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1808ref. 89165Philadelphia: C. and A. Conrad 1808. First Edition. Octavo. Contemporary full mottled calf with morocco spine label; xii 404pp; two unnumbered leaves of plates; 10-pp publisher's catalog inserted at rear. Front joint external thinly cracked somewhat tender but still sound; small marginal loss to second plate not affecting printed area; tiny puncture to leaf c32 costing a couple of characters but no loss of sense. Else a well-preserved internally fresh copy Very Good. The eccentric pagination of the preliminary matter found in most other copies we've seen has been corrected in this copy though whether by the binder or the publisher is unclear. Brief technical essays on mechanical agricultural and scientific subjects culled from contemporary British and American periodical publications; also including an appendix with a complete list of American patents from 1790 to 1804. A not generally noted fact is that the publisher's ads at rear include a substantial announcement for the just "preparing for press" Journals of Lewis & Clark the first official account of the expedition. SABIN 242215. S&S 15102. C. and A. Conrad unknown books
2003ref. 41862NY:: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine. 2003. Hardcover. 0521341078 . Complete in two volumes. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Remainder marks on top edges else both volumes are fine in fine dust jackets. Housed in a fine slipcase. . Cambridge University Press, hardcover books
1974ref. 176821974. The First Ad Spot for a Personal Computer in Print 1974 QST Magazine Vol. 58 number 3. Newington Connecticut. March 1974 edition. 6.5" x 9.5" inches. This edition of QST Magazine an amateur radio enthusiast magazine has the first ever advertisement in print of a personal computer. In 1974 computers were mostly associated with government and research institutions but the SCELBI-8H was the first personal computer to hit the consumer market. Fewer than 150 board sets and assembled systems were ever sold. Later in 1975 the availability of systems based on the more flexible 8080 processor reduced demand for the slower 8008-based product. The company discovered that the demand for books on microcomputers was very high and published several books; the publishing business was sold in 1982. While not much came of SCELBI this magazine is unique as it is the first glimpse of the incoming digital revolution that has changed our lives. In near fine condition; binding is tight and interior is clean. unknown books
1960ref. 224301960. Space and Aviation Military LeGalley Donald P. ed. Ballistic Missile and Space Technology: Fifth Symposium on Ballistic Missile and Space Technology - Invited Addresses. New York and London: Academic Press 1960. First edition. 4to. Volume IV of four titled Re-entry and Vehicle Design. 46 pages. Brown cloth boards with gilt title lettering. Published proceedings from the Fifth Symposium on Ballistic Missile and Space Technology held August 29-31 1960 at the University of Southern California this volume documents high-level invited addresses from a watershed Cold War gathering of over 1000 military scientists engineers and corporate contractors. The symposium was co-sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Ballistic Missile Division Space Technology Laboratories and the newl Aerospace Corporation. It marks a critical moment in the integration of Cold War military strategy with emerging space exploration infrastructure as the field transitioned from classified weapons development toward publicly visible space initiatives. The preface recounts that the symposium was conceived to provide "a free exchange of technical information and ideas among the engineers and scientists working on the United States ballistic missile and space programs." In 1960 this included domains such as "hypersonics aerodynamic heating material structures propulsion communications computers bio-astronautics guidance etc." The featured keynote address by Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever-widely regarded as the architect of the U.S. Air Force's ballistic missile program-is titled "The Importance of Management in the Ballistic Missile and Space Vehicle Programs." In it Schriever offers a revealing fiscal and institutional overview noting "Our budget at BMD this year for ballistic missile and space activities is just about $3 billion. in the last six years something on the order of $10 billion has been put into the program." He underscores that the technical marvels of the nuclear rocket age were matched by vast logistical and bureaucratic scale: "This means people organizations policies procedures-many things." Minor shelfwear light rubbing to cloth but internally clean and tightly bound. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1937ref. 39320Berlin: Deutsche Reichspost 1937. Near fine. Trilingual booklet produced to accompany the Deutsche Reichspost's videophone service exhibited and displayed in the German Pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exposition. Illustrated with black and white photographs this work produced under the Nazi regime shows an operator seated in the "cabin of the television-telephone" equipped with handset and view-screen: "For the talky transmission a highly qualified apparatus made by Telefunken is used a telecine scanner fitted with a Cinema-projector with a constant film transport and optical picture balance works together with an iconoscope in such a way that this scanning apparatus with another iconoscope can be easily interchanged." An uncommonly early work in the development of television and the electronic transmission of visual imagery melding German nationalism with futurism. 8" x 5.75". Saddle-stapled color pictorial wraps. 21 pages. Minor edgewear; faint touches of soil to back cover. Deutsche Reichspost unknown books
1835ref. 6408Boston: Hart 1835. First Edition. orig. cloth backed bds. with paper label on frt. . A very good bright copy. 8vo. There are 7 plates and text illus. . A most interesting and original work that offers Abbott's designs for several different kinds of water driven engines and the materials to construct them. The author however overlooked the simple economic fact that the marginal cost of man power was less than the complex engines. Water power was also quickly displaced by steam in the coming decade. S & S # 29910. Hart hardcover books
1855ref. 53Glasgow: Blackie and Son 1855. First Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth. Very good; occasional spotting to the plates; small wear spot to the head of the spine of vol. 1. 4to I - 2 xii i - xliv 1022 6 adverts pp.; II - 6 1172 4 adverts pp. 52 engraved plates. Morton edited this work from the best contemporary sources for all fields. The purpose was to provide a detailed reference manual for farming that covered the myriad topics confronting those who farmed. The plates are well drawn and illustrate machinery building design and construction etc. There are text illus. as well. The text is detailed providing scientific up-to-date information. An excellent insight into farming techniques of the 19th century. Perkins #1234 - citing only a later edition. Blackie and Son hardcover books
1746ref. 5064Paris: J Guerin 1746. Third Enlarged Edition. First Illustrated. Full contemporary calf. Very good with modest wear to the binding. 8vo xii 1 - 78 2 - privilege pp. 3 engraved folding plates of machinery; title vignette. An effort on behalf of the author to overcome the resistance of craft guilds to the introduction of rolled lead sheeting for roofing and gutters. Rolled lead had been in use in the UK since 1670. But the first mill to produce this product in France was established only in 1729 and met with considerable resistance from the guild of plumbers under whom cast lead roofing was a protected craft assignment. This pamphlet defends the advantages of rolled sheet versus cast lead and also goes into a good explanation of manufacturing techniques all illustrated. This edition it was first pub'd. in 1731 is the first to have the illustrations. The engraver of the plates is identified as Dheulland presumably G Dheulland who worked on Belidor's massive hydraulic architecture book. This copy also has bound in a 19th century tariff sheet for various lead pipe and zinc laminated pipe. J Guerin unknown books
1832ref. 1798Vienna: F Beck 1832. First Edition. orig. blue wrappers. A very good copy. 8vo. A large fldg. plate. Etching glass with flourine had been known since the late 18th century but the dangerous work had been undertaken in only limited fashion. Schmid's pamphlet proffers new methods and techniques to carry out delicate tasks. What is of considerable interest is the attention the author devotes to the production of micrometers for telescopes. The plate illus. all the necessary apparatus. Duncan #11722; NUC cites only Corning Coll.; absent from Engelmann. F Beck unknown books
1910ref. List3897United States 1910. Nine real photo postcards most standard postcard size several postally used with divided backs. Images include families and groups gathered on porches and in yards with phonographs or gramophones lakeside and camp scenes with record players an interior scene showing a man posed beside a piano and phonograph and several portraits of men with tabletop and horn machines. Some wear silvering soiling and handling; generally very good. A group of real photo postcards documenting the domestic and social use of gramophones and phonographs in the early twentieth century. The cards date from the period in which recorded sound was moving from novelty to common household entertainment. Victor introduced the internal-horn Victrola in 1906 and by the following decade phonographs had become recognizable features of parlors porches camps and other informal leisure settings. The commercial growth of the industry was rapid: Victor's 1904 Red Seal recording of Enrico Caruso singing "Vesti la giubba" is generally described as the first million-selling record while less expensive records and machines helped bring recorded music into a broader range of American homes.1 The group shows the machines among families vacationers young men porch groups and domestic interiors centering the new technology in social gatherings during the period. 1 Marc Hogan "How Much Is Music Really Worth" Pitchfork April 16 2015 accessed July 21 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20150501155808/https://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9628-how-much-is-music-really-worth/. . unknown books
1811ref. 614Padua: Tipo. della Seminario 1811. First Edition. Original blue wrappers. Fine. 4to 108 pp. 2 copper engraved plates of the hydraulic ram and details. Dal-Negro's experiments have their origin in the work of Bernoulli and his work on the lateral pressure of fluids in motion. The experiments utilize a hydraulic ram with a sophisticated valve design of his own invention. The valve design is detailed on one of the plates. Dal Negro's work rapidly follows the announcement by the Montgolfier brothers of their design of a hydraulic ram. See Rouse; Roberts Cat. pp. 85-86. Tipo. della Seminario unknown books
1791ref. 1799Flensburg und Leipzig: Korten 1791. First Edition. Later plain wrappers. Very good. . 8vo 24 pp. folding plate. Schrader was a physics prof. at Kiel who was noted for his work in optics. He laments the difficulties inherent in attaining high vacuums and maintaining them. One solution he offers is a newly designed valve to aid mechanical vacuum pumps reach and then maintain higher levels. An interesting invention and solution to a vexing experimental problem. Poggendorff II 840. Korten unknown books
1823ref. 94781823. Warden David Bailie. Irish Geographer. He published "Statistical Political and Historical Account of the United States of North America" "Bibliotheca Americana Septentrionalis and "Bibliotheca Americana." Autograph letter signed April 15 1823 Paris addresses the mechanical causes of boiler explosions in early American steamboat navigation and provides a contemporary technical comparison between low and high pressure steam engine systems operating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The letter records measured pressure differentials and construction details Warden writes in his hand ".The explosion of the boilers in the cases mentioned were with low pressure engines acting with a force of but 4 pounds on every square inch. The high pressure engine of Evans exerts a force of 145 pounds on the square inch. It was in use in Philadelphia before the patent was given to Mr. Gravetich for a similar one whose pressure did not exceed 60 pounds.Evans boiler is rod iron and cylindrical 30 inches diameter." He then mentions steam boats with 60 to 75 horsepower. Signed "D.B. Warden". In excellent condition. Warden further notes prior use of Evans's engine in Philadelphia and compares it to other patented systems emphasizing differences in pressure capacity and design. Warden David Bailie. Autograph Letter Signed. Paris April 15 1823. One page approximately 8 x 10 inches. The manuscript provides detailed commentary on boiler construction and engine performance including reference to cylindrical rod-iron boilers "30 inches diameter" and discussion of steam vessels operating at "60 to 75 horsepower." The document is entirely in Warden's hand and signed "D.B. Warden" preserving a technical analysis grounded in firsthand observation and transatlantic knowledge exchange regarding American industrial practice. Written during the rapid development of steam-powered transportation in the early nineteenth century the letter contributes to the documentary record of engineering experimentation preceding later federal regulation of steamboat safety in the United States. Its focus on pressure tolerances material construction and comparative engine design aligns with broader efforts to standardize and improve steam technology as river traffic intensified along major commercial corridors. Light handling wear; clean and legible throughout; signature clear. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1940ref. 233241940. Dictaphone Corporation factory photographs documenting women and men manufacturing dictating machines in Bridgeport Connecticut circa 1940s showcasing the postwar expansion of women's employment inside a growing communications technology industry. The group centers on Dictaphone's Bridgeport plant at 335 Howard Avenue where workers appear at long rows of benches with recording and transcription equipment tool drawers lamps wiring and partly assembled machines placing this archive within the larger World War II and postwar reorganization of American factory labor. Several photographs give women a central place within that system not as incidental figures but as seated operators bench workers and posed employees inside the production rooms themselves grounding the archive in the history of women's industrial employment as office technology manufacturing expanded beyond clerical use into large scale commercial production. Archive of 21 pieces including 20 black and white and one red photographs ranging from 2" x 2" to 5" x 7" and original envelope. Bridgeport Connecticut circa 1940s. One original company envelope is printed "DICTAPHONE CORPORATION / 335 HOWARD AVENUE / BRIDGEPORT CONN." fixing the factory location. Interior views show crowded production rooms under fluorescent strip lighting with dozens of workers seated at benches operating or assembling dictating machines and related components; in the largest image male workers fill a deep factory floor while several men in the foreground lean into handsets or testing devices at stations packed with equipment. One view shows a male worker alone at a bench in a long machine lined room with belts tools and suspended mechanisms overhead; several smaller prints show women seated at desks or worktables women and men posed together on the shop floor and mixed groups of workers assembled outdoors or around demonstration tables with supervisors and visiting men in suits. The images repeatedly emphasize rows of benches machine bodies cords lamps and standardized work positions while the envelope and repeated factory interiors tie the lot to Dictaphone's manufacturing operation rather than to sales or office promotion alone. During World War II and the immediate postwar years firms producing office equipment occupied an important place in the broader American communications and business machine economy supplying devices that organized dictation transcription record keeping and administrative workflow for corporations law offices and government users. This archive makes that industrial system visible at the level of labor showing how the growth of business technology relied on factory discipline gendered employment patterns and the integration of women into production space during a period when wartime labor demand altered who worked at the bench and who appeared in the industrial workforce. Light edge wear envelope toned. Overall very good condition. A concentrated visual record of 1940s office machine manufacturing placing women's industrial labor inside the production history of one of the leading American dictation companies. unknown books
1986ref. 589802Tolland Connecticut: Gerber Garment Technology 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine. Sales presentation photo album. Small quarto. Measuring 11½" x 10". Heavy duty three-ring binder A-frame stand bound into the lower board illustrated with 36 color prints laid into sleeves. Text facing the image when opened like a book is presumably talking points for the salesperson visible to the salesperson while the prospective customer is dazzled by images of the new technology. Protective sleeves with light rippling and a tiny bit of offsetting from the text pages onto the sleeves near fine. Dated on the final page 1-9-86." A salesman's book offering images and talking points for Gerber Garment Technology's computerized systems for pattern making pattern cutting and inventory management. According to their introductory material Gerber at that time had 1750 systems in place and an international headquarters in Brussels. They have been acquired by another company but are still in business today. A fascinating and presumably extremely uncommon snapshot of the technological revolution in fashion production. Gerber Garment Technology hardcover books
1955ref. 4891London England: Labour Information Office / United States Information Service 1955. Very good. 29pp. Folio. Original printed wrappers stapled. Noticeable toning and spotting to wrappers minor edge wear. Light toning to first text leaf. A rare collection of offprints of three articles which first appeared in the English publication Labour News from the U.S. in 1955 on the subject of automation in the American car industry along with a glossary of terms compiled by the United Auto Workers UAW. Two of the articles were authored by Walter P. Reuther president of the UAW and the third was written by D.J. Davis vice president of the Ford Motor Company. The articles were presented by the authors to a special joint subcommittee of the United States Congress. Reuther reports from the labor perspective writing that automation is welcomed by labor unions but he also points out the many problems of the practice. He also discusses the impending effects of electronic computers on society the responsibilities of employers the productivity of capital the need for growth in consumer markets the need for small business aid and more. Reuther suggests policies such as a more equitable distribution of the tax burden adequate unemployment compensation improved social security a higher minimum wage and other improvements that will satisfy the labor market in the advent of more automation. Davis's article provides the Ford Motor Company's perspective on the issue their definition of automation as well as its economics and effects. The glossary comes from a pamphlet printed by the UAW the same year and provides definitions of a range of terms such as automation servomechanism cybernetics and robot among others. We locate no other copies of this collection of offprints on automation from 1955 providing early information on the effects of computers and perhaps foretelling the advent of artificial intelligence on American industry. Labour Information Office / United States Information Service unknown books
1825ref. 10057Ilmenau: B F Voight 1825. Third Enlarged & Revised Ed. Contemporary paste paper boards. Good with some wear to the binding; spotted and toned throughout. 8vo xxviii 1 - 737 3 - errata pp. An invaluable reference for varnishes lacquer work color and its application to metals glass paper leather canvas woods stone etc. The author was also responsible for a number of other craft and technology guides e.g. his two-volume work on bookbinding. The book offered here covers all aspects of the problems of fixing colors and finishes to all kinds of surfaces. It also includes recipes and notes on polishing and preparing surfaces. Engelmann citing only this third edition; no printings in American holdings in OCLC. B F Voight hardcover books
1793ref. 16057Paris 1793. First Edition. Disbound from a larger volume retaining the plain front wrapper. Very good. 4to 80 pages and 11 engraved folding plates of appliances and buildings. A learned and detailed account of the extraction of potash and various salts written during the frenzied days of the French Revolution. The work is primarily a technological treatise whose effective use did not come into being until 1805 - 1810 the period of effective English embargo of the continent. There is a note on the title stating that this copy was presented by the American geologist William Maclure. Laid in is a contemporary comment inquiring if the work had been registered with the appropriate government committee. See Partington III for a commentary on the authors. unknown books
1976ref. 238791976. California Computer Products corporate newsletter run from 1976 documenting CalComp's expansion from the computer plotters that established its early reputation into disk storage automated tape libraries printers and integrated peripheral systems for corporate and scientific computing. The six issues follow the company's products into working installations at ARCO Getty Oil hotel information systems and other commercial environments while international distribution reports trace sales activity in Europe Canada Iran and Turkey. A recurring "Gallery of Fine Art" supplies a parallel record of computer graphics practice reproducing portraits mathematical abstractions landscapes and other images produced through CalComp plotting equipment. CalComp Newsletter. Anaheim California: California Computer Products Inc. 1976. Six bimonthly issues constituting the January/February through November/December 1976 run. 8.5 x 11 inches. Illustrated throughout with photographs of equipment and installations technical diagrams and computer generated artwork. 1 CalComp Newsletter January/February 1976. Announces the new CalComp 836 "high performance low cost table top plotter" describing a 36 inch drawing speed and intended applications in design laboratories offices and similar environments. The verso "Gallery of Fine Art" includes a portrait submitted by Michael Ward Computer Applications Division Earth Satellite Corporation. 2 CalComp Newsletter March/April 1976. Leads with "CALCOMP UNVEILS HIGH CAPACITY DISK DRIVE SHOWS NEW PLOTTER FOR FIRST TIME AT NCC" introducing the Trident disk drive family and CalComp 960 plotter. The latter is described as a vertical plotter capable of operating at 30 inches per second; the verso reproduces a circular computer generated composition submitted by Bob Matzel of Stanford Linear Accelerator. 3 CalComp Newsletter May/June 1976. Reports "CALCOMP AUTOMATED TAPE LIBRARY AT ARCO LOS ANGELES" describing an installation at the ARCO Los Angeles Data Center designed to process the company's computing requirements through automated tape handling. The "Gallery of Fine Art" includes a landscape generated on a CalComp system and an interior view of the automated tape mechanism. 4 CalComp Newsletter July/August 1976. Leads with "HOTEL INFORMATION SYSTEM USES TRIDENT DISK DRIVES" describing CalComp Trident T 50 disk drives in an EECO hotel information system and identifying installations at the MGM Grand Hotel and the Aladdin in Las Vegas the Sheraton Waikiki the El Dorado Beach Hotel and the Hotel Inter Continental Paris. Its computer art page reproduces a portrait after an eighteenth century subject and announces expanded CalComp organization in Canada and an Iranian distributorship agreement. 5 CalComp Newsletter September/October 1976. Announces a distribution agreement with Agfa Gevaert of Antwerp for CalComp products in Western Europe and an expansion of the company's 1035/235 disk storage systems. The "Gallery of Fine Art" reproduces "Unequal Mass Particles" submitted by Professor Norton Starr of Amherst College's Department of Mathematics a plotted mathematical form generated with a CalComp plotter. 6 CalComp Newsletter November/December 1976. Leads with "GETTY OIL COMPANY USES CALCOMP 936 IN MANY WAYS" describing use of the 936 drum plotting system for seismic exploration financial charts pipeline monitoring and related technical work. A second report describes North American Business Equipment's use of CalComp disk graphics and automated tape library systems. The final "Gallery of Fine Art" presents a multicolored geometric composition submitted by Gary J. Soukup systems engineer with The Upjohn Company produced through a CalComp graphics program and three color pens. California Computer Products occupied a specialized position in the postwar computing industry by producing machinery that converted computer data into stored printed and plotted information. By 1976 the newsletters show the breadth of that business through named installations rather than product announcements alone. ARCO's automated tape library addresses the physical management of large quantities of magnetic tape; Getty Oil's 936 plotting system converts seismic and financial data into working charts; hotel installations connect disk storage to reservation and information systems; and international distribution agreements document the movement of American peripheral equipment into overseas markets. The "Gallery of Fine Art" pages extend the same technology beyond routine corporate output. Their portraits mathematical surfaces landscapes and geometric abstractions show users testing plotting equipment as a graphic medium including work originating at Stanford Linear Accelerator Amherst College Earth Satellite Corporation and The Upjohn Company. No major signs of wear or creasing; sheets remain clean and well preserved. Overall very good condition. A complete 1976 corporate record of CalComp technology moving between data storage industrial computing scientific visualization and computer generated graphic production. unknown books
1816ref. 5914Washington DC: William Davis 1816. First Edition. Contemporary half leather. Very good; backstrip powdering; overall toning. Chancery folio I - 8 pp. 2 folding charts; II Indians - 2 3 - 128 pp. 5 folding charts; III Hassler - 4 5 - 10 2 pp. 3 folding charts. The original report by Hassler of his 'buying' trip to Europe in 1811. Hassler was commissioned by Jefferson to undertake the first coast survey. To this end Congress appropriated $50000 for the purchase of instruments. Hassler travelled to Europe but arrived during the wars and was delayed for years. Upon his return this report was issued by the Treasury Dept. that detailed his expenditures for scientific instruments and books as well as chronometers. All the devices makers cost specifications etc. are listed in the report offered here. Hassler's account is bound up with two other Treasury Dept. reports of the same year - separately issued - that provide information on the expenses of the Indian Department and general and particular information on trade with the Indian nations. DSB VI 165-166; DAB VIII 385-386; Poggendorff I 1031. William Davis hardcover books
1777ref. 4896Copenhagen: Claude Philibert 1777. First Edition. Modern paper covered boards. . Very good bright copy with large margins. 4to 2 xvi 8 440 2 - errata 29 copper engraved folding plates and 6 folding tables; retaining the half title. It would be difficult to overestimate the impact of the Seven Years War on the governments and armies of Europe. The book offered here is part of the general reformulation of military theory and weapon development during this critical period. The French army had established an impressive reputation for its effective employment of artillery. In conjunction with new theoretical works like that of Folard or Guibert tactics and strategy of a modern army were recast. Accompanying this was a serious technical debate on the developments of modern artillery of all kinds. Scheel's book is a candid and very thorough inquiry into the manufacture and deployment of artillery and consideration of changes within the French army. The illustrations accompanying the text are detailed technical drawings for guns carriages shot etc. Claude Philibert hardcover books
1956ref. 231011956. Guided Missiles USSR Coild War Soviet guided missile technology archive documenting Russian weapons development and civil defense planning during the Cold War when ballistic missile systems and nuclear strategy defined global military competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Issued by Soviet military and state publishing bodies these works provide direct evidence of how missile guidance rocket engineering and industrial survivability were formalized taught and disseminated within Soviet scientific and defense institutions. All text in Russian. The archive supports research into Cold War military science Soviet technological education and the integration of weapons systems knowledge with civil defense planning under conditions of anticipated nuclear conflict. Archive of five books published between the mid-1950s and early 1970s encompassing both technical instruction and applied military doctrine. The group includes translated and domestically produced works on guided missile systems as well as a civil defense manual addressing industrial resilience under nuclear conditions. Archive includes: 1 Burgess Eric. Guided Weapons. London 1957; Russian translation: Moscow: Izdatelstvo Inostrannoy Literatury 1958. Illustrated blue boards. 8vo. 325 pages. Technical overview of guided missile systems including propulsion control mechanisms and early missile design principles based on Western research. 2 Lyapunov B. V. Guided Projectiles. Moscow: Voennoe Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR 1956. Illustrated wrappers. 8vo. 136 pages. Introductory military-scientific text explaining the structure and function of guided munitions within Soviet weapons systems. This volume establishes foundational terminology and conceptual frameworks for missile technology within Soviet military education. A few pen markings and ex-libris stamps. 3 Petrov V. P. Guided Missiles and Rockets. Moscow: Izdatelstvo DOSAAF 1957. Illustrated wrappers. 8vo. 118 pages. Expanded treatment of rocket systems and guided weapons likely intended for paramilitary or technical training audiences associated with DOSAAF. Some minor loss to spine and foxing on cover. Binding tight. 4 Marisov V. I. and Kucherov I. K. Guided Projectiles. Moscow: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense. 1959. Illustrated blue and yellow boards. 8vo. 259 pages. Mid-century instructional work focused on guided weapons systems with emphasis on operational and mechanical principles. This volume reinforces standardized Soviet instruction on missile technology. Some pen and pencil markings on title page and back pastedown. 5 Headquarters of Civil Defense of the USSR. Manual on Increasing the Stability of Industrial Operations in a Missile Nuclear War. Moscow: Voennoe Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR 1972. Light blue wrappers. 8vo. 95 pages. Civil defense manual detailing procedures for maintaining industrial productivity and infrastructure resilience under conditions of missile and nuclear attack. Some loss to spine minor markings on cover and title page. Binding tight. Together these works document the convergence of military engineering scientific education and civil defense policy in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War when guided missile technology and nuclear strategy reshaped both warfare and domestic planning. The inclusion of both technical manuals and civil defense instruction shows how missile systems were not only weapons platforms but also organizing principles for industrial and societal preparedness. Light wear including edge wear creasing and handling marks; some volumes with softcover wear and minor staining; binding sound on all volumes; overall very good condition. This archive offers material evidence of how the Soviet state disseminated complex military knowledge across professional educational and civilian sectors contributing to broader studies of Cold War science technology transfer and defense infrastructure. unknown books
1850ref. 4925Woolwich England: Autograph Manuscript ca 1850. Manuscript. contemp. three quarter leather. A very good copy. sm. 4to. There are numerous b & w and color ink sketches. An elaborate military science notebook possibly used for instruction. The author owner is only identified as M Drake. The text is extensive and technical. The author cites a number of authorities esp. in ballistics from the late 18th through the 1840s. The execution of gun carriage schematics shot machinery drawings casting procedures etc. are all beautifully accomplished some are in color or tinted ink washes. There is an emphasis on the engineering and technical aspects of the subjects evincing a modern attitude to military subjects as a science. Exotic topics e.g. liquid propellants for rockets design of gun calipers illus. use of pyrometers metallurgy of iron cannon etc. are also introduced. The scope and length of the manuscript appx. 600 pages are unusual and indicate that it was a record of lectures presented by Drake. Autograph Manuscript hardcover books
1877ref. 11130Philadelphia: Press of J B Lippincott & Co. 1877. First Edition. Original publisher's gilt stamped cloth. Very good; some rubbing and superficial insect damage to the surface of the cloth. 8vo 47 1 - blank pp. 10 mounted albumen prints appx. 67 x 124 mm. A excellent catalog of special purpose engines. Baldwin was to issue a special Japanese export catalog 20 yrs. later in which a number of the engines shown here were to be featured. In addition to these the catalog features a number of engines especially adapted for heavy freight on steep gradients that utilized four pairs of driving wheels. These engines were purpose designed for the mining industry and indeed the catalog contains a number of testimonials as to their performance. The remaining engines were switching or short haul passenger designs. See Romaine for other catalogs of this firm. Press of J B Lippincott & Co. hardcover books
1773ref. 4806Paris: Didot 1773. First Edition. Full contemporary calf. Very good bright; small early ownership stamp on title inoffensive. Large 4to xx 1 - 348 pp. 24 engraved folding plates. This work is a translation loosely based upon a report issued by the School of Mines in Freiburg in 1769. According to Monnet's statements in the introduction the book offered here is modelled on the Freiburg report and only includes material that he was able to confirm by visiting the sites mentioned. The book covers exploration for minerals development ventilation drainage there is a short note in the text concerning the use of a steam engine in Belgium to pump out water and the concentration of ores. Monnet eventually became France's first inspector of mines and appears to have been adept at maintaining his position through the tumultuous political changes in the country during the late 18th century. He was also identified as being a gifted chemist Macquer but did not leave his mark in that field. The associated field of mineralogy is where his presence was most recognized. He published widely and for a time was in the business of supplying collections of mineral samples accompanied by a printed catalogue the cost of these cabinet collections was 150 livres. A superb mining treatise beautifully illustrated with 24 engravings of machinery and plans that represent the latest in mining technology of the period. DSB IX 478 - 9; see Hoover Coll.; Poggendorff II 187-188. Didot unknown books
