Hydraulics, or Mechanics of Fluids, Being Part IV of the Mechanics of Engineering by Church, Irving P - Nov., 1886

London, Longmans Green and Co, 1966, hardcover, 114 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine end touches. Dustjacket price clipped, light edge nicks, some laminate lifting adjacent to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. This history of the development of radio to the satellite age focuses mainly on the inventors; Marconi, Baird, Watson-Watts, and Lord Reith. Illustrated throughout with drawn figures and black-&-white plates.

Harrisburg, Pa: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good -. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: 1883. xx, 574, 5, [1] p., frontispiece map and 54 leaves of plates: 60 in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Original grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Without the separate atlas containing 25 large plates listed on p. [vii]. Whitpain Library Co. stamps on front endpapers. Printed slip attached to front free endpaper stating that the volume was "Compliments of Theodore M. Harrar, House of Representatives." The Whitpain Library Company was a subscription library established in 1817 in Broad Ax, a village in Whitpain Township, Pennsylvania; in 1884 it contained 2,000 volumes. Theodore M. Harrar (b. 1846) represented Montgomery County in the Pennsylvania House in 1883 and 1884. In Very Good- Condition: cloth is rubbed and faded; most of gilt is lacking from spine; three small splits in cloth; one plate is detached but present; otherwise, clean and tight.

This is a hardbound copy of one of the seminal books in polymer science and technology. It is the 1947 publication, presumed first edition, and is ex-library, with stamp and written cataloging on the front flyleaves and a pocket/card on the back flyleaf. 219 pages with tables and index. Cover is sunned and has a stain at upper center; spine has sunning and wear, particularly at the top as shown; pages may be slightly browned; and slight separation from front spine, also shown. Good clean interior with no markings.

Dessau, Germany: Directorium gez. Oechelhauser, 1880. Paperback. Good +. [22] p., 1 leaves of folded plates; 34 cm. Contemporary dark blue card wrapper. Text is in German script reproduced via an early means of reproduction. The leaves of plates are titled: Dessauer Generatorofen, and M. Gladbacher Generatorofen. Final page of text ends: "Dessau, den 23. März 1880. Das Directorium gez. Oechelhauser." This was probably not Wilhelm Oechelhauser (1820-1902), the Shakespeare scholar, but his son by the same name. An early report on the Oechelhauser generator furnace. Very scarce. In Good+ Condition: wrapper is separated, with chipping along edges and fairly illegible writing in black ink; first page lightly soiled, with some notations in margins; minor loss at lower corner of first two leaves; minor chipping at fore-edge of one plate; otherwise, clean and solid.

By Peter Newell, author of "The Hole Book". The Rocket Book, Harper & Brothers Stated October, 1912 First Printing. USED. GOOD+ CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET INCLUDED. 7 1/8 X 8 7/8. Seller's Note: Sadly, (no one is sadder than me) the Front paper paste-down label has been removed from cover. Minor corner-bumps. No titling on spine if printed there originally. Pages are all present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. HOLE-DRILLED straight through the book. RARE IN THIS FIRST PRINTING.

New York: Pergamon Press. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges. ; B&W Illustrations; 135 pages .

New York: The Engineer Record. Very Good+. 1897-98. Hardcover. Volume XXXVII, December 1897 -May 1898. Clean marbled boards with brown cloth corners & spine. Paper spine label with gilt lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with B/W photographs and architectural drawings. X-Library: with some internal markings, including a book plate. Technical, Engineering; Ex-Library; B/W Photo & Drawings; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 576 pages .

New York: The Sanitation Engineer. Good+. 1885. Hardcover. Volume XII, June - November 1885. Text tight, clean & intact. Numerous B/W illustrations. Latest in sinks, toilets, urinals & tubs. Public health, drainage, water supply, ventilation, heating & lighting. Clean marbled boards with modest edge wear. Green cloth tape spine with gilt lettering. X-Library with some internal markings, including book plate. Technical, Sanitation Engineering. ; Ex-Library; B&W Drawing; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 552 pages .

Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, 1915. First edition. Good. Hardcover: A Study Of The Malleable Furnace - Leather bound with gilt lettering on board and spine, embossed furnace worker on front board. Color and B/W illustrations. inside front hinge has separated. Pages are clean, crisp, sharp edges, clear and bright, no tanning. Book has shelf wear and a minor chip to bottom rear board, please see pictures. Size 4.25"" x 6.75"". *****1915 - A wonderful very rare First Edition copy*****

Science Model-Making (1963 Macmillan 1st/4th. Am. Ed. w/Dj) Hopwood, Robert R.: Science Model Making. PHYSICS. MODEL-MAKING. Macmillan First American Edition, stated 4th printing thus 1963. EXLIB. Good Condition/ Good- Rare Original Dust Jacket. Front flap states $4.95 original price. Written by physics master Robert R. Hopwood. These projects are Illustrated with over 100 diagrams on: Astronomical telescope/One transistor radio receiver/ microscope/ steam turbine/ pocket sundial/ electric motor. "Science Model Making is a complete guide to the construction of operating models, and brings together in one volume projects from the various fields of science that hobbyists and amateur scientists like to make. " Ships from United States.