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1945rif. 155716New York: Sylvania Electric Products Inc. 1945. Large octavo 1-2 1-76 77-79 leaves fastened into an Accopress Binder. A proximity fuze is a fuze that detonates an explosive device automatically when the distance to the target becomes smaller than a predetermined value. Proximity fuzes are designed for targets such as planes missiles ships at sea and ground forces. They provide a more sophisticated trigger mechanism than the common contact fuze or timed fuze. The proximity fuze was one of the most important technological innovations of World War II. It was so important that it was a secret guarded to a similar level as the atom bomb project or D-Day invasion. Adm. Lewis L. Strauss wrote that "One of the most original and effective military developments in World War II was the proximity or "VT" fuze. It was of incalculable value to both the Army and Navy . While no one invention won the war the proximity fuze must be listed among the very small group of developments such as radar upon which victory very largely depended." A fine copy. Accompanied by the October 1945 issue of THE SYLVANIA BEAM revealing the existence the weapon which twenty-five Sylvania plants and laboratories had worked on in secret during World War II. #155716 Sylvania Electric Products Inc. unknown books
1921rif. 9012801Boston: MIT 1921. Hardcover. Very good condition. Published by the Junior Class. The gilt on the front cover and spine has been rubbed and faded. Stains to the covers. Foxing to some pages and the edges. MIT hardcover books
rif. 9982Boston Massachussets Institute of Technology n/d late 1800's. Stapled and bound in full green cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Significant water stains and wear to boards and spine. Interior is clean and tight with a few pencil notes otherwise fine. Boston, Massachussets Institute of Technology, n/d (late 1800's). hardcover books
1990rif. 22537NY: Holiday House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0823408183 . Illustrated by John and Alexandra Wallner. Book club edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. . Holiday House hardcover books
1913rif. 27241Cambridge MA : self published 1913. First Edition. Good. First Edition. 4 pages last blank. The original was 8 x 10 1/2 inches this example trimmed to 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. A single folded sheet. Archival tape reinforcement at fold. A proposed agreement between The Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT and Harvard University for moving all courses leading to degrees in Mechanical Electrical Civil and Sanitary Engineering Mining and Metallurgy to the MIT campus. Marked 'Confidential' the document is an engaging and detailed agreement between the two Cambridge educational institutions detailing the working arrangements including funding students and teachers. Funding would have been provided by both schools and faculty would have been shared jointly with MIT being ultimately responsible for reporting on the annual results. Section V in this version of the agreement refers to the 1913-14 school year resulting in our dating it as we have. The project was supported by Harvard's Eliot but after continuing attempts to merge the operations and the involvement of the courts from 1904 to 1917 the idea was ultimatey abandoned. An interesting artifact of evolving education in Massachusetts. [ self published ] unknown books
1913rif. 27010Cambridge MA : self published 1913. First Edition. Good. First Edition. 4 pages last blank. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. A single folded sheet. Soiling to page one archival tape reinforcement at fold. A proposed agreement between The Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT and Harvard University for moving all courses leading to degrees in Mechanical Electrical Civil and Sanitary Engineering Mining and Metallurgy to the MIT campus. Marked 'Confidential' the document is an engaging and detailed agreement between the two Cambridge educational institutions detailing the working arrangements including funding students and teachers. Funding would have been provided by both schools and faculty would have been shared jointly with MIT being ultimately responsible for reporting on the annual results. Section V in this version of the agreement refers to the 1913-14 school year resulting in our dating it as we have. The project was supported by Harvard's Eliot but after continuing attempts to merge the operations and the involvement of the courts from 1904 to 1917 the idea was ultimatey abandoned. An interesting artifact of evolving education in Massachusetts. [ self published ] unknown books
1872rif. 25346Boston Massachusetts: Press of A. A. Kingman 1872. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. 103 pages. Salmon printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled several small chips missing. Torn at the spine and 1/2 inch into the page block. Still readable in it's entirety. Clean internally. Wraps. A fascinating read into what one of the premier educational schools in the United States was doing at the time. Summary reports of the 14 meetings of the Society of Arts Department summaries of what was taught and some examples of what students were working on. An interesting read for those interested in the history of technical education. Press of A. A. Kingman unknown books
1894rif. S2318Berlin:: Julius Springer 1894 1895 1900. 1894. Three volumes. 310 x 240 mm. 4to. Numerous tables and figs. Later black cloth gilt spines. Ex library blind stamps of the Carnegie Institution Mount Wilson Observatory. Fine. FIRST EDITION. Technical articles most of which refer to technical thermometry but includes others on optics electricity properties of metals and more. Julius Springer, 1894, 1895, 1900. hardcover books
1888rif. 43127London: Waterlow and Sons Ltd Printers 1888. 1st Printing. Printed self-wrappers. A bit of age-toning & smudging to wrapprs. Faint unobtrusive paper repair along spine. Very Good. 22 2 blank pp. Printed glosses. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Not found on OCLC. Waterlow and Sons Ltd, Printers unknown books
1950rif. 25251New York N.Y.: Fashion Institute of Technology 1950. 96 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white. This issue of the Fashion Institute of Technology yearbook was dedicated to the textile industry due to this a ".systematic plan of coordination between important fabric firms of this nation and F.I.T. has been developed." Illustrations show the students at various tasks at the school using industrial sewing machines learning drafting modeling fabric design & the formal showing of the finished pieces. Approx. 9" x 12" size with cloth textile covered boards; various sections of the book divided with yellow paper half-sheets giving title of the sections and some illustrated. The graduates section gives portrait photos of the women and men with their educational focus - millinery design management apparel design and textile design. With a map-plan of the school. Advertisements section at back mostly from the fashion textiles industry. Light edge tips wear bumping a little soiling to the binding; contents clean and in very good condition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. Fashion Institute of Technology hardcover books
1988rif. 51935Washington D.C.: G.P.O. 1988. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 118 2; illustrated throughout; original pictorial wrappers; accompanied by a 24-page Summary also in pictorial wrappers; both in a custom-made brown cloth clamshell box lettered in gilt on spine; fine. G.P.O. hardcover books
1988rif. 51235Washington D.C.: G.P.O. 1988. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 118 2; illustrated throughout; original laminate pictorial boards; fine. G.P.O. hardcover books
1884rif. 43183Berlin: Durck der Norddeutschen Buchdruckerei 1884. 1st printing. Printed blue paper wrappers lacks rear wrapper. Age-toning & modest wear with paper repair along spine. Very Good. 11 1 blank pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" Durck der Norddeutschen Buchdruckerei unknown books
1961rif. 223115Detroit: Wayne State Univ. Press 1961. First. paperback. very good. Volume 2 numbers 1 -4. Four volumes. 8vo printed wrappers; just a bit edgeworn and sunned. Detroit: Wayne State University Press 1961. Contributors include Lewis Mumford Roger Burlingame Peter Drucker. The four issues contain essays relating to History of Technology: Soviet & Marxist Views; Man in Space- Past & Future; Technology as Cause in History; Science & Engineering. The cover of Volume One is slightly soiled & edge- chipped; others fine. Wayne State Univ. Press unknown books
1902rif. 231435Indianapolis; New York: Municipal Engineering Company 1902. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. One-half black leather and black cloth binding. Front and rear hinge repair. Light to moderate edgewear to boards with heavier wear at head of spine. Small loss at head of spine. Scrape gouge at top corner of front board with some missing leather. Very Good binding. Municipal Engineering Company unknown books
1897rif. 214450Indianapolis; New York: Municipal Engineering Company 1897. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Bound issues of January-December 1897. Binding is 1/2 leather and cloth. Corners bumped with loss of leather at the tips. Gilt lettering on spine. Boards slightly soiled. Very Good binding. Municipal Engineering Company unknown books
1883rif. 43181n. p. 1883. Reprint stated on front wrapper. Printed white paper wrappers lacks rear wrapper. Light wear & soiling. With a nod to the missing rear wrapper Very Good. 7 1 blank pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6" One holding found on OCLC MIT. unknown books
1978rif. BL2751Washington D.C.:: Smithsonian Institute Press 1978. 1978. Series: Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution 3. 8vo. xiv 143 pp. Index. Green printed wrappers. Fine. Smithsonian Institute Press, 1978. unknown books
1883rif. 43182n. p. Atlanta 1883. 1st printing presumed. Printed self-wrappers. Age-toning & light wear to wrappers which have a paper repair along the spine. Very Good. 14 pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4" Not found on OCLC. unknown books
1968rif. 50496bdWashington D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 1968. Quarto orange cloth hardcover map illustrated endpapers viii 224 pp. Fine. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968. hardcover books
1909rif. 284807Cambridge 1909. First. hardcover. very good. Frontis. 12mo brown cloth. Cambridge: Published by Undergraduates 1909. Very good unknown books
1979rif. 2276528Rochester Institute of Technology 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Inscribed to Kener Bond former assistant dean of the College of Fine & Applied Arts by then dean Robert Johnston. Front hinge loose revealing that a Kodak ad was used as a backer for the spine. Easily repaired and otherwise an excellent copy. 1979 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. A sesquicentennial publication celebrating the individuals who helped make the Rochester Institute of Technology a success. Color photographs throughout. Rochester Institute of Technology hardcover books
1988rif. 45395No Place: U.S. Congress. Very Good. 1988. Softcover. U.S. Congress 1988. Squarish octavo soft cover pictorial cover. 328 pages. Contents clean. . U.S. Congress paperback books
1908rif. 256693New York: Engineering New Publishing Co 1908. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Binding sound with some soiling to covers and light rubbing to extremities; previous owner name on title page otherwise no markings in text. Red cloth binding with black lettering; digital images available upon request. near Very Good binding. Engineering New Publishing Co unknown books
1900rif. 255730Wigan England: Office of "The Science and Art of Mining 1900. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Volume One of this group of Colliery Handbooks comprising Parts I through VI. The copy belonged to one William P. Keane of Coalway Coleford with his name inscribed on the front endpaper. A serviceable copy though the boards are faded and soiled. near Very Good binding. Office of "The Science and Art of Mining unknown books