : 3676
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SCHRØDER, MICHAEL.
Olielampen i den vestlige verdens kulturområde.
København, Spektrum (1964). Lille 4to. Orig. helshirtbd. med smudsomslag. 205 pp. Rigt illustreret.
Bookseller reference : 36791
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SCHÖN, J.
Geschichte der Handfeuerwaffen. Eine Darstellung des Entwickelungsganges der Handfeuerwaffen von ihrem Entstehen bis auf die Neuzeit.
Dresden, Rudolf Kuntze, 1858. 4to. Orig. back gone and repaired modestly with cloth. Corners bumped. Stamp on title. Binding worn but content fine. XVIII,182 pp. and 32 double-page lithographed plates.
Bookseller reference : 36982
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WAR DEPARTMENT U.S.
Handbook of the Benet-Mercié Machine Rifle Model of 1909. Thirty-one Plates. Revised September 6, 1917.
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1917. Contemp. Hcloth. Without title on spine. 83 pp. and 31 plates.
Bookseller reference : 37336
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JACQMIN, F.
Les Chemins de Fer pendent La Guerre de 1870-1871.
Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1872. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt back. Back a little rubbed. Stamp on titlepage. XXIII,351 pp. Scattered brownspots.
Bookseller reference : 37378
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FOURCY, A.
Histoire de L' École Polytechnique.
Paris, Chez L'Auteur, 1828. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt back. Light wear to spine ends. Titlepage with stamp. A small paperlabel psted on lower part of back. (6),516 pp.
Bookseller reference : 37469
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BORNECQUE, J.
Les Fusils a Répétition. 1.-2. Partie.
Paris, Dumaine, 1883-85. Small8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt back. With some scratches at upper part of back. (4),174,128,(1) pp. Textillustrations and many folded plates.
Bookseller reference : 37580
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FAVE.
Des Nouvelles Carabines et de leur Emploi. Notice historique sur les Progres effectues, en France...dans L'Accroissement des Portées et dans la l'Accroissement des portées et dans la Justesse de Tir des Aermes a Feu portatives.
Paris, J. Corréard, 1847. Cont. hcalf. Gilt. A paperlabel pasted on back. Stamp on titlepage. (4),62,(1) pp.
Bookseller reference : 37664
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PEYRET, HENRY.
Histoire des Chemins de Fer en France et dans le Monde.
Paris, 1949. Small 8vo. Hcloth. 350 pp.
Bookseller reference : 37782
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CASTRO, JUAN JOSÉ. - RAILWAYS OF SOUTH AMERICA.
Estudio sobre los Farrocarriles Sud-Americanos y los Grandes Líneas internacionales publicado bajo auspicios del Ministerio de Fomento de la Republica O. del Uruguay y enviado a la Exposition Universal de Chicago.
Montevideo, Vapor de la Nation, 1893. Royal8vo. Modest recent clothbacked blank boards. Stamp on titlepage. 651,(1) pp. and 15 partly folded plates. Some browning to first and last leaf.
Bookseller reference : 37790
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OELKERS, W.
Welcher Kunststof ist das ? Mit 46 Abbildungen auf 16 ganzseitigen Tafel im Textteil spwie 60 Handproben von Kunststoffmustern auf 12 Tafeln im Anhang.
Stuttgart, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, (1958). Orig. portfolio in plastic. 145 pp. and 60 samples mounted on 12 cardboards.
Bookseller reference : 37930
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ANONYMOUS.
Instruction in military Engineering. Volume I. (Part III). Military Bridges. Compiled at The School of military Engineering. Third Edition.
London, 1877. Contemp. clothbacked boards. Orig. printed frontwrapper pasted on frontboard. Stamp on titlepage. (4),187,(1) pp. 43 plates with many figds.
Bookseller reference : 38202
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MELCHIOR, PAUL.
Aluminium. Die leichtmetalle und ihre Legierungen. Im Auftrage der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Metallkunde. Mit 82 Abbildungen und 43 Zahlentafeln.
Berlin, VDI-Verlag, 1929. Orig. full cloth., gilt. Stamp on titlepage. X,280 pp.
Bookseller reference : 38212
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SEBERT, M.
Aide-Mémoire de ballistique expérimentale a L'Usage des Personnes appelées a s'occuper D'Experiences D'Artillerie. Revue et augmenté.
Paris, Ch. Tanera, 1873. Contemp. hcalf, gilt back. Titlelabel in leather on frontcover. Stamp on title. (8),86 pp. Brownspotted.
Bookseller reference : 38213
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ANONYMOUS.
Instruction sur la Balistique, a L'Usage des Éléves du Corps Royal D'Etat-Major.
Paris, Anselin et Pochard, 1824. Contemp. marbled boards. A paperlabel pasted on back and covers. Stamp on titlepage. 16 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate. Brownspotted.
Bookseller reference : 38215
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DANIELSSON, E.G.
Anteckningar om Norra Amerikas Fristaters Jerntilllverkning m.m. (Notes about the Iron production in North America).
Stockholm, Nordstedt & Söner, 1845. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. (2),96 pp.
Bookseller reference : 38510
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TROSKE, L.
Allgemeine Eisenbahnkunde für Studium und Praxis. Zweiter Theil (von 2): Ausrüstung und Betrieb der Eisenbahnen.
Leipzig, Otto Spamer, 1907. Lex8vo. Contemp. hcloth. VIII,(307) pp. Richly textillustrated, 5 plates.
Bookseller reference : 38537
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TURCK, J.A.V. - WITH A LETTER CONCERNING THIS BOOK.
Origin of Modern Calculating Machines: A Chronicle of the Evolution of the Principles that form the generic make-up of the Modern Calculating Machine.
Chicago, Western Society of Engineers, 1921. Orig. full cloth, frontcover and back stamped in blind. (2),196 pp., 45 illustrations, mostly full-page, incl. photographic reproductions of calculating machines designed by Pascal, Leibniz, Burroughs, Felt, and others. Fine and clean. With a typed letter in 4to, signed by the author, to Mons. Paul Jeannin in Paris, Turck thanks Jeannin for his letter congratulating him on the success of this book, and recalls with pleasure going with Jeannin to see Pascal's calculating machine in Paris. 21 lines dated Wilmette, Ill., l1 11 décembre, 1925. (in French). Also with Felt & Tarrant shipping lebel addressed to Jeannin, incorporatiing a picture of their invention, the Comptometer, the first practical desktop calculator. This was presumably used on the package that held this book.
Bookseller reference : 38563
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HERHOLDT, J.D.
Forsøg til en historisk Udsigt over Luftens Rensning i Bjerggruberne og ombord paa Krigsskibene.
(København,Seidelin, 1803). 4to. Uden omslag som udkommet i Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. (63) pp. samt 3 store udfoldelige kobberstukne plancher. Kobberne viser de forskellige konstruktioner af luftpumper, ventilatorer m.v.
Bookseller reference : 38575
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MÜLLER, FRANTZ HENRICH.
Forsög paa Bronce eller guul Metal, med Hensyn til sammes Anvendelse til Canoners og Mörseres Stöbning, samt Tegning af en dertil hörende Smelteovn, m.v.
(København, Seidelin, 1803). 4to. Uden omslag som udkommet i Videnskabernes selskabs Skrifter. (55) pp. samt 1 stor udfoldelig kobberstukket planche, visende smelteovnens kontruktion.
Bookseller reference : 38576
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"FRANCHEVILLE, (JOSEPH DU FRESNE DE).
Dissertation sur L'Art de la Teinture des Anciens et des Modernes.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, (1769). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres."". tome XXIII, pp. 41-128.
Bookseller reference : 38583
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WAUWERMANS, H.
Les Machines Infernales dans la Guerre de Campagne. Application de la Theorie des Mines. Deuxieme Edition, revue, corrigée et considerablement augmentée. Avec trois Planches.
Bruxelles, Paris, Muquardt, berger-levrault, 1876. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and somewhat worn. Stamps on titlepage and last page. 164 pp. and 2 large folded lithographed plates with many figs.
Bookseller reference : 38919
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FOSS, H.T.
Lærebog i Søartilleriets Materiel. Udarbejdet til Brug ved Undervisningen på Søofficersskolen.
Kjøbenhavn,, Thiele, 1891. Folio. Samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. 113 pp. 39 litograferede plancher med talrige afbildninger af skibskonstruktioner, skibsindretninger, bestykning, våbenlære-og beskrivelse, kanoner, armering m.v. En del udvidende tilskrifter i samtidig hånd.
Bookseller reference : 38996
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HOFF, ARNE.
Ældre dansk bøssemageri. Især i 1600-talet. With Summary and captations in English. 2 bd. (1: Tekst. 2: Plancher).
Kbhvn 1951. 4to. Orig. bogtrykte omslag, tekstbind lidt revet i ryggen. 282+(2) s. + 60 plancher.
Bookseller reference : 39360
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MEINEKE, W.
Artilleristisches Taschen-Buch zunächst für Avancirte und ältere Kanoniere zu deren Selbstbelehrung. Nach den neuesten Bestimmungen bearbeitet. Nebst einer Zeichnung und vier Tabellen.
Magdeburg, Ferdinand Rubach, 1834. Small8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamps on titlepage. IV,(2),492 pp., 2 folded tables and 1 folded engraved plate. First and last leaves a little brownspotted.
Bookseller reference : 39436
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ALISON, GEORGE CHRIST.
Der englische Büchsenmacher. Oder gründliche Anweisung, alle Arten von Gewehren, Büchsen und Pistolen, nebst Percussions=, Sicherheitsschlössern und übrigem Zubehör.
Quedlinburg und Leipzig, Gottfr. Bast, 1832. Contemp. hcalf., spine gilt. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on titlepage. IV,84 pp. and 3 large folded engraved plates with many construction-figures. A few scattered brownspots, but fine.
Bookseller reference : 39437
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LIPSON, E.
A Short History of Wool and Its Manufacture (Mainly in England).
Melbourne, Heinemann, 1953. Orig. full cloth. 205 pp.
Bookseller reference : 39505
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CREHORE, ALBERT CUSHING and GEORGE OWEN SQUIER.
The Polarizing Photo-Chronograph. Being an Account of Experiments at the U.S. Artillery School, Fort Monroe, VA., in Developing this Instrument. First Edition. First thousand.
New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1897. Orig. full cloth. Remains of a paperlabel on lower spine. Stamps on titlepage. VII,150 pp. and 69 plates. Fine and clean.
Bookseller reference : 39554
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"DOUGLAS, HOWARD.
Essai sur les Principes et la Construction des Ponts Militaires, et sur les Passages des Rivières en Campagne. Traduit de L'Anglais par J.P. Vaillant.
Paris, Anselin et Pochard, 1824. A little later hcalf, gilt spine. Remains of a paperlabel on spine. Stamps on titlepage. (4),388,(3) pp, and 13 folded lithographed plates. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper
Bookseller reference : 39582
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LAMARTILLIERE, (JEAN FABRE de).
Réflexions sur la Fabrication en géneral des Bouches a Feu, et Observations sur les épreuves extraordinaire et comparatives de différentes esoeces de Bouches à feu qui on en lieu à Donau, en 1786, par Ordre du Ministre de la guerre Seconde Edition, A...
Paris, Magimel, 1796. Fine hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel in leather on frontcover. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamps on titlepage. VIII,90 pp. and 1 folded table. Some faint browningto the first 4 leaves, otherwise fine.
Bookseller reference : 39587
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