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Shaw, S. Bernard
Photographing Canada from Flying Canoes
Ex-library book with usual stickers, stamps. etc. Binding is solid and text is clean with no highlighting, underlining or
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Oliver, Kenneth G.
Industrial Boiler Management: An Operator's Guide
Ex-library book with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text is clean. 412 pages, contents include: Air for Cumbustion, Fuels and Conbustion Principles; Fuel Oil Systems; Fuel Gas Systems, Water for the Boiler; Water-Treatment Methods; Internal Boiler Water Treatment; Combustion Controls; Boiler Trim,; Boiler Attendant; Getting Boiler on the Line; Record Keeping; energy conservation basics; fine-Tuning the Boiler; etc. 30 chapters in all, with 10 appendices; charts, graphs, mechanical illustrations. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.
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Chasis, David A.
Plastic Piping Systems
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior text clean and unmarked; tight binding. 172 pages. Lots of b&w photos.
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Fuller, A.J. Baden
Worked Examples in Engineering Field Theory
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 321 pages. Small tear at top of spine. This book provides a summary of the same theory covered in another book by the same author, titled Engineering Field Theory, together with a large number of worked examples and worked solutions. The first part of the book develops the concept of flux starting with electric flux and proceeding to applications in gravitation, ideal fluid flow, and magnetism. The second part introduces the concept of potential, again starting with electrical potential, and proceeds to applications in gravitation, electric conduction, fluid flow through permeable media, conductive heat transfer, ideal fluid flow, and magnetism. Attention is given to static fields, and although there is a chapter on electromagnetic induction, time -varying fields are not included. The book has 104 diagrams, 145 worked examples, and 244 problems with their worked solutions.
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Thomson, R. H.
That Man Thomson
Light orange cloth boards of book are oddly though slightly curved to dish the back cover, corners are sharp, very little edge wear. Inside front cover has what appears to be cutting from dust jacket pasted to it, front endpaper has random stamps pasted to it and remnants of something torn away. Back paste-down endpaper has been covered with neatly pasted clipping from Seattle Sunday Times with Thomson in large illustration with "The brains of the Administration". Page block is neat and clean with no marking of any kind, save date on contents page, binding solid. Contents include: Intro, Seattle in the eighties, The years of preparation, My work as city engineer begins, The impossible north tunnel and the sewer system, The railroad franchise fight, The Cedar River water system, The regrades, City light, The port, Lake Washington canal and the Duwamish Waterway, Federal appropriation for construction of the locks, The title to the site of the locks, Did you get everything done? "A Personal Record of the Dynamic City Engineer Who Foresaw and Shaped Seattle's Spectacular Rise from a Pioneer Outpost to a Great Metropolitan Seaport." 134 pages.
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Seims, Charles
Mount Lowe: The Railway in the Clouds
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 234 pages. Tears on edge worn dust jacket. Many b&w photos. A bit musty smelling. With more than 425 illustrations -- maps, documentary reproductions, equipment, rosters, car plans, bibliography, index. Large format: 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h.
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Watson, Jane Werner
The World of Science: Scientists at Work Today in Many Challenging Fields
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 216 pages. 8 1/8" w x 11 1/4" h. A bit musty smelling. Small tears, edge wear, and peeling laminate on price-clipped dust jacket. 265 color photographs and diagrams. Wonderful 1950's ultra-modern graphics in bright colors. "This remarkable book tells the activities of scientists working today in seven major fields: geology, astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. It is not a survey of the history and achievements of science, but rather an exciting look-over-the-shoulder at the men, in laboratories and in the field, who are making tomorrow's world."
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Begamudre, Rakosh Das
Extra High Voltage AC Transmission Engineering 4th Edition
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Bumped corners. Tear on dust jacket. 516 pages.
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Nafus, Dawn (ed.)
Quantified: Biosensing Technologies in Everyday Life
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 243 pages with sections on Biosensing: tracking persons, The quantified self: reverse engineering, Health privacy in a connected world, Digital reproduction: reading the quantified self through Walter Benjamin, Field notes in contaminination studies, Personal genomics, etc.
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Brubaker, Bill
Seamount
Book is in excellent condition; new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 168 pages with b&w photos, illus.
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Snapp, Jeremy Sherman
Destiny by Design: The Construction of the Panama Canal
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards. Light wear to dust jacket. 9 5/8"w x 10 3/4"h. 174 pages. Signed by Jeremy Snapp on title page. Photographs by Gerald Fitzgerald Sherman and Jeremy Sherman Snapp.
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Mitchell, D.M. (editor)
The Starry Wisdom : A Tribute to H. P. Lovecraft
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Approx. 180 pages. Contributions By J. G. Ballard, William S. Burroughs, Ramsey Campbell, David Conway, John Coulthart, Michael Gira, Adele Olivia Gladwell, James Havoc, Brian Lumley, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Robert M. Price, Robert Taylor Peter Smith, John Balance, John Coulthart, and Carina Van Der Snee.
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IMDAT EKSI.
Eksioglu tarihi, (1460-2004). Hakki Eksi'den Aksi Ali'ye.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 200, [2] p., color and b/w ills., Ottoman documents. Eksioglu tarihi, (1460-2004). Hakki Eksi'den Aksi Ali'ye. History of Eksiogullari family.
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A. T. BAILIEV.
Energetiki Turkmenistana b 60-70-e gg.
Fine Russian Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Russian. 123, [2] p. Energetiki Turkmenistana b 60-70-e gg. Power engineering of Turkmenistan in the 60-70-ies.
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L. GIRARD.
Cours de marchandises a l'usage de l'enseignement commercial. Encyclopedie industrielle. (with 247 figures)
Very Good English Original bdg. In decorative hardcover. Very good. Foolscap 8vo. [viii], 222, [2] p. B/w ills. Deuxieme edition.
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MEHMET BAHATTIN ADIGÜZEL.
Hayallerini uçuran adam: Nuri Demirag. With CD.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Mint. 4to. (31 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 255, [1] p. Color and b/w ills. Nuri Demirag (born 1886 in Divrigi - died 1957 in Istanbul) was an early Turkish industrialist. He was one of the first millionaires of the Turkish Republic. His first enterprise was the production of cigarette paper. Demirag then invested his capital in the development of the Turkish railway network. Because of this investment, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk gave him the surname Demirag, which translates as "Network of iron". In 1936 he started an aircraft factory employing 500 people at Besiktas, Istanbul (later nationalized by the government and now occupied by the Istanbul Naval Museum). Construction of the Nu D.38 twin engine high wing light transport followed. In 1946 he founded the first opposition party, which was named Milli Kalkinma Partisi (National Development Party), but his party was dissolved in 1958. He was elected deputy of Sivas for the Democratic Party as an independent candidate in 1954. Demirag donated his aircraft to his flying school (Gök Okulu) in Yesilköy, created to interest young Turks in aviation. The land upon which the school was built was later nationalized by the Turkish government and is now the Atatürk International Airport. Demirag died in 1957 from diabetes.
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MEROPI ANASTASSIADOU-DUMONT.
Medecins et ingenieurs Ottomans a l'age des nationalismes.
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 15 cm). In French. 387 p. B/w ills. L'atelier de recherche "Elites urbaines et savoir scientifique dans la societe Ottomane. XIX-XXe siecles" qui s'est tenu a Istanbul du 21 au 23 Mars 2002 et dont est issu le present ouvrage a beneficie du soutien du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Contents: Meropi ANASTASSIADOU-DUMONT / Science et engagement: la modernite Ottomane à l'âge des nationalismes / Seculariser, reformer, eduquer. / Ismail KARA / Les notions de "science" (ulûm, funûn) et d'"art" (sanat) à l'âge des Reformes Ottomanes. Henri NAHUM / Charisme et pouvoir d'un medecin Juif. Moïse Allatini (1809-1882), "le pere de Salonique". Meropi ANASTASSIADOU-DUMONT / Medecine hygieniste et pedagogie sociale à Istanbul à la fin du XIXe siecle. Le cas du docteur Spyridon Zavitziano. Yesim ISIL ULMAN / Besim Omer Akalin (1862-1940): ange gardien des femmes et des enfants. / L'acclimatation d'un savoir venu d'ailleurs. / Nuran YILDIRIM / Le rôle des medecins Turcs dans la transmission du savoir. Feza GUNERGUN / Dervis Mehmed Emin Pacha (1817-1879), serviteur de la science et de l'État Ottoman. Stoyanka KENDEROVA / Construire une nation saine et vigoureuse: les medecins Bulgares au XIXe siecle. Anne KAZAZIAN / Meguerditch Margossof (Trieste 1840-Le Caire 1919). Un notable Armenien d'Égypte presque ordinaire. May DAVIE / Manouk Avedissian, alias Bechara Afandi al-Mouhandis. Itineraire Beyrouthin d'un ingenieur Ottoman à la fin du XIXe siecle / De l'allegeance Ottomane à la construction des États-nations. / Maria GEORGIADOU / Expert knowledge between tradition and reform. The Caratheodorys: a Neo-Phanariot Family in 19th Century Constantinople. Bernard LORY / Un homme dans l'air du temps: le docteur Konstantin Michaykov. (1807-1880), nationaliste et evergete à Bitola/Monastir. Gueorgui PEEV / Gueorgui Valkovitch (1833-1892): un medecin militaire Ottoman au service de l'État Bulgare. Vangelis KECHRIOTIS / Between professional duty and national fulfillment: the Smyrniot medical doctor Apostolos Psaltoff (1862-1923). Hans-Lukas KIESER / Turkey's elite diaspora in Switzerland (1860s-1920s).
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NECAT CILÂSON, SALIH TONKA, GÜRBÜZ GÜROL.
Istanbul ve çevresi tas - dogal agrega ocaklari.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). 46 p., 1 folding b/w map. Ills. Istanbul ve çevresi tas - dogal agrega ocaklari.
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NÜVIT OSMAY.
Insan ve mühendis. Is hayatinda insan, kendisi ve çevresi.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [viii], 356 p. First Edition. Insan ve mühendis. Is hayatinda insan, kendisi ve çevresi.
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SAADI NAZIM NIRVEN.
Istanbul'da Fatih II. Sultan Mehmed devri Türk su medeniyeti.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 123, [2], [8] p., color and b/w plates. Istanbul'da Fatih II. Sultan Mehmed devri Türk su medeniyeti.
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Edited by ARIN NAMAL, AYSEGÜL DEMIRHAN ERDEMIR, BOZENA PLONKA SYROKA.
Health and water-culture in history.= Gesundheit und wasserkultur in der Geschichte.= Tarihte saglik ve su kültürü.
New English Paperback. 4to. (27 x 20 cm). In English, German, and Turkish. 250 p., ills. Health and water-culture in history.= Gesundheit und wasserkultur in der Geschichte.= Tarihte saglik ve su kültürü.
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SH. I. KOGAN.
Karakumskii Kanal i ego djizn'. [= The Karakum Canal and its story].
Very Good Russian Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Russian. 79, [2] p., b/w plates. Karakumskii kanal i ego djizn'. [= The Karakum Canal and its story]. The Karakum Canal in Turkmenistan is one of the largest irrigation and water supply canals in the world. Started in 1954, and completed in 1988, it is navigable over much of its 1,375-kilometre (854 mi) length, and carries 13 cubic kilometres (3.1 cu mi) of water annually from the Amu-Darya River across the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. The canal opened up huge new tracts of land to agriculture, especially to cotton monoculture heavily promoted by the Soviet Union, and supplying Ashgabat with a major source of water. Unfortunately, the primitive construction of the canal allows almost 50 percent of the water to escape en route, creating lakes and ponds along the canal, and a rise in groundwater leading to widespread soil salinization problems. The canal is also a major factor leading to the Aral Sea environmental disaster. The current Karakum Canal was not the first major attempt to bring the Amu-Darya water to the Karakums. In the early 1950s, construction began on the Main Turkmen Canal which would start at a much more northerly location (near Nukus), and run southwest toward Krasnovodsk. The canal would have used around 25 percent of the Amu-Darya's water. The works were abandoned after the death of Joseph Stalin, the current Karakum Canal route being chosen instead. Reservoirs such as Hanhowuz Reservoir were created to help regulate it.
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AHMET TABAKOGLU.
Osmanli dönemi Istanbul su tarihi.
Fine English Paperback. 4to. (26 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 520 p., color and b/w ills. Osmanli dönemi Istanbul su tarihi.
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OKTAY KIZILKAYA.
II. Abdülhamid'in tarimsal kalkinma hamlesi: Konya Ovasi sulama projesi.
New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 98 p., ills. II. Abdülhamid'in tarimsal kalkinma hamlesi: Konya Ovasi sulama projesi.
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HASAN HÂLET [ISIKPINAR], (1897-1977).
[REPUBLICAN TURKEY = TURKEY with ELECTRICITY] Cümhuriyet Türkiyesi = Elektrikli Türkiye.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Some rubbed on cover. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 16, [6] p., 6 unnumbered b/w plates. Cümhuriyet Türkiyesi, elektrikli Türkiye. Book includes first works from on the electricity supplied and opening of the last electric factory in Turkey, first ten years of early Republican period, 1923-1933, with fine plates and statistical tables. Hasan Halet Isikpinar, was a Turkish engineer and professor. He initially graduated from Robert College as an electrical engineer in 1916, being the first Turkish graduate of the engineering department. He advanced his studies to receive a degree of mechanical engineering from the same institution in 1922. After his assistantship in Robert College from 1923 to 1925, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1928 and graduated as the first Turkish student of the university. He kept his tenure as a professor in Robert College in the department of engineering until 1934, where he contributed to the advancement of the department of electrical engineering to a significant extent. He led over 800 engineering projects in Turkey, majority of which being the first examples within the newly founded Turkish Republic. He was fluent in multiple languages including English, French, German and Italian, with his most notable works including widely sourced engineering books in these languages, including "L'Industrie Electrique et les Ressources Motrices de la Turquie", in which he stressed the importance of Turkey as a petroleum resource. He later presented his findings on the topic to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He is the son of Mehmet Halit Taspinar, a government officer with civilian Pasha rank equals to Ferik in the government of Abdul Hamid II, best known for passing critical government correspondence to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Turkish War of Independence to support 'Kuva-yi Milliye' (National Forces). First and Only Edition. Extremely rare. Only 2 copies in OCLC 254443059.
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HASAN [sic. HASSAN] HÂLET [ISIKPINAR], (1897-1977).
L'industrie electrique et le ressources motrices de la Turquie.
Very Good French Paperback. Some rubbed on spine and little stains on last pages. A good copy. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In French. [vii], [1], 66, [17] p., 37 numerous b/w plates. Hasan Halet Isikpinar, is a Turkish engineer and professor. He initially graduated from Robert College as an electrical engineer in 1916, being the first Turkish graduate of the engineering department. He advanced his studies to receive a degree of mechanical engineering from the same institution in 1922. After his assistantship in Robert College from 1923 to 1925, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1928 and graduated as the first Turkish student of the university. He kept his tenure as a professor in Robert College in the department of engineering until 1934, where he contributed to the advancement of the department of electrical engineering to a significant extent. He led over 800 engineering projects in Turkey, majority of which being the first examples within the newly founded Turkish Republic. He was fluent in multiple languages including English, French, German and Italian, with his most notable works including widely sourced engineering books in these languages, including "L'Industrie Electrique et les Ressources Motrices de la Turquie", in which he stressed the importance of Turkey as a petroleum resource. He later presented his findings on the topic to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He is the son of Mehmet Halit Taspinar, a government officer with civilian Pasha rank equals to Ferik in the government of Abdul Hamid II, best known for passing critical government correspondence to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Turkish War of Independence to support 'Kuva-yi Milliye'. First and Only Edition. Extremely rare. Not in OCLC.; Not in TBTK.
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BEDI ÜZ-ZAMAN EBÛ'L-IZ ISMAIL b.AR-RAZZAZ AL-JAZARI (El-Cezeri), (1136-1206).
The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices.= Olaganüstü mekanik araçlarin bilgisi hakkinda kitap. [FACSIMILE].
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Introduction in English and Turkish; [360] p. color facsimiles of the earliest of all copies, dating 1206 (preserved in the Library of Topkapi Serai, Istanbul, No. 3472), color ills. The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices.= Olaganüstü mekanik araçlarin bilgisi hakkinda kitap. [FACSIMILE]. Al-Jazari was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician. He is best known for writing 'The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices'. Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya, (lit. 'Book in knowledge of engineering tricks') in 1206, where he described 100 mechanical devices, some 80 of which are trick vessels of various kinds, along with instructions on how to construct them. The only biographical information known about him is contained in his famed Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices. Like his father before him, he served as chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace, the residence of the Mardin branch of the Artuqids which ruled across eastern Anatolia as vassals of the Zengid dynasty of Mosul and later of Ayyubid general Saladin. Al-Jazari was part of a tradition of artisans and was thus more a practical engineer than an inventor who appears to have been "more interested in the craftsmanship necessary to construct the devices than in the technology which lay behind them" and his machines were usually "assembled by trial and error rather than by theoretical calculation." His Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices appears to have been quite popular as it appears in a large number of manuscript copies, and as he explains repeatedly, he only describes devices he has built himself. According to Mayr, the book's style resembles that of a modern "do-it-yourself" book. Some of his devices were inspired by earlier devices, such as one of his monumental water clocks, which was based on that of a Pseudo-Archimedes. He also cites the influence of the Banu Musa brothers for his fountains, al-Saghani for the design of a candle clock, and Hibatullah ibn al-Husayn (d. 1139) for musical automata. Al-Jazari goes on to describe the improvements he made to the work of his predecessors, and describes a number of devices, techniques and components that are original innovations which do not appear in the works by his precessors. The most significant aspect of al-Jazari's machines are the mechanisms, components, ideas, methods, and design features which they employ. (Source: Wikipedia). There are 50 devices that Al Jazari designed and explained how they function in his book and created technical drawings of them in such detail that allow to reconstruct in its original size, make, model and full functionally. This nice facsimile edition, fully executed in color, is based on a manuscript present in the Library of Topkapi Palace, (ms. no. 3472). It is dated 1206, andaccording to the foreword, is the earliest extant ccopy of al-Jazarî's work.
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BEDI ÜZ-ZAMAN EBÛ'L-IZ ISMAIL b.AR-RAZZAZ AL-JAZARI (El-Jezeri), (1136-1206).
[The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices] Adatdan dasari mehanik gurallayn maglumaty hakda kitap.
Fine Fine Turkmen Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Introduction in Turkmen, facsimile in Arabic. [2], 28, 256 p., color facsimiles of the earliest of all copies, dating 1206 (preserved in the Library of Topkapi Serai, Istanbul, No. 3472), color ills. [The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices] Adatdan dasari mehanik gurallayn maglumaty hakda kitap. Al-Jazari was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician. He is best known for writing 'The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices'. Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya, (lit. 'Book in knowledge of engineering tricks') in 1206, where he described 100 mechanical devices, some 80 of which are trick vessels of various kinds, along with instructions on how to construct them. The only biographical information known about him is contained in his famed Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices. Like his father before him, he served as chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace, the residence of the Mardin branch of the Artuqids which ruled across eastern Anatolia as vassals of the Zengid dynasty of Mosul and later of Ayyubid general Saladin. Al-Jazari was part of a tradition of artisans and was thus more a practical engineer than an inventor who appears to have been "more interested in the craftsmanship necessary to construct the devices than in the technology which lay behind them" and his machines were usually "assembled by trial and error rather than by theoretical calculation." His Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices appears to have been quite popular as it appears in a large number of manuscript copies, and as he explains repeatedly, he only describes devices he has built himself. According to Mayr, the book's style resembles that of a modern "do-it-yourself" book. Some of his devices were inspired by earlier devices, such as one of his monumental water clocks, which was based on that of a Pseudo-Archimedes. He also cites the influence of the Banu Musa brothers for his fountains, al-Saghani for the design of a candle clock, and Hibatullah ibn al-Husayn (d. 1139) for musical automata. Al-Jazari goes on to describe the improvements he made to the work of his predecessors, and describes a number of devices, techniques and components that are original innovations which do not appear in the works by his precessors. The most significant aspect of al-Jazari's machines are the mechanisms, components, ideas, methods, and design features which they employ. (Source: Wikipedia). There are 50 devices that Al Jazari designed and explained how they function in his book and created technical drawings of them in such detail that allow to reconstruct in its original size, make, model and full functionally. This nice facsimile edition, fully executed in color, is based on a manuscript present in the Library of Topkapi Palace, (ms. no. 3472). It is dated 1206, andaccording to the foreword, is the earliest extant copy of al-Jazarî's work.
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SÜLEYMAN SIRRI [ARAL], (1874-1925).
[FIRST REPORT ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MEANDER RIVER] Menderes Çayi hakkinda rapor. [i.e. Report on the Menderes river].
Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Ottoman script. 9 p. Süleyman Sirri Aral, (1874-1925), was the pioneer of water engineering in Turkey. He was born in Thessaloniki (Salonica), his father was Müderris Yusuf Efendi. Her mother Zühre Hanim and Atatürk's mother Zübeyde Hanim were sibling grandchildren. He was a graduate of the Turkish School of Engineers. He worked as Deputy Chief Engineer of Syrian Public Works, Yanya [i.e. Ioannina] Central Engineering and "Idâdî" Teacher, Baghdad Geometry and Flood Barrier Engineering for the Hindiyye Flood Barrier between 1906-1908, Jerusalem and Bursa Public Works Chief Engineer. He played an important role in the Konya Irrigation Project, (1907-1913). This report is the first one on the Menderes [= Meander] river improvement in 1924. The Büyük Menderes River (historically the Maeander or Meander), is a river in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west-central Turkey near Dinar before flowing west through the Büyük Menderes graben until reaching the Aegean Sea in the proximity of the ancient Ionian city Miletus. The word "meander" is used to describe a winding pattern, after the river. The river rises in a spring near Dinar and flows to Lake Isikli. After passing the Adigüzel Dam and the Cindere Dam, the river flows past Nazilli, Aydin, and Söke before it drains into the Aegean Sea. The Maeander was a celebrated river of Caria in Asia Minor. It appears earliest in the Catalog of Trojans of Homer's Iliad along with Miletus and Mycale. In this report, there's usual information on the Meander River with its geography and history. The second chapter includes the reasons for the improvement of the river and accounts about it with a detailed table. This is an early water engineering book printed in the Ottoman Empire. Extremely rare. First and Only Edition. Not in Özege.; Not in OCLC.; Four copies in the National Library of Turkey.
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Prep. by IBRAHIM ATES.
Deed of trust for free water supply endowed by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.= Kanunî Sultan Süleyman Han'in su vakfiyesi.
Fine English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English, Turkish and reprint of original vakfiyye in Ottoman Turkish with Arabic letters. [vi], [3], 58, 57, [3] p. A bilingual preface in Turkish and English by Ates; pp. 1-19 transcription; pp. 20-34 text in modern Turkish; pp. 35-58 translation into English; pp. [57] facsimile of original vakfiyye. This book is compiled and published to interest readers in the deed of trust concerning water supply to the city of Istanbul [Constantinople - Kostantiniyye] -known as Kagithane waters- made by Sultan Suleyman theMagnificent -the greatest philanthropist ever and a man peerless in magnanimity. There have been innumerable such water supply projects large and ssmall for which deeds of trust were penned -as part pf a collection or in an overall charity. But Sultan Suleiman was the first and the only person to found a work of charity for the sole purpose of supplying his capital with"... clean, pure, healthy and sweet fresh waters". Amongst host of other deeds of trust that allocate revenues for the maintenance, repair and restoration of water works, public fountains, Turkish baths etc. that of Sultan Suleiman's philanthropy, allocation ad infinitum of revenues of a sizeable township and five villages with most extensive lands, is unique. This man of greatest magnanimity laid down conditions to keep the water supply system in good working order. Parts of revenues and incomes from his other pious foundations were to be used should revenues from this township and five villages prove insufficient. A careful study of this book will display the most exalted consciousness of this truly great sovereign in matters related to man's destiny.
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HÜSEYIN RIFKI [TAMANÎ], (1750-1814).
[FIRST ENGINEERING ENCYCLOPEDIÆ IN THE MIDDLE EAST] Mecmuatü'l-mühendisîn. [i.e. Encyclopediæ of the engineering].
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original full dark brown leather bdg. Decorated borders on boards, five compartments on the spine, second lettered gilt in the title. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 294 p., 17 folded engraved plates, and richly engraved illustrations. Early edition of this extremely rare encyclopedic book of the first comprehensive Ottoman engineering including the firsts in Ottoman literature of science, especially on various subjects of modern physics and mechanics, cartography, map making, surveying, arrangement of army camps, construction of pulleys, cannon shooting, etc. This book was written by Hüseyin Rifki, who was the chief professor of the Mühendishâne [i.e. Ottoman Engineering School] and was assigned to Medina, Arabia in 1816 to repair the holy buildings in Medina, Arabia. Another important aspect of the book is that it contains the ratios between the measurements used in various European countries before the meter system and the Ottoman measurements, as well as French measures and scales. Early typographic imprint on European paper with a watermark. Hüseyin Rifki translated the ancient mathematician Euclid's book Elements, in which he laid the foundations of geometry, from the English original of the English mathematician John Bonnycastle (1760-1821) in 1789, into Turkish with the name of "Usul-i Hendese", together with Selim Efendi, a converted English engineer. He was appointed as "Engineering-i Berri-i Hümâyûn Serhocasi" [i.e. The Chief Professor of the Engineering School] after the Code of Engineers was put into effect in 1806. He served as the chief teacher between 1806 and 1816. He was sent to the Balkans in 1816 and then was assigned to repair the holy buildings in Medina, Arabia. He died in 1817, just after returning from Mecca to Medina. Özege 12620.; TBTK 14349.; This edition is not located in OCLC.
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PAUL EMILE APPELL, (1855-1930).
[APPELL TRANSLATION IN OTTOMAN MATH LITERATURE] Mihanik-i riyâzî. Translated by Mustafa Salim. [i.e. Traité de mécanique rationnelle = Treatise on rational mechanics].
Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 727 p., richly illustrated. Lithography from the chapograph text. Rare complete translation of this early Turkish edition by French mathematician and rector of the University of Paris Paul Emile Appell. In mathematics, an Appell sequence (or equations, or polynomials), is named after him, as is rue Paul Appell in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and the minor planet 988 Appella. "In mechanics, he proposed an alternative formulation of analytical mechanics known as Appell's equation of motion. He discovered a physical interpretation of the imaginary period of the doubly periodic function whose restriction to real arguments describes the motion of an ideal pendulum" (Wikipedia). The translator Mustafa Salim (1873-?) gave lectures on differential and integral calculations, high algebra, technical mechanics, and mathematical mechanics at Hendese-i Mülkiye-i Sâhâne, Darülfünûn [i.e. House of Sciences] and Darüssafaka, which were outstanding schools of the time. (Kökcü). Özege 13550.; TBTK 749, 4573.; This edition is not located in OCLC.
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Moritz, E
Lehrbuch zum Selbstunterricht in den Grundregeln der Maschinentechnik nebst Anleitung zum richtigen verständnis und zum anfertigung von skizzen und maschinenzeichnungen. II Band: Tafeln
German technical book with numerous engineering diagrams in colour. Circa 1890. Covers worn, spine missing, but text pages all in very good condition except for brown stain pages 97 to 105 and the occasional foxing spot. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Molloy, E. (Editor)
Engineering Works Practice Volume II Modern Methods and Materials
A book on engineering that we used to do. With numerous photographs and illustrations. 508 pages.
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Lewis M. Clement et al (Editors)
Radio at Ultra-High Frequencies. Technical Papers By RCA Engineers on Propagation, Transmission, Relaying, Measurement, and Reception Above 30Mc
A group of contributions to ultra-high-frequency radio engineering, including studies of frequency modulation, which originated in the laboratories of the Radio Corporation of America. 448 pages. Slight wear to cover edges, small surface tear to front cover edge, a little dogeared,
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Maycock, W. Perren
Electric Lighting and Power Distribution Dealing with the Fundamental Principles of Electricity in Their Application to the Electrical Engineering Industries Vol. I
Light wear to head and foot of spine and cover corners. 562 pages.
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Parkinson, A. C.
A First Year Engineering Drawing. Covering the First Year National Certificate Course in Mechanical Engineering
Wear to top of spine. Lower cover corners bumped. Previous owners name at foot of front free endpaper. 182pp.
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Miller, W. E.
Television Explained
This explains the hardware of television. Shame about the software nowadays. xxiv pages of advertisements. Slight wear to cover extremities. Shops stamp on front free endpaper.
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Cotton, H.
Electrical Technology: A Textbook for the Following Examinaions : National Certificate, City and Guilds; I.E.E., B. Sc. Engineering
553pp. Light wear to cover extremities.
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Nelkon, M.
Principles of Technical Electricity
240 pages. Signed at top of front free endpaper. Light wear to cover extremities.
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Hartley, G. C., P. Mornet, F. Ralph, D. J. Tarran
Techniques of Pulse-code Modulation in Communication Networks
A survey of the potentialities of pulse-code modulation and its adoption in communication networks. 110 pages.
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Anon
Indian Engineering Association: Memorandum Submitted By the Indian Engineering Association in Reply to the Questionnaire Issued By the Government of India Labour Investigation Committee May 1945
Gives list of of members of the Indian Engineering Association followed by answers to questions on existing labour legislation, wages and earnings, employment, housing, and social security measures. Appendices at the back with fold-out sheets giving minimum, maximum and mean hourly basic wage rates in engineering factories in the districts of the Calcutta Industrial area and in engineering factories in the Calcutta and Bombay Areas 1938 and 1944.
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Anon
Transactions of the Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland Volume 90 Part 4
xxiv pages of advertisements; paginated pages 290:400; xxvii to xxxviii of more advertisements. Pen indentations on front cover, general light shelfwear, back cover with crease down the middle.
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Mortimer, J. E.
A History of the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen
A history of the A.E.S.D. that was formed in 1913. 489 pages. Index. Illustrations. Green cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has small tears on top edge and at base of spine.
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Riddle, Herbert G.
A Small Power Electric Light Plant. How to Instal, Operate, and Maintain It. The "Model Engineer" Series No.40
Numerous illustrations. Previous owner's signature at top of title page. Browning to page margins. Rusty staples. Small loss at base of spine; spine faded and worn.
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Dummelow, John
1899-1949
A book commemorating the Golden Jubilee of the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company. Lots of photographs. Index. Presentation label to Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos, on inside front cover. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Judge, Arthur W. Assisted by F. Horner
Engineering Workshop Practice: Volume II A practical work on engineering workshop tools, machines, materials and equipment, engineering manufacturing processes and machine operations.
Volume II only. Name and address written on front pastedown. Plate II loose. White line on spine. Page edges greyed with dust marks.
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Judge, Arthur W. Assisted by F. Horner
Engineering Workshop Practice: Volume III A practical work on engineering workshop tools, machines, materials and equipment, engineering manufacturing processes and machine operations.
Volume III only. Index. Pages a little grubby and some wear to base of spine but sound binding. Name and address written on front pastedown
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Clow, Archie and Nan (Editors)
Science News 44
Articles by various authors on various subjects including blood, magnetic materials and ultrasonics;
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Treffry, Timothy (Editor)
Horological Journal January-December 2000
Twelve issues Jan-Dec 2000
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