There are 596772 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribeJohnson (Walter R.) Comparison of Experiments on American and Foreign Building Stones to determine their Relative Strength and Durability, first edition, 20pp. offprint from 'The American Journal of Science and Arts', vol.XI, Second Series, January 1851, slight browning at edges, ex-Franklin Institute Library copy with ink number at head of title and label, modern wrappers, preserved in cloth folder, 8vo, New Haven, 1850.
Kelvin (William Thomson, Lord) and Peter Guthrie Tait. Treatise on Natural Philosophy, vol.1 (all published), first edition, one gathering becoming loose, Oxford, 1867; Elements of Natural Philosophy, Part 1 (all published), Oxford, 1873; Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Part 1 (all published), 2 vol., Cambridge, 1890, half-titles, diagrams, advertisement leaf at beginning of the last, the second and third with ink signatures on titles, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo (4).
Kelvin (William Thomson, Lord) Mathematical and Physical Papers, 6 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol.3 with errata slip tipped in after errata leaf and advertisement leaf at end, vol.6 with advertisement leaf at beginning, 29 plates and tables, some folding, illustrations, ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper of some volumes with portrait of Kelvin laid down on front paste-down of vol.1, a few pencilled annotations, original green cloth, 8vo, Cambridge, 1882-1911.
Kelvin (William Thomson, Lord) Notes of Lectures on Molecular Dynamics, and the Wave Theory of Light. Delivered at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, first edition, papyrographic reproduction, original cloth, very slightly rubbed, Baltimore, 1884; and a copy of the first letterpress printing published in 1904, 4to &8vo. *** Reproduction of stenographer's handwritten text compiled from his short-hand notes taken during the lectures.
Kircher (Athanasius) Phonurgia nova sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & naturae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title-vignette, portrait, 2 plates and 17 illustrations in text, woodcut decorations and illustrations and diagrams throughout, lacking half-title(?) and final blank, frontispiece defective at fore-edge lacking a portion c.8cm x 2cm, some spotting, lightly water-stained causing contemporary ink inscription at foot of title to run (and a little frayed), one or two other stains, modern sprinkled calf, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], folio, Kempten, R.Dreherr, 1673. *** On acoustics.
Kirkaldy (David) Results of an Experimental Inquiry into the Relative Properties of Wrought-Iron Plates manufactured at Essen, Rhenish Prussia, and Yorkshire, England, creased from vertical folding, original printed wrappers, paper label of F.Krupp on upper wrapper, soiled and slightly frayed at edges, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, 1876; Results of an Experimental Inquiry into the Mechanical Properties of Steel ... manufactured by Christian Aspelin, Esq., Westanfors and Fagersta Works, Sweden, presentation copy from the author to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, inscribed on front free endpaper and with library stamps, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 1873, first editions, 4to (2).
Kohn (Ferdinand) Iron and Steel Manufacture ... , first edition, frontispiece and 64 plates, one or two double-page, foxed, mostly at beginning and end, modern half morocco, large 4to, London & New York, [1868]. *** Recording the contemporary progress in iron and steel technology in Britain, the United States and on the Continent.
Lamb (Horace) A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of the Motion of Fluids, first edition, half-title, advertisement leaf and 40pp. catalogue at end, ink library stamp on some leaves, spotted, original cloth, Cambridge, 1879; Hydrodynamics, half-title, ex-Franklin Institute Library copy with bookplate on front paste-down, original cloth, spine frayed at head, Cambridge, 1895; The Principle of Virtual Velocities ... , edited by H.H.Jeffcott, original printed boards, spine repaired, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1923; The Evolution of Mathematical Physics, being the Rouse Ball Lecture for 1924, first edition, folding table, original printed wrappers, frayed at edges, Cambridge, 1924, diagrams, rubbed, the last two preserved in modern cloth drop-back boxes, 8vo (4). *** The second is an expanded and revised version of the first.
Lean (Thomas and John) Historical Statement of the Improvements made in the duty performed by the Steam Engines in Cornwall ... , folding table, original cloth, paper label on upper cover, rebacked in calf, 1839 ~ Pole (William) A Treatise on the Cornish Pumping Engine, 10 folding or double-page engraved plates, spotted and soiled, ex- Robert E.Horton Library copy with bookplate, original cloth, spine frayed at head, 1844, first editions, rubbed, 8vo & 4to (2).
MacLaurin (Colin) Piece qui a remporte le Prix de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, first edition, woodcut device on title and decorations, folding engraved plate, modern marbled boards, [Not in NUC], 4to, Paris, 1724. *** Extremely rare prize-winning paper entitled Demonstration des Loix du Choc des Corps, later incorporated into his Treatise on Fluxions, 1742.
Marzagaglia (Gaetano) Nuova Difesa dell'Antica Misura delle Forze Motrici, first edition, woodcut device on title, charming woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, errata/approbation leaf at end, woodcut diagrams, very lightly water-stained, contemporary marbled paper-backed limp boards, uncut, manuscript label on spine, old library shelf numbers in red on upper cover, 4to, Verona, 1746.*** Opposing the method for calculating kinetic energy proposed by Leibnitz.
Maxwell (James Clerk) The Scientific Papers, edited by W.D.Niven, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 3 engraved portraits on india paper and mounted, 12 plates, advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, a few leaves lightly soiled and chipped at edges, ex-library copy with stamps, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spines, rubbed, spines faded, 4to, Cambridge, 1890.
Mayer (Julius Robert von) Die organische Bewegung in ihrem Zusammenhange mit dem Stoffwechsel, first edition, errata leaf at end, some spotting, original printed wrappers with small ink stamp on upper cover, spine missing, stitching broken, cloth chemise and slip-case, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 8vo, Heilbronn, C.Drechsler, 1845. *** Mayer's most original paper, extending the ideal of force conservation to magnetic, electrical, and chemical forces, and describing the basic force conversions of the organic world.
Meissner (Georg) and H.Hederich. Die Hydraulik und die hydraulischen Motoren, 3 vol. in 4, vol.1 and 2 second edition, 177 folding lithograph plates, contemporary morocco-backed boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Jena, Hermann Costenoble, 1870-99. (4). *** Hederich edited the first two volumes and wrote the last.
Meyer (Oskar Emil) Die Kinetische Theorie der Gase, first edition, half-title, errata leaf at end, contemporary half morocco, joints rubbed, Breslau, 1877; The Kinetic Theory of Gases, translated by Robert E. Baynes, first English edition, half-title, 32pp. catalogue at end, name in green ink at head of title, some markings and annotations in pencil, original cloth, rubbed, 1899; and a bound volume of articles by Meyer, 8vo (3).
Monge (Gaspard) Geometrie Descriptive ... , first edition, half-title, 27 folding engraved plates, lightly spotted, later ink library stamp at foot of title and inscription on front free endpaper, old boards, leather spine and corners renewed in cloth, rather worn, 4to, Paris, An VII [1799]. *** A new branch of mathematics developed by a significant Revolutionary figure.
Morgan (Dr.) Six Philosophical Dissertations, first English edition, list of subscribers, 3 folding engraved plates, modern marbled wrappers, cloth drop-back box, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 4to, Cambridge, 1770. *** The subjects are: The Mechanical Powers, Elastic Bodies, Falling Bodies, The Cycloid, The Parabola and The Rain-Bow.
Muirhead (James Patrick) The Origin and Progress of the Mechanical Inventions of James Watt ... , 3 vol., first edition, large paper copy, half-titles in vol.1 & 2 only, engraved portrait frontispieces on india paper and mounted, engraved plates, many folding, illustrations, mounts of frontispieces rather browned with one or two marginal tears and some water-staining, modern cloth-backed boards, uncut and mostly unopened, 4to, 1854.
Muybridge (Eadweard) The Human Figure in Motion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Muscular Actions, first edition, 1901; Animals in Motion ... , fifth impression, 1925, plates and illustrations, the first with ink signature on title and some soiling, original cloth, rubbed and faded, the first rebacked preserving original spine and recased, oblong 4to (2).
Newton (Sir Isaac) Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, edited by Thomas Le Seur and Francis Jacquier, 2 vol ... , Glasgow, 1833 ~ Wright (J.M.F.) A Commentary on Newton's Principia, 2 vol., 1833, together 4 vol., diagrams, some spotting and light browning, uniform modern morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, spines gilt, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.] ~ Brougham (Henry, Lord) and E.L.Routh. Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia, first edition, diagrams, title very lightly foxed, original cloth, rubbed and faded, split at foot of spine, 1855 ~ Brewster (David) The Life of Sir Isaac Newton, 12pp. catalogue on yellow paper at beginning, 2 advertisement leaves, engraved portrait, foxed and water-stained at beginning and end, original printed cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, worn and stained, New York, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 1831; and 4 others on Newton, 8vo & 12mo (10).
Nystrom (John William) A Treatise on Screw Propellers and their Steam-engines ... also, a full description of a calculating machine, first edition, half-title, 32 lithographed plates, 2 folding, advertisement leaf for the calculator and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, foxed, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little worn at corners and head and foot of spine, 8vo, Philadelphia, 1852.
Pardies (Ignace Gaston) Oeuvres de Mathematiques contenant les Elemens de Geometrie, Discours du Mouvement Local, La Statique et Deux Machines propres a faire les Cadrans, 2 parts in 1 vol., first collected edition, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end of preliminaries, 2 engraved plates, 1 folding, errata leaf at end, individual titles with woodcut devices, woodcut decorations, illustrations and diagrams, small ink ownership note in contemporary hand on title and another on front free endpaper, Harrison D.Hoblit copy with booklabel on front paste-down, contemporary calf, rubbed, 12mo, The Hague, Adrian Moetjens, 1691.
Peirce (Benjamin) Physical and Celestial Mechanics, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of title and on front free endpaper, list of subscribers, folding plate at end lightly browned, modern half calf, 4to, Boston, 1855. *** Peirce is sometimes referred to as the father of pure mathematics in the United States. This is one of his most original creations and the first American textbook in the field.
Philosophical Magazine and Journal (The) ... , edited by Alexander Tilloch, vol.50, 6 engraved plates at end, 2 folding, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1817 ~ Edinburgh Academic Annual for MDCCCXL ... , advertisement leaf, half-title, final leaf with printed note, ex-library copy with bookplates on front endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], Edinburgh, 1840; and 3 others, scientific essays including 2 bound volumes, 8vo (5).*** The first includes Some new Researches on Flame by Sir Humphry Davy, On A'rial Navigation by Sir George Cayley and On the Resistance of Solids ... by Thomas Tredgold; the second On the Laws of the Conduction of Heat ... by W.J.Macquorn Rankine.
Pitcairn (Archibald) The Whole Works ... Wherein are Discovered, the True Foundation and Principles of the Art of Physic. With Cases and Observations upon most Distempers and Medicines, translated by George Sewell and J.T.Desaguliers, second edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, foxed, particularly title and first few leaves, hole in outer margin of A3, contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper, modern morocco-backed cloth, 1727; Opera omnia medica, title in red and black, some light foxing, modern library cloth, Leiden, 1737, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 8vo & 4to (2).
Planck (Max) Vorlesungen uber die Theorie der Warmestrahlung, first edition, Leipzig, 1906; Einfuhrung in die Mechanik deformierbarer Korper, first edition, original cloth-backed printed boards, Leipzig, 1919; The Mechanics of Deformable Bodies ... , 1932; Scientific Autobiography and other papers, translated by Frank Gaynor, 1950, all but the second original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo (4).
Plateau (Joseph Antoine Ferdinand) Statique Experimentale et Theorique des Liquides, 2 vol., first edition, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, Paris, &c, 1873 ~ Bossut (Charles) Tratado de Hydrodynamica, first Portuguese edition, 14 folding plates, note on title, some staining, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine scuffed, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade, 1813, 8vo (2).
Playfair (John) The Works, 4 vol., first edition, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at beginning of vol.1, all but vol.2 with half-titles, 8 folding engraved plates, occasional light soiling and water-staining, ex-University of London library copy with small ink stamp (stamped "withdrawn") on verso of titles, modern cloth, uncut, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1822.
Poisson (Simeon-Denis) Theorie Mathematique de la Chaleur, 2 vol. in 1 including supplement, first edition, half-titles, folding engraved plate at end of main text, contemporary ink signature on half-titles, some foxing, particularly to supplement, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed, 4to, Paris, 1835-37. *** Important work formulating equations for the distribution of heat in bodies, and with the rare supplement.
Preston (Thomas) The Theory of Heat, first edition, half-title, illustrations, original cloth, 1894 ~ Fourier (Joseph) The Analytical Theory of Heat, translated by Alexander Freeman, first English edition, advertisement leaf and 24pp. catalogue at end, original cloth, Cambridge, 1878 ~ [Rumford (Benjamin Thompson, Count) Two Essays on the Management and Propagation of Heat], first American edition, no title as issued, 8 engraved plates, browned, ex-Franklin Institute Library copy with stamps, nineteenth century half red morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, n.p., [1798] ~ Delaroche (F.) and J.-E. Berard. Memoire sur la Determination de la Chaleur Specifique des Differens Gaz, half-title, folding tables and 2 engraved plates, some spotting, modern boards, uncut, original upper wrapper bound in with presentation inscription at head, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], n.p., 1813, rubbed; and another on heat, 8vo (5).
Rayleigh (John William Strutt, Lord) The Theory of Sound, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end of each vol., upper hinge of vol.2 weak, ex-Somerville College library copy with labels stamped "sold by order", original cloth, rubbed, splits to joints, spines worn at head and foot and with paper library labels, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 8vo, 1877-78.
Renwick (James) Treatise on the Steam Engine, 9 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink signature at head of title, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], New York, 1830; The Elements of Mechanics, half-title, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, contemporary bookseller's ticket of Josiah Drake & Co. of Cincinnati at foot of front paste-down, Philadelphia, 1832, first editions, illustrations, foxed, uniform sprinkled calf, rubbed, one or two small repairs, 8vo (2).
Roorkee Hydraulic Experiments.- Cunningham (Capt. Allan) Roorkee Hydraulic Experiments, 3 vol., first edition, tables, 52 plates, many folding or double-page, ex-Robert E.Horton Library of Pure and Applied Physics, Hydraulics and Hydrology copy with labels on front paste-downs and his signature in pencil on front free endpaper of vol.1, original printed wrappers, rubbed and slightly stained, numbers in pencil at head of upper wrappers, rebacked in morocco, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, spine gilt, 8vo, Roorkee, 1881-80.
Rumford (Benjamin Thompson, Count) Philosophical Papers: being a collection of Memoirs, Dissertations, and Experimental Investigations, relating to various branches of Natural Philosophy and Mechanics, Vol.I, (all published), first edition, engraved portrait, 13 engraved plates at end, 12 folding, frontispiece with marginal water-staining, lightly foxed, old ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper and modern bookplate of Franz Sondheimer on front paste-down, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, morocco label, 8vo, 1802.
Savery (Thomas) The Miner's Friend; or, An Engine to Raise Water by Fire, described... , reprint, 2 engraved portraits, 4 engraved plates at end, illustrations throughout, some light offsetting, original printed yellow boards, rubbed and soiled, 12mo, 1827. *** Description of an engine designed to pump water from the Cornish mines, reprinted from the first edition of 1702. The charming vignettes depict putti at work using the engine etc.
Smith (Adam) Essays on Philosophical Subjects, to which is prefixed, An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Dugald Stewart, first Dublin edition, some underlinings and annotations in pencil, title lightly soiled, ex-library copy with ink stamps on title and a few other leaves, modern half morocco, upper cover slightly damp-stained, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 8vo, Dublin, 1795.*** Including a chapter on ancient physics.
Smith (Francis Pettit) On the Introduction and Progress of the Screw Propeller ... , first trade edition, original glazed printed yellow wrappers with illustration of the 'Archimedes' on upper cover and the propeller on lower, very slightly rubbed, preserved in modern morocco-backed marbled board drop-back box, 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, [printed by W.H.Crockford, Greenwich], 1856.
Sprat (Thomas) The History of the Royal-Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge, first edition, imprimatur leaf with engraved coat-of-arms on verso, 2 folding engraved plates, ink stain and faint traces of library stamp on coat-of-arms, the same erased from title causing wear and loss of one letter (supplied in pencil), water-stained, modern rexine, [Wing S5032], small 4to, by T.R. for J.Martyn and J.Allestry, 1667.
Stephenson (Robert) and Joseph Locke. Observations on the Comparative Merits of Locomotive & Fixed Engines, as applied to Railways; being a Reply to the Report of Mr.James Walker ... , first edition, half-title, folding lithographed plate, spotted at end, modern half calf, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.; Skempton 1421], 8vo, Liverpool, [1830].
Stevenson (David) Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North America, first edition, folding map, 14 plates, some folding, modern cloth, 1838 ~ Sganzin (M.I.) An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering, translated from the French ... Third edition, 6 folding plates, 1 loose, modern green half calf, Boston, 1837, Franklin Institute perforated stamps on titles, 8vo (2).
Stevenson (Thomas) The Design and Construction of Harbours, 10 engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, illustrations, spotted, Edinburgh, 1864 ~ Bellasis (E.S.) River and Canal Engineering, first edition, 48pp. publisher's catalogue at end, illustrations, ink inscription on front paste-down, London and New York, 1913 ~ Thomas (B.F.) and D.A.Watt. The Improvement of Rivers ... , first edition, plates and illustrations, some folding, New York and London, 1903 ~ Russell (John Scott) Report of Observations on the Tidal Wave of the River Clyde ... , 18pp., folding table, disbound, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, Glasgow, 1838, all but the last original cloth, the first two rubbed and damp-stained, [the second only in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 8vo & 4to (4).
Stokes (George Gabriel) Mathematical and Physical Papers, 5 vol., first collected editiion, half-titles, frontispiece portrait in vol.1, 4 & 5, plate, slight spotting to frontispiece of vol.1, original cloth, 1880-1905; Memoir and Scientific Correspondence of the late Sir George Gabriel Stokes, edited by Joseph Larmor, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, portraits, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed, 1907, 8vo, Cambridge
Strong (Theodore) A Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus, first edition, diagrams, original cloth, New York, 1869 ~ Newell (John Lyman) The New American Arithmetic ... , browned and water-stained, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, rather worn, Hartford, for the Author, 1822 ~ Waterhouse (Charles) Tyro's Spyglass, Arithmetical Lexicon and School Teacher's Assistant ... , original cloth-backed limp printed boards (title and imprint different), Durham, Me., 1841 ~ Treatise of the Construction of Logarithms ... , foxed and stained, original boards, uncut, rubbed and stained, rebacked, Philadelphia, 1802, [the last three not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 8vo & 4to (4).
Stuart (Robert) A Descriptive History of the Steam Engine, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and plates, ink letters at head of title, lightly offset, contemporary half morocco, 1824 ~ Bourne (John) A Catechism [on the] Steam Engine, new edition, foxed, original cloth, New York, 1853 ~ Weir (James) The Steam Engine and Energy Conservation, 5 folding plates, 1 loose, original cloth, spine damp-stained, Glasgow, 1892, the first and last first editions, a little rubbed; and 6 others on steam engines and boilers, 4to et infra (9).
Switzer (Stephen) An Introduction to a General System of Hydrostaticks and Hydraulics, Philosophical and Practical, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 61 plates, all but one folding, some torn, frontispiece and title lightly browned, title slightly defective at lower outer corner (no loss), some other browning or foxing, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, joints split, corners worn, 4to, 1729.*** Interesting work by writer on agriculture who laid out the gardens at Blenheim. The final part deals particularly with fountains.
Tait (Peter Guthrie) Scientific Papers, 2 vol., 1898-1900 ~ Knott (Cargill Gilston) Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait, 1911, together 3 vol., first collected edition, half-titles, vol.3 with 5 portraits, illustrations, some spotting, modern armorial bookplate on front paste-downs, uniform cloth, uncut, slightly rubbed, 4to, Cambridge
Tartaglia (Nicolo) Quesiti, et inventioni diverse, second edition, Venice, Nicolo de Bascarini, 1554 bound with Regola Generale da Sulevare con Ragione e Misura n™ solamete ogni affondata Naue: ma una Torre Solida di Metallo; Ragionamenti ... , 2 parts in 1, first edition, with 8pp. supplement bound at end, Venice, Nicolo Bascarini, 1551 bound with Opera Archimedis syracusani philosophi et mathematici ingeniosissimi per Nicolaum Tartaleam Brixianum, first edition, colophon and privilege leaf at end, Venice, Venturino Ruffinelli, 1543, together 3 works in 1 vol., woodcut portrait on title of first and both titles of second, woodcut device on title of last, woodcut initials and illustrations and diagrams throughout, one on folding flap of S3 of first work, with blank leaf between 2 parts of the second work, title of first stained and defective at foot and where contemporary inscriptions cut away (slight loss to a few letters of verse on verso, repaired), signature E of first work foxed, contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper, ex-Franklin Institute library copy with perforated stamp on first title, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and stained, small tear to spine, [Adams T184; T186; A1530], 4to *** Concerning artillery, surveying, the raising of sunken ships etc.
Tehuantepec Ship-Railway.- Eads (James B.) The Tehuantepec Ship-Railway. Letter of Captain Eads to President Hayes, stamp on title, wrappers, worn and marked, in cloth case, 1880 ~ Tehuantepec Ship Railway. The Proposed Atlantic and Pacific Ship-Railway, 2 articles reprinted from the journal 'Iron', stamp on first p., unbound, marked & creased, 1884 ~ Corthell (Elmer L.) The Atlantic & Pacific Ship-Railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in Mexico, Considered Commercially, Politically & Constructively, plates, original wrappers, rubbed and marked, spine repaired, in cloth case, New York, 1886 ~ Smith (William) On the Conveyance of Ships over Land: the Ship Railway, map & plate, original wrappers, marked, Paris, 1889 ~ Report of the American Scientific Commission on the Artificial Waterways of Europe, with special reference to the Tehuantepec Railway and Ship Canal, modern wrappers, cloth case, Chiswick Press, 1871, 8vo (5).
Thurston (Robert H.) A History of the Growth of the Steam-engine, first edition, ink and pencil signatures on title, pencil markings and notes with sketch on rear free endpaper, 1878; The Materials of Engineering, 3 vol ... first edition, ex-Franklin Institute Library copy with perforated stamp on titles and labels, hinges of vol.3 weak, 1883; A Text-book of the Materials of Construction ... , ex-library copy with stamps and labels, edges brittle and chipped, 1885, illustrations, original cloth, rubbed; and another by Thurston, 8vo (6).
Town (Ithiel) Atlantic Steam-Ships. Some Ideas and Statements ... [on] Navigating the Atlantic Ocean with Steam-Ships of Large Tonnage ... , first edition, folding wood-engraved frontsipiece, plate, copyright slip following title, slight water-staining at beginning, spotted, ex-Scott Library Collection, Institute of Naval Architects copy with bookplate on front paste-down, contemporary half calf, original yellow upper wrapper bound in, rubbed, 8vo, New York, 1838.
Trautwine (John C.) A New Method of Calculating the Cubic Contents of Excavations and Embankments, by the aid of diagrams, first edition, 10 plates, slip tipped in, signature of J.Lightfoot on front free endpaper and stamp on title, foxed, upper hinge broken, ex-Franklin Institute Library copy on front paste-down, original cloth, rubbed and faded, Philadelphia, 1851; and 2 other editions of the same, one a presentation copy from the author, 8vo (3).
Unwin (William Cawthorne) The Testing of Materials of Construction, photographic frontispiece, 4 folding plates, 24pp.publisher's catalogue at end, broken, 1888 ~ Warren (William Henry) Engineering Construction in Iron, Steel, and Timber, 13 folding plates, 16pp. catalogue at end, 1894, first editions, half-titles, illustrations and diagrams, ex-Franklin Institute Library copies with embossed stamp on titles, original cloth, slightly rubbed; and 3 others on the strength of materials, 8vo (5).
Vallejo (Jose Mariano) Tratado sobre el Movimiento y Aplicaciones de las Aguas, 3 vol., first edition, folding table and 25 folding engraved plates, vol.1 & 2 with lists of subscribers, errata leaf at end of vol.3, browned, some spotting, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed, 4to, Madrid, 1833.
Viviani (Vincenzio) Quinto Libro degli Elementi d'Euclide, ovvero Scienza Vniversale delle Proporzioni spiegata colla dottrina del Galileo ... , first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Monsieur Mariotte inscribed on verso of title, half-title, woodcut decorations and diagrams, very slight worming to head of half-title and title with very slight loss to note in contemporary hand on half-title, foxed, ex-library copy with contemporary shelf-number in manuscript on front free endpaper, old printed label on front paste-down and printed slip pasted at foot of half-title, contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, 4to, Florence, alla Condotta, 1674.
Loading...
![Town (Ithiel) Atlantic Steam-Ships. Some Ideas and Statements ... [on] Navigating the Atlantic Ocean with Steam-Ships of Lar](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/969652/302-12-1574_468x382.jpg)
