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BLASTERS' HANDBOOK : DESCRIBING PRACTICAL METHODS OF USING EXPLOSIVES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
by La Motte, Arthur
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Wilmington, Delaware: E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Explosives Department, 1928. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 6.8 in. x 4.3 in., pp. 215. Illustrated with many ink drawings, diagrams, and charts. Gray-green paper boards over dark brown cloth spine. Outlined title in orange and black and Dupont logo to cover. Dark brown title to spine. Light rubbing to edges. Printed on glossy paper. Previous owner's name and address to front free endpaper. Spine and hinges tight. Presentation page bound as front flyleaf indicates this book was a gift compliments of R.B. Ketchum, Dean at the University of Utah School of Mines and Engineering, to J. C. Connors. and is dated 1929.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87440
- Title
- BLASTERS' HANDBOOK : DESCRIBING PRACTICAL METHODS OF USING EXPLOSIVES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
- Author
- La Motte, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Explosives Department
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Dynamite, explosives, TNT
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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