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The Conservation and Improvement of Tidal Rivers, considered principally with regard to their tidal and fluvial Powers

By: Calver Edward Killwick

Price: £150.00

Publisher: JOHN WEALE: 1853

Seller ID: 016348

Condition: VG

Interesting work on the flow and improvement of tidal rivers in the UK. x+101pp, fold out coloured map of River Tyne at rear. Generally a VG clean copy, a fewpaperedges opened carelessly,one with small archival repair. Small 'Thames Conservancy' stamp to title page.Original brown cloth boards,spine nicely rebacked in brown leather/gilt.
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A History of Chemistry, from Neolithic Pottery to Modern Plastics

By: Di Meo Antonio (Editor)

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Marsilio Editori: 1990

Seller ID: 013381

ISBN: 8831752782

Condition: VG

A series of assays by various authors on the evolution of chemical thought and the development of chemical technology. 324pp, well illustrated. VG copy in edge worn dw. Heavy - please enquire for postage costs.
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From Engines To Autos

By: Diesel Eugen, Goldbeck Gustav & Schilderger Friedrich

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Henry Regnery Company: 1960

Seller ID: 016965

Condition: VG

The contributions of five engineers to the development of the internal combustion engine and the motor car - Otto, Daimler, Benz, Diesel & Bosch. 302pp, illustrated. VG copy in slightly edge worn dust wrapper.
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Handbook of Natural Philosophy. Mechanics

By: Dionysius Lardner

Price: £15.00

Publisher: LONDON, Crosby Lockwood & Co: 1877

Seller ID: X013418

Condition: Good

Original brown cloth with gilt titling, slight wear to corners and head of spine pulled, 489pp, a new edition edited and enlarged by Benjamin Loewy, with three hundred and seventy eight illustrations, binding slightly shaken.
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MODEL LOCOMOTIVE BOILERS : THEIR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

By: EVANS MARTIN

Price: £15.00

Publisher: MODEL & ALLIED PUBLICATIONS: 1969

Seller ID: 002125

ISBN: 0853440220

Condition: Good+

Standard work on the construction of boilers for live steam model locomotives. 144pp well illustrated. Contents clean, edges spotted., in edge worn dw
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The J.A.P. Engine : A Practical Guide Covering Motor-cycle, Racing and Industrial Models

By: Fenner A C

Price: £35.00

Publisher: PEARSON: 1952

Seller ID: 016266

Condition: VG

Maintenance and repair guide for these classic british air-cooled two-stoke engines. 190pp, many illustrations. VG clean copy in red cloth boards, with the scarce dust wrapper although this is worn and slightly chipped on edges.
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Plate-Girder Railway Bridges

By: Fitzmaurice Maurice

Price: £50.00

Publisher: E & F N SPON: 1895

Seller ID: 017474

Condition: Good+

Cklassic 19th textbook on metal girder bridges. viii+104, with 4 fold out plates. Contents generally VG, a little wear to edges of fold-out plates, front end-paper removed. Original black cloth boards.
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The Development of Piston Aero Engines

By: Gunston Bill

Price: £15.00

Publisher: PSL: 1996

Seller ID: 018100

ISBN: 1852603852

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Well illustrated account of the development of the piston aero engine fomr the earliest days. 222pp. VG clean copy in dust wrapper.
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The History of Rugby Radio Station

By: Hancock Malcolm

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Urban & Civic PLC: 2017

Seller ID: 016010

ISBN: 1527205401

Condition: Fine

Well illustrated hsitory of the Post Office Radio Station at Rugby covering both technical and human aspects. 237pp. Fine copy in card covers
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Mechanical Appliances Mechanical Movements and Novelties of Construction

By: Hiscox Gardner D

Price: £25.00

Publisher: LONDON, Archibald Constable & Co: 1905

Seller ID: X016866

Condition: Good

396pp, illustrated with numerous drawings, an Encyclopedia of Mechanical Movements etc used in the practical operation of the Arts, Manufactures, and in Engineering. Contents VG, binding slightly shaken, in original red cloth boards with noticable surface wear.
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Electrical Timekeeping

By: Hope-Jones F

Price: £12.50

Publisher: NAG Press: 1940

Seller ID: 016534

Condition: Good

Important work on the subject. 275pp, illustrated. Contnets clean, original red cloth boards rather faded and frayed to spine ends.
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Experimental Researches in Steam Engineering

By: Isherwood B F

Price: £350.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, William Hamilton: 1863

Seller ID: X017270

Condition: VG

2 volume set published in 1863/5. Details of experiments and studies undertaken by the US Navy dept on the efficient use of steam power. Original red half calf with red cloth and gilt title, some scuffing to leather, xxxi/355 and cxii/502pp, Vol 1 with 17 plates and Vol 2 with 30 plates some pull-out, ex Institution of Naval Architects library London with their bookplate in each volume and a paper accession number on the spine of Vol 1. Very Heavy - UK postage £10.00
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The Running and Maintenance of the Marine Diesel Engine

By: Lamb John

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Charles Griffin & Co Ltd: 1939

Seller ID: X019155

Condition: VG

860pp, 5th edition rewritten and enlarged, with a frontispiece, 5 plates and 303 other illustrations . VG clean copoy in blue cloth boards with the rarely seen dust wrapper, a little chipped on edges. Heavy - please enquire for overseas postage costs.
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Magentos

By: Molloy E & Knott E W

Price: £20.00

Publisher: George Newnes: 1943

Seller ID: 017946

Condition: VG

Maintenance and repiar of avaition magentos - Bentix-Scintilla, Scintilla, Rotax, BTH etc. 148pp, well illustrated. Revised and enlarged 2nd editionb. VG clean copy in blue cloth boards, slightly marked
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Skodovka v historickych fotografiich / Skoda Works in historical Photographs

By: Nohovcova Ladislava, Mazny Petr & Vladislav Kratky´

Price: £49.00

Publisher: VYDAl Stary Most: 2004

Seller ID: 015236

ISBN: 8023933256

Condition: VG

Photo album showing the huge range of engineering, transport and military products of this great Czech Engineering firm from the 1870s onwards. 128pp, bi-lingual Czech/English text. VG copy in glazed boards. Scarce.
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Engines & Enterprise : : The Life and Work of Sir Harry Ricardo

By: Reynolds John

Price: £22.00

Publisher: SUTTON HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY: 2000

Seller ID: 017454

ISBN: 0750917121

Condition: VG

Biography of one of the greatest internal combustion engine designers. 241pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in slightly edge worn dw.
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The High-Speed Internal-Combustion Engine

By: Ricardo Harry R & Glyde H S

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Blackie & Son: 1945

Seller ID: 017037

Condition: VG

Classic work on petrol & diesel engiune design by one of the greatest of all engine designers. 434pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in black cloth boards
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Occasional Papers Volume 1 : Civil Engineering

By: Scott Michael

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Longmans Green and Co: 1874

Seller ID: X009765

Condition: Good

Original black cloth with gilt titling to spine, slight rubbing to corners and cloth splitting at the base of the spine, volume one only, complete in itself, 244pp, with folding plates relating to several projects. Inscription from the author at top of title page.
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T C Jones & Co Ltd Power Transmission Catalogue

By: T C Jones & Co Ltd

Price: £10.00

Publisher: LONDON, T C Jones & Co Ltd:

Seller ID: X012064

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth with gilt titling, 131pp, illustrated and with prices, trade catalogue of bearings, drives and belt pulleys etc., undated but looks to be 1930s.
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The Robot Gargantua

By: Taylor Griffith P

Price: £49.00

Publisher: Constructor Quarterly: 1995

Seller ID: 016537

Condition: VG

Full account of the design and buidling in 1938 of a massive Meccano crane capable of being programmed by punched card. 28pp plus many large fold out photographs. VG copy in glazed boards, slight split to foot of spine. Very scarce.
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Papers on Internal Combustion Engines

By: The Institute of Marine Engineers

Price: £30.00

Publisher: The Institute of Marine Engineers: 1922

Seller ID: X019198

Condition: VG

Interesting volume of papers on aspects of early diesel engines ands their marine applications, including a number by Walter Pollock. 595pp, illustrated with drawings etc. VG clean copy in original blue cloth boards.
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WALTER WILSON: PORTRAIT OF AN INVENTOR

By: WILSON A GORDON

Price: £19.00

Publisher: DUCKWORTH: 1986

Seller ID: 000403

ISBN: 0715621270

Condition: VG

Engineering biography of the inventor of the epicyclic gearbox, the basis of the modern automatic gearbox, founder of Self-Changing Gears Ltd, and an important figure in the early development of the Tank. 173pp with illustrations. VG in rubbed dust wrapper.
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An Engineering Archive : A Selection of Papers from the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

By: Winterbone Desmond (Editor)

Price: £58.00

Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishing: 1997

Seller ID: 016536

ISBN: 186058053X

Condition: VG

Facsimile reproduction sof some of the most significant papers delivered to the IMechE over its 150 year history - Stephenson, Armstrong, Siemens, Bessemer, Parsons, Diesel, Gresley, Whittle - a role call of engineering 'greats'. 630pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in red cloth boards as published. Very Heavy - UK postage £7.95
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