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1902ref. 152261902. Anonymous. Technical manuscript on early automobile engineering circa 1905 to 1915 documenting the foundational mechanical and electrical principles that shaped European motor production during its formative decades. Written in French and progressing from theoretical foundations to applied engine analysis the text reflects the rapid professionalization of automotive engineering in the years following the establishment of firms such as Hispano Suiza in 1902. Headings including "Concepts mécaniques élémentaires" and "Concepts élémentaires d'électricité" introduce structured treatments of ignition systems magnetos carburetors cooling mechanisms starting systems and multi cylinder crankshaft design. Several pages are devoted to the Hispano twelve cylinder V engine noting: "Dans le moteur de Hispano 12 cylindres en V. chaque rangée composée d'un seul bloc en aluminium qui comprend la chambre de combustion. Les soupapes sont réglées à chaud et sont en acier nitruré" emphasizing aluminum block construction and nitrided steel valves. The manuscript captures a technological transition from experimental motor carriages to precision engineered touring and racing automobiles situating engineering knowledge within the broader industrial modernization of early twentieth century France. Anonymous. Technical manuscript in notebook form. No place circa 1905 to 1915. Fifty four handwritten pages in an 8 x 10 inch notebook extensively illustrated with pen drawn schematics sectional diagrams and labeled mechanical studies. Accompanied by a contemporary printed automobile exhibition advertisement approximately 14 x 11 inches featuring Hispano Suiza and other marques with illustrated coachbuilt body styles. The structured progression from elementary theory to detailed mechanical application suggests disciplined technical study at a moment when automobile engineering was emerging as a specialized scientific field. Drawings detailing carburation systems electrical current generation spark plug ignition twelve cylinder crankshafts and coachbuilder configurations reflect the integration of metallurgy electrical innovation and luxury design characteristic of the period. The inclusion of motor show ephemera situates the notebook within the culture of early twentieth century industrial exhibitions where technological advancement and commercial display intersected. Minor edge wear to notebook covers and light toning to pages consistent with age; manuscript clean and legible throughout. Overall condition: very good. unknown books
1832ref. 40129Washington. 1832. This British report the most up-to-date description of steam engines at the time was widely circulated. It was a primary document in the beginning of American railroad construction. Printed self-wrappers stitched as issued. Tanning to first 24pp. some minor foxing else bright and clean internally. unknown books
1870ref. 57389Boston: Antique Publishing Co. ca. 1870. Misinformation at the Speed of Steam A scarce and unusual lithograph published by the Antique Publishing Company in Boston mistakenly celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the "first Steam Railroad Passenger Excursion Train in America." The print which features a large image of an early steam train after a silhouette by noted artist William Henry Brown claims that the English engine "John Bull" was run by the Mowhawk & Hudson Railroad Company as the first steam passenger train in 1831 with fifteen passengers in two coaches. The story told by the print cited by numerous books and articles over the years is in fact almost entirely wrong: the Mohawk & Hudson ran one of the earliest steam railroad passenger excursions but not the first. Their engine was named the "DeWitt Clinton" which is clearly the engine pictured in the lithograph - not the famous English steam train. The train had six carriages and carried close to eighty passengers on its first voyage. The DeWitt Clinton took passengers from Albany to Schenectady bypassing the lengthy process of navigating the locks through the Erie Canal. The original artist William H. Brown was a railroad employee and history buff himself and wrote a brief paper about the mistaken print that was discussed by the American Institute in 1873: "The train consisted of six passenger cars; only the two first were represented in Mr. Brown's picture which was cut out of black paper with a pair of scissors a peculiar art possessed by Mr. Brown in an eminent degree. The original picture.Mr. Brown presented to the Historical Society at Hartford where it now is and is highly valued for its antiquity. Some years ago this picture was photographed and lithographed by the Boston Antique Publishing Co. and thousands of copies sold all over the country. Not knowing the true history of Mr. Brown's original sketch.it has been called the English Locomotive John Bull and represented as the first locomotive run in America and thus the whole community have been deceived." This print exists in several states: with and without "Excursion" in the title with and without a printed border and with and without additional printed text on the verso. This is the state with printed border "Excursion" in the title and no text on the verso. In any event all states are scarce - we locate copies of each state at the Library of Congress a copy of the present state at the Metropolitan Museum of Art a copy without "Excursion" at Villanova a copy with printed verso at Harvard's Artemas Ward House and unspecified states at the Peabody Essex Museum Boston Public Library and New-York Historical Society. An uncommon print with a curiously long legacy of misinformation in railroad literature. Lithographic print 12 x 20 inches. Old creases. Several small tears repaired with tape on verso chip in lower margin. Corners dampstained. Good. William H. Brown "The First American Locomotive" in Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York for the Year 1873 Albany 1874 pp.324-325. unknown books
1900ref. D14191900. Very Good. Gilt-ruled quarter morocco and mottled cloth over boards with lettering stamped in gilt on upper board and spine; contains hundreds of pages of handwritten notes charts diagrams schematics graphs and mathematical computations with numerous folding blueprints and 18 cyanotypes 5 x 7. Boards scuffed mostly along the edges; small tear at head of spine; hinges cracked. Internally bright and clean. An account of Barrows test of the Payne Throttling Engine Triple Expansion Engine High Pressure Cylinder the Penberthy Injector Test the Ohio Gasoline Engine and other experiments at Sibley College Department of Experimental Engineering. hardcover books
ref. 4c4389Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited Coventry/England um 1960/1962. Ein 4seitiges Faltblatt mit einigen Abbildungen bzw. graphischen Darstellungen/ein 16seitiges Faltblatt mit vielen Abbildungen quart/quart-quer 1 Heft fleckig und Falzeinrissen. - sonst gute Exemplare / good condition / Enthalten: Bristol Siddeley Gamma MK. 201 - Rocket Engine Reprinted from The Aeroplane and Astronautics September 4 1959 / Bristol Siddeley - Supply the power - Rocket engines / Text englisch - unknown
1962ref. 88679Bristol: Bristol Siddeley Aero Engine School c.1962. 1st edition. Nice Copy. oblong quarto. card covers c.200pp. b/w plates text ills. colour diags. index Account of the design of this famous engine series. Much technical detail. Covers Fuel Systems Aircraft & Engines; Combustion Air Lubrication Electrical & Fire systems. Also Performance Data Starting & Handling Routine Servicing & Fault finding. Very scarce Bristol Siddeley Aero Engine School unknown
1965ref. 30736Bristol: Bristol Siddeley 1965. 1st edition. Very Good. Quarto. comb-binding 72pp b/w pls. fold out engine plans 5 In-house Description & guide to Installation & Performance of the Bristol Siddeley Viper 500 series Turbojet Engines. Covers Mks. 521 522 & 525. Publication Ref. TS 1386/6 this is copy No. 90 Bristol Siddeley unknown
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1950ref. 986511950s. Large square 4to photograph album from the 1950s with over 100 photographs/postcards of traction engines with extra photos - some in colour loosely inseted inside film fronted sleeve. Please contact us for more details. unknown
1902ref. 152261902. Anonymous. Technical manuscript on early automobile engineering circa 1905 to 1915 documenting the foundational mechanical and electrical principles that shaped European motor production during its formative decades. Written in French and progressing from theoretical foundations to applied engine analysis the text reflects the rapid professionalization of automotive engineering in the years following the establishment of firms such as Hispano Suiza in 1902. Headings including "Concepts mécaniques élémentaires" and "Concepts élémentaires d'électricité" introduce structured treatments of ignition systems magnetos carburetors cooling mechanisms starting systems and multi cylinder crankshaft design. Several pages are devoted to the Hispano twelve cylinder V engine noting: "Dans le moteur de Hispano 12 cylindres en V. chaque rangée composée d'un seul bloc en aluminium qui comprend la chambre de combustion. Les soupapes sont réglées à chaud et sont en acier nitruré" emphasizing aluminum block construction and nitrided steel valves. The manuscript captures a technological transition from experimental motor carriages to precision engineered touring and racing automobiles situating engineering knowledge within the broader industrial modernization of early twentieth century France. Anonymous. Technical manuscript in notebook form. No place circa 1905 to 1915. Fifty four handwritten pages in an 8 x 10 inch notebook extensively illustrated with pen drawn schematics sectional diagrams and labeled mechanical studies. Accompanied by a contemporary printed automobile exhibition advertisement approximately 14 x 11 inches featuring Hispano Suiza and other marques with illustrated coachbuilt body styles. The structured progression from elementary theory to detailed mechanical application suggests disciplined technical study at a moment when automobile engineering was emerging as a specialized scientific field. Drawings detailing carburation systems electrical current generation spark plug ignition twelve cylinder crankshafts and coachbuilder configurations reflect the integration of metallurgy electrical innovation and luxury design characteristic of the period. The inclusion of motor show ephemera situates the notebook within the culture of early twentieth century industrial exhibitions where technological advancement and commercial display intersected. Minor edge wear to notebook covers and light toning to pages consistent with age; manuscript clean and legible throughout. Overall condition: very good. unknown
1888ref. 63886Salem Columbiana County OH: Buckeye Engine Company Thos. J. Walton Steam Printing House 1888. Oblong 8vo. 6 86 2 pp. text throughout w/ woodcut engraved borders 4 woodcut-engraved steam engine plates diagrams charts graphs tables text illustrations. Brown publisher’s cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover decorated endpapers scuffing soot soiling around fore-edges old varnish brush marks to fore-edges front cover still a VG- copy. First edition of this very rare original catalogue/manual for the Buckeye Engine Company’s steam engine and one of the earliest to adapt J.W. Thompson and Nathan Hunt’s groundbreaking high-speed variable automatic cut-off engines featuring a centrifugal governor and flywheel allowing for more controllable power supply primarily for sawmills and logging operations. Simeon & Joel Sharp Milton Davis and Joel Bonsall first began manufacturing steam engines and direct-acting reciprocating muley sawmills by 1851 and in 1870 reorganized the business as the Buckeye Engine Co. by 1888 the company featured over 200 employees sales of nearly $ 500000 and produced steam engines sawmills planing mills shingle machines and more. No copies in Worldcat. Buckeye Engine Company, Thos. J. Walton Steam Printing House, hardcover
1919ref. 61612Utica NY: O.J. Childs Co. Fire Apparatus 138 Liberty ca. 1919-1922. 4to. 36 leaves unnumbered. linen-backed silver gelatin photos some hinged most negative numbers w/in negative at lower fore-edge all w/ typed captions & identifying text on versos a few w/ caption on recto below the image. Contemporary black-simulated calf vinyl 3-ring loose-leaf binder rounded corners yapp fore-edges minor edgewear & fraying to some of the linen backing on images minor occasional creasing indications of use wear & bumping to covers still a VG exemplar. This uncommon salesman sample photo album includes excellent original photographs of many significant O.J. Childs Co. fire engines and firefighting equipment manufactured in Utica NY following World War I. These factory images encompass Type “B” Triple Combination on REO chassis; Triple Combination Pump Chemical & Hose Car on Federal 1 1/2 ton chassis; Straight Chemical Equipment o 1921 Brookway 1 1/2 ton chassis; and many other variations thereof. O.J. Childs built their own engines like American-La France because commercial truck engines not only lacked the torque but also the endurance to drive a fire pump for hours without overheating or damaging pistons connecting rods and valves. The images include fire engines supplied to the Morristown NJ Basking Ridge NJ Winsted CT Orenda Hose Co. Griffith IN East Greenwich NJ Mt. Carmel PA Loch Sheldrake NY and many others. Also used by the Childs’ Co. customers were such manufacturers as Dodge-Graham Ford pleasure chassis Packard Model EX White 20-45 Chassis a Ward-La France and many more. Orlando J. Childs organized the O.J. Childs Co. Fire Apparatus in 1899 to take over the business of the Utica Fire Extinguisher Co. who were best known for their chemical fire extinguishers designed and patented originally in 1896-97 by William Pomfret and Thomas Keating. They quickly began actively selling fire extinguishers to businesses individuals and even specialized on fire extinguishers for early automobile enthusiasts during the Brass Era who suffered frequent engine fires. After producing their first Triple Combination Pump Wagon about 1910 they quick espanced into ready-made chemical tank truck fire-engines for rural fire departments. Wallace Childs acquired the Foamite Firefoam Co. in New York in 1922 and in 1926 the entire company was acquired and became a subsidiary of American-La France Fire Engine Co. No similar albums images or catalogues located in Worldcat; See: Mark Theobald O.J. Childs & Co. Foamite-Childs Corp American-LaFrance Corp. Coachbuilt 2004. O.J. Childs Co., Fire Apparatus, 138 Liberty, unknown
1898ref. 61265New York Boston Chicago & East Cambridge MA; Portland OR: Knowles Steam Pump Works The Portland Machinery Co. 1898. 8vo. 136 pp. Nearly 100 woodcut-engravings text illustrations tables 1 large folding engraved plate. Gray flexible softcovers blue & brown lettering decoration front cover affixed printed label for Portland Machinery Co. on front cover some dustoiling edgewear creasing to covers small tear upper fore-edge front cover still a VG- copy. Revised edition of this famed catalogue issued at the height of Knowles Co. pumps including portable boiler & steam engine for fire fighting quick-steaming fire apparatus automatic sprinkler systems mining pumps Artesian well pumps brewery pumps along with specialized refrigeration pumps for breweries and other manufacturing concerns. Founded by Lucius Knowles 1819-1884 he originated and developed both the Knowles Steam Pump Co. as well as the L.J. Knowles & Bro. Loom Works in Warren MA and was one of the first to develop steam-actuated valves. No copies in Worldcat smaller 93 pp. General Cat at Harvard & UCSB. Knowles Steam Pump Works, [The Portland Machinery Co.], paperback
1948ref. 56917Waukegan IL: Johnson Motors Dec. 1948. 4to. 8 x 9.5 in. which opens up into double-sided colour lithograph poster 32 x 19 in. minor age soiling & slight toning at fold creases minor shelfwear still VG bright copy. First edition of this dealer brochure & poster for the introduction of the 10 horsepower Sea-Horse outboard motor which was the last of the high profile 10 horsepower series outboards. The engine was produced pretty with minor design changes to the cowling from 1949-1963 through the merger with Evinrude Motors in 1956. No copies located in Worldcat. Johnson Motors, hardcover
1937ref. 56479Springfield OH: National Supply Company/ Superior Engine Division ca. 1937. 8vo. 21 leaves unnumbered including 5 leaves with typed thumb tabs acting as separators & 7 leaves of typescript & pencil manuscript detailing the Superior Engine customer list in the Western United States & Canada. With 68 silver gelatin photographs printed on glossy photographic stock sized 4.5 x 7.5 in. most w/ text w/in the negative some curving to the images as usual. Original limp brown calf 6-ring binder yapp edges & rounded corners w/ Company name embossed in gilt on front cover minor rubbing shelfwear very minor soiling to lower fore-edge front cover still a VG copy. First edition of this very scarce salesman’s catalogue of maritime diesel engines and stationary diesel engines for generating electricity in factories and power plants. The catalogue begins photos of the Superior Diesel Engine factory in Springfield OH shop views of engines under construction as well as the research & development laboratory. Models 40 50 60 & 80 Superior Diesel Engines are illustrated with cut-away views pistons fuel injection pumps and more. Of particular interest are the extensive typed manuscript customer list for this Superior Engine salesman encompassing such companies as Astoria North Beach Ferry Enterprise Machine Works in Ketchikan AK Pt. Adams Packing Co. in Hammond OR Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co. in Seattle WA Foss Launch & Tug in Tacoma & Seattle Yaquina Bay Fish Co. in Newport OR Diesel Towing Co. in Portland OR Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Hines Lumber Co. in Hines OR Salt River Valley Water Users Assoc. in Phoneix AZ and over 150 others. Superior was founded in 1889 by Patrick Shouvlin who was servicing oil field equipment and quickly grew. In the 1890s his shop adopted the Superior Company name and later made arrangements with National Supply Company to distribute and market their engines. He initially produced gas engines that would run on the plentiful natural gas being produced in the Lima Ohio area at the time replacing steam which was costly to operate and maintain as well as much more dangerous. His engine was well-received and became the standard for pumping oil in the United States. Superior was purchased by National Supply in 1929 and later by White Motors in 1955. No copies located in Worldcat or NUC and printed notice indicates that the salesman was charged $ 100.00 for the book to be refunded when returned. National Supply Company/ Superior Engine Division, unknown
1901ref. 53484Ithaca NY: Cornell University Ehrhart M.E E.E. & Cardullo M.E. E. June 1901. 4to. 3 28 typed leaves; 43 leaves of plates including 7 tipped-in silver gelatin photographs sized from 3 x 4 in. up to 4.5 x 7.5 in. tables on blue-printed graph paper charts diagrams. Half-black calf over black cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover leather corners minor chipping & wear head & foot of spine scuffing to spine wear to corners still VG- copy. This manuscript thesis details the testing and evaluation of the newly developed Parsons Steam Turbine which was invented by Sir Charles Parsons in 1884 and revolutionized engineering across many fields in the Victorian era. His turbine extracted thermal engineering from pressurized steam allowing a rotating output shaft especially suited for driving electrical generators. In 1897 just four years before this work was researched and published the Parsons engine was applied to the ship Turbinia the first ship powered by the very successful enginer. Ehrhart 1874-1941 & Cardullo 1879-1938 were both electrical engineering students at Cornell University. After graudation Ehrhart became an electrical engineer with expertise in turbines for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh and by the end of World War I Ehrhart was a manager of the Elliott Electrical Engineering Company in Edgewood PA nice suburb of Pittsburgh. Cardullo became a professor of mechanical engineering wrote on thermodynamics and later worked as the chief draftsman of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co. before becoming the head of engineering testing for the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. in Buffalo NY. Worldcat locates 1 copy Cornell. Cornell University, Ehrhart M.E (E.E.) & Cardullo M.E. (E.)], hardcover
1955ref. 52197Fond du Lac WI: Kiekhaefer Corporation 1955. 4to. 22 2 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout colour photo illustrations diagrams. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers minor bumping to corners slight creasing very slight shelfwear still NF copy. First edition of this very carce and finely illustrated Mid-Century catalogue of the 1955 Mercury Outboard motors. This catalogue advertises and promotes the Mercury Mark 55e 40 horspeower 4-cylinder Mercury 55 Mercury 25 Mercury 25e the Mark series models and more. No copies located in Worldcat. Kiekhaefer Corporation, paperback
1906ref. 43619Erie PA: Nagle Engine Works 1906. Oblong 8vo. 82 2 pp. Over 50 illusts. some full page many tables & diagrams. Textured & embssd printed softcvrs gilt & blk lettrng & decrtn NF copy. First edition in Spanish of this scarce catalogue on steam engines boilers and machinery intended for the Latin American market. Included are numerous stationary steam engines steam drilling engines boilers for industrial and use in buildings portable steam boilers on wheels along with vertical steam engines with reverse capability many of them to be employed in oil drilling and portable oil rigs. Nagle Engine Works, unknown
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1940ref. C197332Farmingdale: Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. 1940. Paperback . Very Good. Quarto. Contemporary facsimile printed recto only punched and bound in green card folder. Approx 67 bulletins each between 1pp -8pp. Slight wear otherwise very good indeed. 1930s-1940s. Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., paperback
1941ref. C197331Farmingdale: Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. 1941. Paperback . Very Good. Quarto. Contemporary facsimile printed recto only punched and bound in green card folder. Slight wear otherwise very good. Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., paperback
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