Engineering

Hull, Yorkshire, U.K.: National Radiator Company Limited, 1930 159 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of excellent black and white illustrations. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy of this very informative vintage steam heating products catalogue.. Flexible Boards. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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IEEE, Canadian Region, 1995 638 pages. Minimal markings to one page else clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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USA: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1984 413 pages. Printed on high quality paper. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked. Orange cloth-covered boards bear light wear and some sunning along spine. . First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: The Mining Publications, 1922 Topics: Distribution and Genesis of Lead and Associated Ores in Western Shropshire; Boring for Oil with the Diamond-drill; and more. Average wear. Binding sound.. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Schweinfurt: FaG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, 1986 304 pages. Sections include: The History of Bearing Engineering; The Roller Bearing - a Standardized Machine Element; Roller Bearings and Their Contribution to the Progress of Technology; Roller Bearings and Modern Technology. Appendices. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked but for discard stamp upon front endpaper. Very light wear. Excellent copy of this most informative reference. . Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chicago: W.A. Jones Foundry & Machine Company, 1938 128 pages. Many dozens of detailed diagrams and clear black and white photos. Topics include: details of design and construction; explantion of rating tables; explanation of service factors; method of rating reducers; Selection of reducers; Typical examples; Horsepower ratings and permissible overhung loads; Dimensions and weights; Outboard bearings; Assembly diagrams; Information necessary for selecting reducers; Flexible couplings; Speed increasers; Herringbone reducers combined with V-Belt drives; Standard Industrial installation views; Special units and installation views. Above-average wear and soiling. The first 28 pages each bear varying degrees of paper remnants affixed to them - most text and images are unaffected. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this very detailed and informative catalog. . First Edition. Cirlox. Reading Copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: The Mining Publications, 1922 Topics: Modern mine fans; Bauxite resources of India; Magnetic Separator Litigation; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact.. Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Schweinfurt, Germany: FAG, Kugelfischer Georg Schafer & Co. 150 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Expertly illustrated with black and white photos and detailed diagrams. Despite the fact that it appears to have been printed in the late 1960s, this technical work is sure to remain of lasting value to any engineer involved with rolling mill design or maintenance. Chapters include: Calculation of Roll Force and Power Requirements for Rolling Work; Basic Principles for the Design of Bearings for Rolling Mill Equipment; Maintenance and Installation; Examples of the Calculation and Design of Bearing Arrangements for Roll Neck Applications. Unmarked. Average wear. Short opening at bottom of front hinge. A sound working copy. . Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Canada: Canada Wire and Cable Company, 1950 287 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Detailed diagrams. Features "Canada Tru-Lay steel wire rope for every purpose". Contents include: Flattened Strand; Wire Rope Slings; Wire Rope Fittings; Care and Maintenance; Splicing of Wire Rope; Excavating and Contracting Ropes; Industrial Ropes for Material Handling; Ropes for Mining; Logging Ropes; Marine Ropes; Gas and Oil Well ropes; Elevator Ropes; Engineering data; Glossary. Diagrams of the High Lead, North Bend/Tight Skyline, Skidder, Slack Line, and Tyler Systems of log transport. Great series of photos demonstrating how to splice a very thick wire rope. Decorated black imitation leather covers. Prior owner's detaills inside front cover. Binding somewhat tender but intact. Average soiling and wear. A worthy copy of this nostalgic, interesting and informative volume.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Koppers Co. Inc, American Hammered Piston Ring Division, 1945 57 pages. "Offered for the purpose of acquainting the engineering personnel operating U.S. Maritime Commission's Liberty and Victory Ships with the piston ring details for engines and pumps using piston rings." - from title page. Company representative's sticker inside front board. Ink stamp of "Chief Engineer SS Henry Austin" atop front free endpaper. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy with attractive gilt lettering and decoration upon red front board. . Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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A single thick cirlox bound volume in stiff plastic wraps containing collections of two different publications: The Lenkurt Demodulator - 02/65, 01/65, 12/64, 11/64, 10/64, 9/64, 8/64, 2/64, 1/64, 12/63, 11/63, 10/64, 9/63; and RTTY - 3/63, 2/63, 12/62, 11/62, 10/62, 9/62, 8/62, 7/62, 6/62, 5/62, 4/62, 3/62, 1/62, and 2/62. The Lenkurt Demodulator was published monthly by Lenkurt Electric of Vancouver, British Columbia for individuals interested in multi-channel carrier, microwave radio systems and allied electronic products. RYYT was published by RTTY, Inc. of Pasadena, CA and presented news of amateur RTTY. Moderate wear. Solid condition. Each of these volumes was mailed to a Mr. R.J. Prosser, whose name is screen printed atop front cover. We surmise that Mr. Prosser may have been an official with Lenkurt Electric. Spine leaning. An interesting and informative collection with many illustrations throughout. . Cirlox. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Canadian Prestressed Concrete Institute, 1982 Multi-paginations - approximately one inch thick. Chapters as follows: Assembly concepts; Product information and capability; Design of precast and prestressed concrete elements; Analysis and design of precast and prestressed concrete structures; Architectural precast concrete; Design of connections; Related considerations; General design information. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Light wear. Nice bright and tight copy in orange cloth-covered boards. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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British Columbia: The Association of British Columbia Professional Foresters and the Centre for Continuing Education, the University of British Columbia, 1979 238 pages. Papers presented at a conference held April 2 & 3, 1979 at the Sheraton-Plaza 500, Vancouver, B.C. Clean, bright and unmarked (but for title written along spine) with very light wear. Sunning to spine. Excellent copy. . Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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USA: Euclid Division, General Motors Corp., 1955 26 pages. "Provides a method of estimating production and costs for "off-the-highway" haulage and earthmoving equipment... will allow the estimator to determine how many and what size haulage units are required for any particular job, and the estimated cost of hauling a cubic yard or ton." - from page 1. Prior owner's name blacked out atop title page. Somewhat above-average wear. . Stapled. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Concrete Publications, 1966 468 pages. Features: Some on-site systems of Industrialised Building - I; West Hendon Police Station; A Rapid Method for the Preliminary Analysis of Parabolic Arches; New Concrete Chimneys - Eggborough, Cockenzie, York University; A Large Prestressed Concrete Reservoir in Essex; Some New Water Towers; Properties of Beams of Triangular Cross-Section; New Hospital at Barking; Football Stand, Galashiels; An Assessment of Industrialised Building; Charts for the Design of Helical Stairs with Fixed Supports; Some Unusual New Buildings; Porewater Pressure in Concrete; Some On-site Systems of Industrialised Building - II; Construction at the Fawley Power Station; Collapse of Cooling Towers; Economics of Bridge Design; Some On-Site Systems of Industrialised Building - III and IV; A Nomogram for Foundation Pressures; Creep and Shrinkage of Lightweight Concrete; Tubular Scaffolding - I and II; A Proposal to regulate grading of aggregates; The Distribution of Shear in Rectangular Beams - I and II; Shrinkage and Deflection of Composite Prestressed Concrete Beams; Sections subjected to temperature and Direct Stress; Design of Octagonal Pile-Caps; Industrialised-Building Systems with Factory-Made Components - Tall Buildings - I and II; Formulae and Notation for Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete; Computed Parameters for Axially-loaded Non-Prismatic Members; The Thetatron; Basic Application of Virtual-work Methods to Slab Design; Prestressed Concrete Sleepers; Economical Distribution of Reinforcement in Rectangular Slabs; Developments in Precast Concrete for Tunnels; The Use of Computers in the Analysis of Multi-Storey Rigid Frames; The Thetatron Experiment; Industrialised-building Systems with Concrete Components; The Design of Prestressed Members Subjected to Axial Force and Bending; Foundation Construction - Recent Examples; Minimum Volume of Uncurtailed Orthagonal Reinforcement in Freely-supported Slabs; Pressure of Granular materials; Industrial Building Systems with Concrete Components; The General Principle of Superposition in the Design of Rigid-Plastic Plates; Architectural Awards; Analysis of Multistorey Buildings Stiffened by Shear-Walls; New Urban Roads in Britain; Analysis of Slabless Stairs; Biaxial Bending - An Alternative Approach - I; Design of Rectangular Plates with Banded Orthotropic Reinforcement; Non-Rectangular Slabs with Orthotropic Reinforcement; New Concrete Construction in the USA - Phoenix Convention Center; Rubber in Structural Engineering; Gunite-coated Pipes in Sea-water; Leaks in Concrete Structures at Formwork Ties; Biaxial Bending - An Alternative Approach - II; Elastic Analysis of Rectangualr Slabs Supported at Corners; Experimental study of a continuous Two-span Folded-Plate structure; Sea Scaffold Structures; Analysis of Continuous Slabs Supported on Columns; Economic Design by the Ultimate-load Method; Physical Bending - an alternative approach - III; and more. Prior owner's name in gilt upon front board. Unmarked with light wear and external soiling. Tightly bound. A quality copy. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Germany: Schmidt and Klaunig, 1934 140 pages. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name atop title page. Prior owner made numerous neat red lines in margins to indicate important sections. A sound copy. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Concrete Publications, 1965 470 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Topics include: Some New Concrete Bridges; Stithians Dam; Cruachan Dam; Prestressed Precast Concrete Construction at Cardiff; A Calculator for Concrete Mixes; Motorway M6 - Preston/Lancaster Section; New Equipment for Concrete Road Construction; Piccadilly Plaza Building Manchester; Prestressed Concrete Pressure-Vessel for Wylfa Nuclear Power Station; Building Constructed over a Railway Tunnel; Large Cooling-water Chambers at Tilbury; Sewage Works, Dalmarnock; Sewage Works, Godstone; Restrained Ribbed Slabs with Distribution Ribs; Library and Swimming Baths, Hampstead; The Analysis of Symmetrically-loaded Circular Conical Shells - I; Early Concrete Buildings in Britain; Precast Construction of Asbestos-cement pipe factory, Eire; A Precast Concrete Fire-drill Tower; A Cantilevered Concrete Grandstand - Coventry City Football Club; Pierced Shear-Walls - I; Modern Designs for Prestressed Concrete Bridges; Stockbury Viaduct; The Analysis of Symmetrically-loaded Circular Conical Shells - Parts II and III; Oil-Tanker Jetty at Milford Haven; Repairs to Piles in Sea-water; Market Hall, Wakefield; Pierced Shear-Walls - II; Developments in Formwork for concrete structures; Air-Permeability of Concrete; A simplified Method of Analysing Free-standing Stairs; Pierced-Shell-Walls - III; Recent Lightweight-Concrete Structures; Prestressed Concrete Pressure-Vessels; Research on Concrete Structures in Nuclear Engineering; Stresses in Wide-Flanged T-beams; Members Subjected to Bending and Thrust; Town Hall Extension, Ealing; Foundations and Other Construction Below Ground; The G.P.O. Tower during construction; The Design of the G.P.O. Tower, London; Data for Load-Factor Design of Beams and Slabs; The Interaction of Parallel Frames; A Pioneer of Concrete - George Semple of Dublin; Fatigue Behaviour of High-Yield Steel Reinforcement; A Computer Programme for the Analysis of the Effects of Torsion; Design of Continuous Concrete Slabs Supported on Steel Beams; Concrete Roads in Nigeria; Economic Design by the Ultimate-Load Method - Parts I, II and II; Cracking of Slabs Spanning in Two Directions; Design of Bow Bridge Intersection; Membrane Analysis of Parabolic Conoids; Concrete Dam in Yorkshire - The Thruscross Dam; A Code for Structural Lightweight-aggregate Concrete; A New Gauge for the Measurement of Internal Strains in Concrete; Circular Members Subjected to Bending and Thrust; Recent construction of silos; and more. Prior owner's name in gilt upon front board. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tightly bound. High quality copy. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Concrete Publications, 1964 456 pages. Frequently illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Topics include: New Dams in the UK; New Marine and Riverside Structures; Loading Tests on Large Bored Piles in Clay; New Zealand House, London; Some New Ecclesiastical Structures; The Economic Design of Members Subjected to Shearing (Ultimate-load Method) - parts I and II; Concrete Structures in Israel; The Principal Post-Tensioning Systems for Prestressed Concrete; Loading Tests on Deep Bored Cylinder Foundations; Precast construction of a training college; Prize-winning Designs for a Motorway Bridge; Research on Concrete Members Reinforced with Deformed Bars; The Inelastic Space Frame - Prestressed Concrete; Concrete Construction at Tinsley Park Steelworks; Construction of Student Hostels; The Counteraction of the Self-weight of Prestressed Concrete Beams; Pressures in Containers of Granular Materials - Parts I and II; Reconstruction of Benghazi Harbour; Model to Determine Temperature Effects on a Cylindrical Structure; A Specification for Concrete; Effects of Oiling and Grouping Prestressed Wires; Continuous Bridges on Elastic Supports; Developments in Foundation Engineering; Progress at Nuclear Power Stations; Removable Wide-slab Construction of a Car-Parking Building; Stresses in Stiffening Beams of Skewed-slab Bridges; A Theory of Bonding - Parts I, II and III; Extensions at Gatwick Airport; Research by the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete; The Design of Concrete Hinges; Installing Pipe-lines by the Thrusting Process; Critical Loads of Plane Frames; Tunnelling Machines for Tube Railways; The Analysis of Stairs with Unsupported Intermediate Landings; The Newark By-pass Road; Special Boundary Conditions in Membrane Shells - Parts I and II; A Multi-Storey Car Park at Leeds; Bridges on the Newark By-Pass Road; Tests on Helical Stairs; Bridges on the Heads of the Valleys Road; Chimney's Constructed with Precast Blocks; New Bridges on the New Motorways - Parts I and II; Practical Analysis of Frames with Beamless Floors; Stiffness Coefficients for Cylindrical Shells; Rapid Construction of a Precast Concrete Building; An Approximating Analysis for Shallow Shells of Translation; Ultimate-Load Analysis of an Edge-Loaded Rectangular Slab Resting on Soil; and more. Prior owner's name in gilt upon front board. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tightly bound. High quality copy. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: United States Department of the Interior, Burea of Reclamation, 1934 75 pages of detailed text plus dozens of fold-out engineering drawings plus construction program. Somewhat above-average external wear but contents clean and sound. No markings noticed. Binding intact. A wonderfully historic item.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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USA: The Texas Company / Texaco, 1947 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.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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UK: Self-Published, 1950 108 pages. Includes signed presentation letter from the private secretary to Mr. J.M. Laing. Colour illustrated endpapers. Excellent black and white engineering photography throughout. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this handsome work.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Association Copy. more information

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USA: The Texas Company / Texaco, 1946 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.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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UK: Drysdale, 1955 59 pages. Black and white photos. Detailed drawings. Handbook for Superintendant Engineeers, Chief Draughtsmen, Engineer-Officers and others responsible for the selection, installation and running of Drysdale Centrifugal Pumping Machinery." - Subtitle. Large piece clipped from front free endpaper. Minimal markings. Average wear. A sound copy. . Reprint of Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: McGraw Hill, 1917 340 pages including index. Chapters include: the nature of the machine; motion in machines; velocity diagrams; the motion diagram; toothed gearing; bevel and spiral gearing; trains of gearing; cams; forces acting on machines; crank effort and turning movement diagrams; machine efficiency; Governors; Speed Fluctuations; flywheel weight; accelerations in machines; machine balancing. Bright gilt lettering upon spine. Some writing upon front endpaper. Minimal markings to contents. Partial lean to spine. Average wear. Good working copy. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London/New York: The Electrical Engineer Institute of Correspondence Instruction, 1906 It is unclear whether or not these eight volumes constitute an entire set. Dates vary from 1902 through 1906. Black and white diagrams and occasional photos. Each volume measures approximately 9" x 6" and together they occupy 9" of shelf space. Question papers included. Topics: Arithmetic, Mensuration, Algebra, Geometry, Logarithms, Trigonomety, Mechanical Drawing, Physics, Mechanics, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Strength of Materials; Mechanics, Alternating Current Machinery, Electric Light and Power Wiring, Commercial Instruments and Measurements, Installation and Management of Isolated Dynamo Plants, Power Transmission by Alternating Currents, Applied Mechanics and Machine Design, Thermodynamics, The Steam Engine, Principles of Electricity and Magnetism, Laboratory Instruments and Measurements, Construction and Operation of Dynamo-Electric Machinery, The Transmission of Electrical Energy, Electric Lighting, Electric Railways, Electric Bells/Burglar Alarms/Annunciators, Telephony, Telegraphy, Applications of Electricity to the Arts and Industries, Construction and Operation of Dynamo-Electric Machinery, Direct Current Generators and Motors, Design of Direct Current Dynamos and Motors, Design of Alternating Generators and Synchronous Motors, X-Ray Apparatus and its Manipulation, Primary Batteries, Storage Batteries. Above-average external wear to all volumes. Hinges and bindings intact with but a few exceptions. Worthy reference copies of these highly informative and nostalgic volumes from very early in the history of Electrical Engineering. . Three-Quarter Leather. Reading Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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U.K.: Thos. Firth & Sons, LTD 82 pages. "Being a Text-book of Data collected from Investigations in the Research Laboratories and in the Works of Thos. Firth & Sons, LTD., Sheffield." - from title page. Chapters include: The Requisitioning of Stainless Steel; Stainless Steel and its Manufacture; The Working and Treatment of Stainless Steel; The Strength of Stainless Steel as Shewn by Mechanical Tests; The Mechanical Strength of Stainless Steel at High Temperatures; General Physical Properites; Resistance to Rust - Corrosion Resisting Properties; The Effect of Various Reagents upon Stainless Steel; Contact with Other Metals; Stainless Iron. Illustrated. Undated. Circa 1950s? Unmarked. Moderate wear. Bright gilt lettering to front board and spine. Spine leaning. Binding intact. Nice clean copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Roscoe Moss , 1985 250 pages. Index. Author inscribed and signed the front free endpaper with the name 'Kenny'. Laid inside front cover is a letter from author to a friend apparently affiliated with the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association. This interesting letter is also signed "Kenny." According to the letter, it would appear that a total of three unnamed authors are responsible for this work. True to its title, this excellent reference includes the following chapters, most of which are broken down into many sub-chapters: Well Designs (gravel envelope, naturally developed); The Engineer's Decision - Selection of Design; General Considerations; Scope of Work and Qualifications; Casing and Screen; Drill Fluid; Drilling and Logging; Formation Stabilizer and Filter Pack; Preliminary Well Development; Development and Test Pumping; Logs and Records; The Owner, The Engineer, and the Well. Appendix A - Preparing Specifications. Appendix B- Casing Collapse Strength. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is preserved in a Brodart cover. An extra special copy of this otherwise rare and highly technical yet thorougly practical work. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1922 629 pages. Average wear. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Binding sound. Quality copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton Well over 590 pages with many vintage advertisements. Red decorated flexible boards. Contains the following sections: Steam; Steam Generation; The Steam Engine; Steam Turbines; Condensers; Gas and Oil Engines; Air Compressors; Air, Ventilation and Heating; Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machinery; Machine Tools; Pipes, Beams, Girders, Columns, etc.; Friction and Power Transmission; Gas for Heating, Lighting and Power; Pyrometry; and more. Front hinge gone. Former owner's name inside back board. Creasing to each boards has caused some wrinkling to fabric. Quite a nostalgic volume.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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USA: Academic, 1967 330 pages. "Deals with the problems of stability of parallel laminar flows. All systems are considered, including channel flows, pipe flows, jets, wakes, free-shear layers, and the boundary layer... Numerous illustrations and graphs amplify the text." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear to book and minor wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: D. Van Nostrand Company 565 pages. Index. For the use of Engineers, Manufacturers,and Students. From the "Specialists Series." Undated. Presumably circa early 1900s. 194 illustrations including numerous fold-out detailed drawings. Only moderate rubbing to gilt lettering and decoration upon dark blue cloth exterior. Prior owner's name atop half-title page else unmarked. Binding and hinges intact. Above-average but not excessive wear externally. Nice original copy of this classic reference.. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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University of Toronto Press, 1970 234 pages. References, bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. "This comprehensive analysis of permafrost - its origin, definition, and occurrence, and the effect it has on industry and agriculture - will be invaluable to the growing number of people working in the north and to those interested in its development." - from dust jacket. Prior owner' details neatly upon front free endpaper. Average wear to book. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Sound reference copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Edward Arnold, 1916 288 pages. Index. Black and white diagrams and illustrations. Fold-out 3-panel plan of Newreg Colliery. Intended "to provide students of coal mining and young surveyors with an explanation of the elementary principles which are applied to the practice of mine surveying and with a description of the constructional details of the instruments in common use." - from Preface. Markings throughout. Additional information laid inside back board and affixed to back endpaper. Above-average wear. Reading copy only. . Hard Cover. Reading Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1992 299 pages. Index, notes, bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "Shows that the social implications of technological revolution have been very uneven." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Worthy reading copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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USA: Office of the Oceanographer of the (U.S.) Navy, 1976 764 pages. Subject index. List of acronyms. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and line diagrams. "Because of escalating interest in what is required to accomplish useful work in the ocean environment, questions are being asked about manned submersibles: How do they work? Are there laws that govern their construction and employment? What are they capable of doing? If they are involved in an emergency, what can be done to assist them? What are their limitations? (The Author) has compiled an extensive review of the development and operation of manned submersibles, providing the marine scientist, engineer and surveyor... as well as the uninitiated explorer of the ocean depths... with many answers to questions about these unique vehicles." - Rear Admiral J. Edward Snyder, USN - Oceanographer of the Navy. Chapters include: Design and Operational Considerations; Contemporary Submersible Development; Manner Submersibles 1948-1974; Pressure Hulls and Exostructures; Ballasting and Trim Systems; Power and its Distribution; Maneuverability and Control; Life Support and Habitability; Operational Equipment, Navigation, Manipulators; Scientific and Work Equipment; Sea and Shore Support; Certification, Classifcation, Requirements; Emergency Devices and Procedures; Emergency Incidents and the Potential for Rescue. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name inside front board. A sound working copy of this excellent reference.. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1951 290 pages including index. Moderate wear and soiling. Faint stain to front board. Attractive volume with gilt and red trim. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Canadian Wood Council/Conseil Canadien du Bois, 1996 358 pages. Index. "... Intended to help designers apply the fire safety requirements of the National Building Code of Canada for all buildings. This is a companion, explanatory document to the NBCC." - from Foreward. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy.. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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UK: Arnold, 1999 707 pages. Index. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. Quality copy. . Fourth Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942 132 pages including index and bibliography. "Offers a series of lab exercises that suggest many commercial acceptance tests. These tests have been adapted to ordinary school or college lab equipment and may all be done in the usual three hour period." - from preface. illustrated in black and white. Contents lightly yellowed else clean and unmarked. Light wear to grey boards. Very nice copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932 313 pages. Prior owner names neatly upon front endpaper else unmarked with average wear to book. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket. A sound copy.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Noyes Data Corporation, 1979 348 pages. Chapters include: Basic Concepts; Comparison of water-source and air-source heat pumps in Northern Environment; Evaluation of the air-to-air heat pump for residential use; Three experimental studies; Aces water-to-air system; The solar-assisted heat pump; Performance evaluation of 3-ton air-to-air heat pump; Compressor capacity control; Controlling noise. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. Worthy working copy. . Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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USA: McGraw-Hill, 1908 284 pages. Black and white diagrams. Index. Binding intact. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: E. & F.N. Spon Ltd, 1960 239 pages including index. The implications of radioactivity in regard to water supply and waste water disposal are covered in full detail, as are the problems of disposing of radioactive solid wastes and radioactive gases. The first half is fundamental in nature, explaining the problems which have to be understood when dealing with radioactive material. The second half deals specifically with the treatment and disposal of liquid, solid and gaseous radioactive wastes, and it includes valuable information on the results of laboratory work, and on the experience gained in operating treatment plants in different parts of the world. Book very clean with light wear. Gift plate upon title page. Prior owner's rubber stamp upon front endpaper (2x) else unmarked. Dust jacket price-clipped and bears some small tears and shows moderate edge-wear. Very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: C.S.P.I., 2002 470 pages. Light wear. Unmarked. Please note: First 22 pages were exposed to moisture at fore-edge, resulting in gentle undulating and faint staining. A sound working copy of this excellent reference. . Second Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Talonbooks Ltd, 2000 175 pages. Index. References. Copiously illustrated with archival black and white photography. "Like all great historic landmarks, the Lions Gate Bridge remains a source of powerful, sometimes illuminating, sometimes mysterious stories of the people and times which gave birth to it. In addition to celebrating this bridge and its grand design, this work sets out to reveal these stories for the first time, including the unresolved violation of nationhood the building of the bridge on Native land entailed. Most mysterious of all is the figure of the man who both conceived and built this great enterprise. A.J.T. Taylor is a character straight out of Ayn Rand: ambitious, shrewd, visionary, fearless, competitive, a man given to great economic and political risk, he appears to triumph in the embrace of Britain's nobility, high society, and financiers he has courted, and who appear to make the completion of his project both physically and politically possible." - Signed upon title page by Donald Luxton else clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this impressive volume.. Signed. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982 161 pages. Index. 117 figures. "A complete, self-contained discussion of hydrodynamics for geologists and geophysicists actively searching for accumulations of oil and gas." - from back board. Corporate library stamp upon front free endpaper and fore-edge else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Quality copy. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pergamon, 1970 429 pages including bibliography and index. Black and photographic plates. "Will prove to be of great interest to engineers working for engine manufacturers, development companies, refrigeration plant manufacturers, heating installers and equipment manufacturers, etc. throughout the world." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's details neatly printed inside front board else book clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket bears average wear and a variety of small tears. Solid working copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: The Viking Press, 1954 281 pages. Index. 16 pages of fascinating black and white photographic plates. "The inside story of Hitler's 'secret weapon' - and the men and events behind it - that almost changed the course of history." - from dust jacket. Author was a German General and head of the Peenemunde Rocket Station. Prior owner's details neatly atop front free endpaper else contents clean and unmarked. Light wear to book. Binding tight and square. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in Brodart. A sound copy of this important history.. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Arizona: Desert Laboratories, 1961 Approximately half an inch thick. "Covers the fundamentals of estimating costs and outputs of excavating equipment for the mining industry." - from Preface. Topics include: Ownership and operating costs; Engineering fundamentals; Loading equipment; Transportation equipment; plus appendices. Name blacked out atop front cover. Above-average wear. Binding sound. A solid working copy. . Cirlox. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York/London: Plenum , 1982 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. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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