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1902ref. 626j2074London: Whittaker & Co. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1902. Second Edition Revised. Hardcover. "Developed from the notes and exercises the author prepared for his students in Electrical Engineering at the Sheffield Technical School. The aim is to teach the fundamental principles of Magnetism and Electricity in the laboratory and of making careful and accurate observations." - Preface. xii 125 6 ads p. Numerous black and white illustrations. Unmarked with average wear to original blue cloth. A worthy example of this vintage electricity and magnetism text. ; 12mo . Whittaker & Co. hardcover
1997ref. 762G2177Finland: Timberjack 1997. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 254 pages. Index. Glossary. Illustrated with two-hundred colour and black and white photographs. Printed on glossy stock. "This detailed historical account of the evolution of mechanized logging equipment describes how a special breed of inventive people in various parts of the workd designed and build the tools needed to haul timber from the forest. The most comprehensive history of the global logging industry ever written." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Timberjack Hardcover
1982ref. 62403786New York/London: Plenum Press 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 334 pages including index. Proceedings of a world conference entitled "Methane - Fuel for the Future" sponsored by the government of British Columbia held during September 1981 at Delta's River Inn Vancouver British Columbia. Offers valuable information for mechanical and biochemical engineers organic chemists transportation and energy specialists and all others interested in the development of alternate fuels. Clean bright and unmarked but for prior owner's signature upon front free endpaper. Minimal wear to book. Tight and square. Light wear to dust jacket. Nice crisp copy. Plenum Press Hardcover
1920ref. 133c8684London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited 1920. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Second Edition - Revised. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 256 pages. Undated. Circa early 1900s. Over three hundred illustrations many of which recall amazing feats of engineering which have long since been dismantled. Colour plates. Handsome colour-illustrated front board depicts an amazing bridge construction scene. Above-average wear. Various defects. A worthy reading copy of this most engaging vintage engineering reference. Sure to interest anyone with an interest in engineering history. Offered as is. Ward Lock & Co. Limited Hardcover
1981ref. 615c6190Canada: Pergamon Press 1981. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 776 pages. Index. "The only comprehensive fully-illustrated handbook on the physical principles and management of snow snowfall and snowcover." - from back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Pergamon Press Paperback
1956ref. 133G2860USA: American Society of Agricultural Engineers 1956. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Approximately 250 pages. Second printing of the 1954 First edition. Includes an awesome compilation of literally hundreds of reproductions of archival black and white photos of America's earliest tractor models most of which would be long forgotten if not for this book. "Assembles in chronological order the events and dates relating to the establishment merger discontinuance or reorganization of steam traction engine and gas tractor manufacturing companies and supplies some brief specifications of a few of their products" - from Introduction. Sturdily bound in hardcover library binding. Original front cover present. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this exceptionally detailed treatment of this fascinating history. Will provide days of fascinating reading for later generations who have benefitted from the tremendous technological advances described herein. American Society of Agricultural Engineers Hardcover
1898ref. 133G2864New York: John Wiley & Sons 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages plus advertisements. Three fold-outs of figures. Revised edition of the 1890 first edition. Provides designs for steady load snow and wind. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Please note that we are offering Part I only. Parts II and III dealing with bridge-trusses and arches are not included. John Wiley & Sons Hardcover
1957ref. 133a4729New York: McGraw-Hill 1957. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Several hundred pages - almost two inches thick. Attractive bright gilt lettering upon backstrip. Surprisingly moderate external wear to maroon boards. Contents pleasingly clean and unmarked. A nice first edition copy. McGraw-Hill Hardcover
1963ref. 133a5777Zagreg: Tehnicka Knjiga 1963. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 292 pages. Circa 1963 Text in a Slavic language. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Useful working copy. Tehnicka Knjiga Hardcover
1942ref. 301G3897USA: Society of Automotive Engineers 1942. Magazine. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 74 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: Selection of Earth-Moving Tires; Two-Speed Supercharger Drives; The "Square-Wheel" Tractor Goes to Town rubber tracks on crawler tractors aids war effort; Aircraft Carburetor Airscoops and Their Effect on Fuel-Air Metering in Flight; and more. Numerous vintage patriotic/military wartime ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Heavily worn and soiled. Binding intact. A worthy wartime copy. Society of Automotive Engineers Paperback
1986ref. 133c6828New York: Springer-Verlag 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 324 pages. Index. Annotated bibliography. With 84 illustrations. ".Addresses physical problem formulation and engineering design techniques necessary for the effective use of CAD systems specifically meant for magnetics." - from back board. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Springer-Verlag Hardcover
1968ref. 83104159Toronto ON Canada: University of Toronto Press 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 772 pages. Contains 37 papers based on the latest research and findings in the subject by authors from fifteen countries. Covers such topics as climatic factors boundary layer characteristics wind tunnel modelling full-scale measurements on buildings the performance and response of particular structures including towers and bridges and code criteria for design against wind. Book clean bright and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket which bears several short tears. Excellent copy overall. University of Toronto Press Hardcover
1963ref. 651H2505Washington D.C.: The Society of American Military Engineers 1963. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 94 pages. Features: Cover photo of river crossing demonstration by the 16th and 17th Engineer Combat Battalions at Fort Hood in April 1963; Shore power for the USS Enterprise; Hutment Construction in Thailand; Fallout Protection at military installations; The Stalwart - new British cross-country amphibious load carrier; Richard Gridley - First Chief Engineer of the Army; Tracing Sediment Movement with Radioisotopes; Design with Threaded Nails; Inventory of Freeways by Aerial Photography; The Solar Disc; Navy Crane Moment Indicator; Combat Engineers 21 - The Battle for Ipo Dam - water supply of Manila; Wellington's Peninsular Engineers; Geographical Survey of the West 1871-1879; Nuclear Power Plant Field Tests - field testing for the PM-1 and Atoms for Antarctic Power; Navy Mobile Power Reserve; Salvaging Rigid Pavements in Georgia; Geology Study for Navy Pier Construction; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this very informative issue. The Society of American Military Engineers Paperback
1947ref. 133c6756USA: The Texas Company / Texaco 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Topics include: Oil filtration purification and reclamation; Service experience in controlling low temperature engine deposits; The Hydra-matic Transmission; Lubrication of the portable air compressor; Crawler track lubrication and maintenance; Metals grinding machinery lubrication; Inboard marine engines; Lubrication in forging operations; Lubrication of communication apparatus; Automotive hydraulic transmissions; Flow properties of lubricating greases - relationship of apparent viscosity. Prior owner's name on cover of first issue otherwise contents tight clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to boards. A sound copy. The Texas Company / Texaco Hardcover
1946ref. 133c6757USA: The Texas Company / Texaco 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Topics include: Lubricating oil additives; Construction machinery; Factors which relate to lubrication in the Textile industry; Lubrication of airframe and engine accessories; Lubrication of the paper machine; Petroleum asphalt; Aviation fuel volatility; Hydraulic oils for industrial equipment; The Strip Steel Mill; Lubrication of Logging and Sawmill Machinery; Automotive hydraulic transmissions. Prior owner's name on cover of first issue otherwise contents tight clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to boards. A sound copy. The Texas Company / Texaco Hardcover
ref. 125794Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. McGraw-Hill 1969. 431 pages. Some wear on cover corners and spine edges. Several instances of penned marks and notes throughout text. Previous owner name on front blank page. Size: 0 x 0 x 0. Engineering Textbooks 0383 hardcover
1974ref. 241c9929South Africa: C. Struik Publishers 1974. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 204 pages. Index. References. Exhaustively illustrated in black and white with photos and diagrams. "The first comprehensive account of the hand-mills water-mills windmills and horse-mills in South Africa. Traces the history of mill machinery from mid-17th century to today." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon half-title page otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this superb reference. C. Struik Publishers Hardcover
2007ref. 228H2062Canada: Self-Published 2007. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed without inscription by author upon title page. 146 pages. Bibliography. "Takes the reader on a 1783 canoe trip along the Rideau Route revealing the landscape as it appeared prior to any European settlement. Transcriptions and maps of Lt. French's 1783 survey as well as those of Lt. Joshua Jebb in 1816 and Samuel Clowes in 1823-24 are included as first hand accounts of the route. This newly revealed pre-canal engineering achievement will allow readers to better understand and appreciate the enormous engineering achievement of the Rideau Canal. Profusely illustrated with maps and period paintings." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Self-Published Paperback
1960ref. 742H1661The Hague: Zuiderzeewerken / Board of Zuyderzee Works 1960. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 30 x 21cm. 14 one-sided engineering drawings and maps explain how land has been reclaimed from the sea in the Netherlands. Text mostly in English. Features include: Zuiderzee Polders & Neighbouring Reclamations; Depth of the Zuiderzee Before the Enclosure; Soil Chart of the Enclosed Zuiderzee; Enclosing Dam of the Zuiderzee 1927-1932; Cross-Section of Noord-Holland's Polder-Landscape; Southern Flevoland Dyke Building Scheme; Construction of a Polder Dyke; Southern Polders Provisional Plan; and more. Quite informative. Undated possibly 1960 Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Zuiderzeewerken / Board of Zuyderzee Works Paperback
1924ref. 028635New York NY 1924. Including: Over 25 drawings of airplanes and various parts and equipment; about 15 of these avg. 9" x 12" and a group of 8 of identified aircraft on thin tracing vellum. Over 30 drawing exercises avg. 9" x 12" dated 1927 and signed N. Pavese mostly ink for a mechanical drawing class titled problems; isometric; development projection belting and machine details including hand wheel crank shaft bell crank head bolt mortise tenon dovetail lap joints. A few of these drawings with letter grades awarded in the lower margins & some of the drawing exercises are drawn on paper as well as on architectural vellum. Miscellaneous: A couple of penciled lettering & numbering sheets on graph paper dated 1923 for mechanical drawing; inked initials; Amityville H.S. pennant dated 1929; cyanotypes of a monoplane in flight 4 of the same image and a smaller cyanotype of landing gear penciled as 'about 1935' and a couple of aeronautic-theme newspaper clippings. Materials from the early 20th century beginnings of aviation in New York illustrating the educational focus on U.S. manufacturing job in aeronautics; the Cradle of Aviation museum is located on Long Island; N. Pavese used his mechanical drawing & engineering talents to work for several smaller airplane makers as well as for Grumman Aviation on the island. A little edge and tips wear to the papers; clean and in very good condition. . Engineering Drawings. Not Bound. Very Good. paperback
1999ref. 15131Princeton NM: Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science 1999. Paperback. Very Good. A handsome thick quarto paperback publication with illustrated front cover. Reprinted from PEAR publications sectioned by paper with titled cardstock index page: Persistent Paradox; Quantum Mechanics of Consciousness; Engineering Anomalies Research; Random Mechanical Cascade; Remote Interactions; FieldREG; Count Populations; Bayesian Analysis; Series Position Effects; Gender Differences; Analysis and Aesthetics; Information Consciousness and Health; REG Correlations; Science of the Subjective. Most articles include Jahn and Dunne who led the team. Very good copy. Held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. 15 papers x 10.00 = 150.00 bound firmly for ease of use and reference. Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science paperback
ref. 43324Oxford. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. The original 1890 edition.; X; 161 pages . 1890. 136272503X . Oxford hardcover
1965ref. 1133755MIT 1965. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Previous owner's name and stamp on front end paper. Cover has light wear on corners. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. MIT unknown
ref. 135415Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. World Scientific Publishing Company 2002. 280 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Jacket has 1 short tear. Size: 10 x 6.7 x 0.7. Engineering Science/Nature::Chemistry 6039L hardcover
1994ref. 10011Science and Technology Corporation 1994. Paperback. Very Good-. Large softcover conference proceedings. Bit of scuffing and edgewear to covers small tear to bottom edge of cover. Highlighting to small number of pages. 486 pages bibliographies b&w illus. Scarce. Science and Technology Corporation paperback
