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[004900] . HARBOR AT HUDSON,WISCONSIN. ill. Foldout Maps. 1891. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Wisconsin. Good 51st Congress, 2d Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 268. Letter from The Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, a copy of the report of the preliminary examination of the harbor at Hudson, Wisconsin. "inclosing a copy of a report of Major W. A. Jones, Corps of Engineers, dated the 10th instant, upon the preliminary examination of harbor at Hudson, Wis., with a view to prevent the city being cut off from the navigable channel of the St. Croix Lake as a result of the Government Dike..." 3 pp. plus two foldout maps, 19"x9": Map of Hudson Harbor, Wis. Oct. 1879; and Map of Hudson Harbor, Wis. Jan'y 1891. Disbound. Text pages detached. Otherwise document is Very Good. Maps are Very Good+. Famous Americans in document: Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War; Thomas Lincoln Casey, Brigadier-General, Chief of Engineers; and O.M. Poe, Colonel, Corps of Engineers. $75.00

[004899] . Survey of French Broad River, Tennessee 1900. ill. Maps, Tables, Photograph. 1900. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Tennessee. Very Good 56th.Congress 1st.Session. House Of Representatives. Document No. 616. Letter from The Secretary of War with a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report of Survey of French Broad River, Tennessee. Copy of the reprot from Maj. Dan C. Kingman, Corps of Engineers, dated March 27, 1900 , of a survey of French Broad River, made by him in compliance with the provisions of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1899. " The survey covers that portion of the river below Leadvale, at the mouth of the Nolichucky, and includes the Little Pigeon River below Sevierville..." 34 pages plus 10 large foldout maps. Photograph of French Broad River, Seven Island Shoals, and 6 tables. Famous Americans in document: Elihu Root, Secretary of War; Major Dan C. Kingman of the United States Engineer Corps; and Henry M. Robert (May 2, 1837-May 11, 1923), author of Robert's Rules of Order. Disbound but intact. Very Good condition. Pages 30-31, small portion of text "stuck" together, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. All maps are Very Good. $45.00

[003150] . SCIENCE, A Weekly Newspaper of All the Arts and Sciences, January 3, 1890. ill. Engravings, Tables. New York: N. D. C. Hodges, 1890. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Newsprint. Science. Good Some Articles:Model Electric Elevator Installation with illustration of a " New Electric Elevator"; Stanley's Explorations; Phonetics; American Geological Society, and The Influence of Baking-Powder Residues on Digestion with 5 tables. Under Industrial Notes: A new Electrical Testing-Set with an illustration of one. ex-mus.numbers on front cover in 2 places. Slight soiling and chipping around edges, 1/2" tear at side. No interference with text. Back cover, all advertisements, missing side strip , 2" in and down the length of newspaper. Other side is also advertisements. Overall exterior is Good. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. $30.00

[003151] . SCIENCE, A Weekly Newspaper of All the Arts and Sciences, January 24, 1890. ill. Maps, Figures (line drawings). New York: N. D. C. Hodges, 1890. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Newsprint. Science. Good+ Some Articles: A Steel Pressure-Blower with illustration of one; The Tobacco-Plant; What Stanley Has Done For The Map of Africa with 2 maps: Central Africa, Before Stanley, and Central Africa, After Stanley; Useful Plants in Guatemala; and The Fiske Range-Finder with 6 illustrations. Under Industrial Notes: The Hulin Diary Calendar with an illustration of one." This unique memorandum calendar, manufactured by John S. Hulin, stationer, combines a diary and a calendar in one". 2 sets of ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Slight soiling and chipping around bottom edge, otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. $35.00

[004756] . REPORTS FROM THE CONSULS OF THE UNITED STATES. MAY- AUGUST 1890. ill. Tables, Foldout. Washinton: Government Printing Office, 1890. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". Black Cloth. American History. Good Four monthly reports, May-August 1890, from the U.S. Consulates around the world.No. 116-119. Each one with Index of Subjects covered. Historical data. 734 pp. Issued from the Bureau of Statistics, Department of State. "All requests for these reports should be addressed to the Secretary of State". Some of the subjects covered: The Forth Bridge with drawing; Labor Laws of Europe; Russian Petroleum Trade; British Soda-Ash and Chlorate of Potash; Silk-Worm Raising in China; Mexican Central Railroad; Australasian Wool Season of 1889-90, South African Progress; Liverpool with large foldout of Artisans' Dwellings, Victoria Square Liverpool and 5 pages of illustrations relating to Manholes/Sewers; Australasian -American Trade; Railways in Syria with foldout map of Projected Railroad from Acca to Damascus; Jamaican-American Trade; Trade and Industries of Germany; The Leper Hospital at Maracaibo; Commerce of Guaymas and much more on different countries throughout the world. Index for Subjects for each month. Historical Data. Black cloth with calf corner tips. Spine rebound in black tape-like fabric? Corner rubbed to boards and rubbed along edges. Scuffed. Overall covers are Good. Hinges reinforced with white tape at endpapers. Front endpapers with ex-library stamps and circular sticker. ex-lib. stamp on front endpaper, and once on back of foldout. Doesn't show through on foldout illustration. Pages 595-end watermark on right side margin and upper corner. Never on text. Hinge broken on title page. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Thick book. May need extra postage. $75.00

[003152] . SCIENCE, A Weekly Newspaper of All the Arts and Sciences, May 10, 1889. ill. Engravings. New York: N. D. C. Hodges, 1889. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Newsprint. Science. Good Some Articles:The Western Electric Incandescent Lighting System with 12 illustration of The Incandescent Dynamo of Western Electric Company; The Westinghouse Compound Engine with 3 illustrations; and Ethnology: Notes from British Columbia with 2 illustrations of Orthogonal views of skulls; ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Slight soiling and chipping around bottom and side edge, otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. Several interior pages mildly creased, no interference with text. 2 pages uncut. $50.00

[003179] . SCIENCE, July 10, 1885. Volume VI. No. 127. ill. Foldout Map, Etching, Table. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: J. H. RAUCH "Chicago-River pollution"; IRA REMSEN "City-Wells"; and E. L. CORTHELL "The ship-railway between the Atlantic and Pacific" with large, laid in, foldout map, 29"x18" of the "proposed Tehuantepec ship-railway, and illustrations showing the various appliances to be used on the railway" (The article "presents the scientific and commercial reasons why the ship-railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec may be superior to either the Panama sea-level canal or the Nicaragua lock canal". Several articles relating to medicine and health: "Sanitation and science"; "Quarantines and their scientific value"; "How to deal with yellow-fever"; "Soils and health"; "Berlin exhibition of hygiene in 1882-83" and "Animal diseases and public health". Paper covers lightly soiled and chipped. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Map is Very Good, one tiny tear at bottom edge, not within border of illustration. $100.00

[003361] . SCIENCE, August 31, 1883. No. 30.. ill. Etchings, Tables, Graph. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1883. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles: Notes on the Geology of the Troad, by J.S. Diller; Occurrence of Mound-Builders Pipes in New Jersey, by Charles C. Abbott with an illustration; The Igloo of the Innuit. -III. with 9 illustrations; Minnesota Weather; Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Geology of Philadelphia by Henry Carvill Lewis; The Iroquois Book of Rites; The Evidence for evolution in the history of the extinct Mammalia with a table; A classification of the natural sciences by T. Sterry Hunt with a table; Orbit of the great comet of 1882 by Edgar Frisbie; The tornado at Racine, May 18, 1883 ; A Method for the calibration of a galvanometer with an illustration; The utilization of the sun's rays for warming and ventilating apartments by E. S. Morse; New form of selenium cell, with some remarkable electrical discoveries made by its use; 3 articles by B. F. Thomas: A Method of determining the centre of gravity of a mass with an illustration; Two forms of apparatus for Boyle's law with 2 illustrations; and A new heliostat with an illustration; The static telephone by Prof. A. E. Dolbear; Report of the committee on indexing the literature of chemical elements; The kinetic theory of the specific heat of solids and A kinetic theory of melting boiling by H. T. Eddy; On y-dichlordibrompropionic and y-dichlorbromacrylic acids by C.F. Mabery; The sub-aqueous dissociation of certain salts with a graph; Suggestions for computing the speed of chemical reactions; Twelve months of lysimeter record at the New York agricultural experiment station by E.L. Sturtevant; The composition of American wheat and corn with a table; The sotol, A Mexican forage plant; American butters and their adulterations by H. W. Wiley; A Comparison of terr-cotta lumber with other materials; Improvements in shaping-machines; Regularity of flow in double-cylinder rotary pumps; The early History of the North American Continent; and The Remington Type-Writer by Richard A. Proctor with an illustration. pp. 255-298. Covers are advertisements for Photo-Engraving, Park Place, N.Y. and Electrical Test Instruments.. Additional page front and back with advertisements, before articles. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Some small chips on side and bottom edges.Spine split up 6" but covers still intact. overall exterior is Good.. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Around borders some age-toning, not on text. $60.00

[003657] . SCIENCE, October 15, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 193. ill. Etchings. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: J. E. OLIVER: Education and the cost of living; H. CARVILL LEWIS: The genesis of the diamond; WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period; H. W. WILEY: Unexplained noises; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN: How astronomers may work. Other articles:"The mounting of Mungo"( African elephant) with 4 illustrations; " A few words about pavements"(Fifth Ave, New York) with 4 illustrations; and "Washington's signature" with 8 different "examples". ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark at top corner of front/back cover -not inside. thin watermark at spine hinge. small chipping around bottom/side edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $50.00

[004951] . EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA 1879. ill. Tables. 1879. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Surveying. Very Good+ Annual Report of Lieutenant Edward Maguire, Corps of Engineers, for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1879. Appendix S S. Includes: REPORT OF SURVEY OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION AT FORT KEOGH, MONTANA, BY TOPOGRAPHICAL ASSISTANT JULIUS J. DURAGE; REPORT OF THE RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MOREAU OR OWL RIVER, DAKOTA, IN 1878 BY LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HOFFMAN, ELEVENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY; and REPORT ON THE MAMMALS AND BIRDS OF THE GENERAL REGION OF THE BIG HORN RIVER AND MOUNTAINS OF MONTANA TERRITORY, BY CHARLES E. McCHESNEY, ACTING ASSISTANT SURGEON, UNITED STATES ARMY, 1878. pp.2359-2395. Numerous tables. Pages 2371-2384 MAMMALS listed with scientific names, descriptions and tables. Pages 2384-2395 on BIRDS. Disbound. Pages 2359-2368 loose but intact. Document is tight, clean and Very Good+. $55.00

[004253] House of Representatives. LITTLE PIGEON RIVER, TENNESSEE. 1891. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Disbound. Tennessee. Very Good- LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR Transmitting, With a letter form the Chief of Engineers, a report on the examination of Little Pigeon River, Tennessee. 3 pp. Includes "Prelimary Examination of Little Pigeon River, Tennessee, from Mouth to Sevierville." Famous Americans in document: Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War; and Thomas Lincoln Casey, Brig. Gen. Chief of Engineers. disbound. Pages loose, but in Very Good condition. No foxing. $18.50

[000971] House of Representatives. SURVEY OF ALLOUEZ BAY, WISCONSIN. ill. Fold-out Map. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Government Document. Very Good+ "Letter from The Secretary of War", Transmitting, With letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a Survey of Allouez Bay, Wisconsin."House of Representatives, 53d Congress, 3d Session., Ex. Doc. No. 172. Four page disbound document plus a very large foldout map (38"x23") of Allouez Bay by Clinton Sears, Corps of Engineers, 1894. Includes physical features of the town. Famous Americans in document: Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War (during Grover Cleveland's second term); and Thom. Lincoln Casey, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers. moisture ring on back of Foldout map, shows through to map a bit, otherwise Near Fine. $150.00

[004147] House of Representatives. REPORT ON THE INLAND NAVIGATION AND SEA PORTS OF FRANCE, WITH LIST OF CANALS AND CANALIZED RIVERS IN THE UNITED STATES. ill. Foldout Maps. Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1890. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. France. Very Good Letter from SECRETARY OF WAR, Transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers and a copy of a report of Lieut. Col. Merrill, of the Corps of Engineers, with copies of accompanying papers, including two maps, concerning the International Congress of Engineers, interested in the utilization of water, which was covened under the auspices of the Government of France; and recommending that the same be printed. 51st Congress. 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 378. 28 pp. plus two foldout colored maps: MAP OF THE WATERWAYS OF FRANCE IN 1822 and MAP OF THE WATERWAYS OF FRANCE IN 1877, both 10"X18". Maps are Very Good +. No tears. Disbound. String-tied. Still attached but barely in places. Paper is brown-toned due to age, otherwise document is Very Good. Famous Americans included in the document: Thomas Lincoln Casey (Brig. General, Chief of Engineers) $90.00

[004213] House of Representatives. EXAMINATION OF YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA, Letter from The Secretary of War, Transmitting, With a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report of Examination of Youshiogheny River, Pennsylvania. ill. Colored Foldout Map. 1899. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Pennsylvania. Very Good- House of Representatives. 56th Congress, 1st Session. Document No.82. "...a preliminary examination has been made of Youghiogheny River, with a view to the improvement of said river by locks and dams from West Newton to the mouth of said river at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and I have the honor ot submit herewith report of September 27, 1899, with maps, of said examination, submitted by the local engineer officer, Maj. Charles F. Powell, Corps of Engineers." 13 page document with 2 colored foldout maps: YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER, West Newton to Its Mouth, PA, 28"x14". Second map: YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER. Dawson to McKeesport, PA. Showing Pittsburg Coalbed, 11"x9". Famous Americans in document: Elihu Root, Secretary of War; and Henry M. Robert, Colonel, Corps of Engineers. Includes Commerce, Geology, Analysis of coal below West Newton; Distances, Youghiogheny River, Pennsylvania, based on surveys of 1873; The YoughioghenyGas Coal and Statment of coal taken out form mines located along the Youghiogheny River, for the year 1896, take from State report of mine inspector. Front page loose otherwise document is Very Good+. Maps are Very Good+. $100.00

[000593] House of Representatives. EXAMINATION AND SURVEY OF THE HARBOR AT PORTWING, WIS.. ill. Map. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1899. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Wisconsin. Very Good + / No Jacket. "Letter from The Secretary of War", Transmitting, With letter of the Chief of Engineers, Reports of Examination and Survey of Harbor at Portwing (Mouth of Flag River), Wis." House of Representatives Doc. 114, 56th Congress, 1st Session, Dec. 8, 1899. 8 page disbound document, plus large foldout map 30" x 20": MAP OF THE HARBOR AT PORTWING, WISCONSIN, from a survey made in September 1899, by M. W. Lewis, under the direction of Major Clinton B. Sears, Corps of Eng'rs, U. S. Army". Includes physical features of the town. Document is Very Good+. $150.00

[004233] House of Representatives. EXAMINATION AND SURVEY OF BOOTHBAY HARBOR, MAINE. ill. Foldout Map. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Maine. Very Good+ / No Jacket. "Letter from The Secretary of War, Transmitting, With A Letter From the Chief of Engineers, Reports of Examination and Survey of Boothbay Harbor, Maine." House of Representatives Doc. 277, 56th Congress, 1st Session, January 10, 1900. 6 page document, plus large foldout map, 20 1/2"x17", of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Survey made in accordance with requirements of River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899. Under Direction of Major S. W. Roessler, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, by F.S. Burrowes, Assistant Engineer. November 8-14, 1899. Famous Americans in document: Elihu Root, Secretary of War; Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, Chief of Engineers; S.W. Roessler, Major, Corps of Engineers; G. L. Gillespie, Colonel, Corps of Engineers; and F.S. Burrowes, Assistant Engineer. Disbound. Very Good + condition. Tight and clean. Map is Very Good+ to Near Fine. no tears. $100.00

[004340] House of Representatives. LOCKS AND DAMS, MONONGAHELA RIVER. Letter from The Secretary of War. ill. Plates, Foldouts, Tables. 1895. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Pennsylvania. Very Good+ 53d Congress, 3d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 249. Transmitting The report of the Chief of Engineers on the subject of acquiring by purchase the locks and dams on the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania. 65 pp. including 8 Appendixes. 9 plates, 6 of which are foldouts. Famous Americans in document: Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War; Thomas Lincoln Casey, Brigadier General, Chief of Engineers; Joseph K. McCammon, Attorney for the Monongahela Navigation Company; J. M. Schofield, Major General, Acting Secretary of War; S.V. Benet, Brig. Gen., Chief of Ordnance, and Acting Secretary of War; J.C. Duane, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers; Amos Stickney, Major of Engineers; M.K. Moorhead, President of Monongahela Navigation Company; and George Shiras, Jr and R. B. Carnahan, Attorneys for Monongahela Navigation Company. Disbound. Very Good+. $125.00

[004341] House of Representatives. FLOATING DRY DOCKS. Message from the President of the United States (James K. Polk). ill. Tables, Drawings. 1847. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Pennsylvania. Good to Good+ Thirtieth Congress. First Session. Ex. Doc. No. 11. Transmitting A report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the construction of Floating Dry Docks at Pensacola, Philadelphia, and Kittery. December 22, 1847. 152 pp. Famous Americans in document: James K. Polk, President of the United States; J. Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy; Nathan Clifford, Attorney General; David Henshaw; William P.S. Sanger, Engineer; Lawrence Kearney, Senior Officer of the board; TW Wyman, Captain; Samuel Humphreys, Architect; S. M. Pook, Naval Constructor; and George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy. 2 illustrations showing positions of "Basin", "Pier", and "Dock". Foxing-heavy on some pages and others none. Text legible. Otherwise document is tight and Very Good. $65.00

[004522] House of Representatives. CATSKILL CREEK, NEW YORK. Letter from The Secretary of War. ill. Foldout Map. 1903. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. New York. Very Good House of Representatives. 58th Congress, 2d Session. Document. No. 59. With a Letter From the Chief of Engineers, Reports of Examination and Survey of Catskill Creek, New York. " The stream being considered worthy of improvement, a survey was authorized and made under the direction of Col. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers. In his survey report of October 28, 1903, Colonel Stickney presents two plans for improvement, one with a view to securing a channel depth of 10 feet and the other a depth of 12 feet, at an estimated cost of $3,600 and $74, 111.75 respectively..." 7 pages, plus foldout map, 30 1/2"x16", of Catskill Creek, New York, Surveyed under the direction of Colonel Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers USA. 1903. Disbound. Slight soiling to front and back, otherwise document is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Map is Very Good+. Famous Americans in document: Elihu Root, Secretary of War; G.L. Gillespie, Brig. Gen. Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army; Amos Stickney, Colonel, Corps of Engineers and R.H. Talcott, Assistant Engineer. $60.00

[004651] House of Representatives. SURVEY OF ARKANSAS RIVER. ill. Tables. 1870. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Arkansas. Very Good+ Letter from The Secretary of War in Answer to A resolution of the House of May 12, 1870, transmitting a copy of a report of S. T. Abert on the survey of the Arkansas River. 33 pp. Covers: Report of the Arkansas River; Description of the Physical Character of the Indian Territory; Indians; Physical Description of the River Valley in the State of Arkansas; Tributaries; Wood, Timber, and Soil of the Indian Territory; Geology of the Arkansas Valley; Wood, Timber, and Soil of Arkansas; Navigation; Trade and Petit Jean Island. Tables of water levels and tables showing discharges with observed and computed velocities complete with equations. Famous Americans in document: Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War; A.A. Humphreys, Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers; J. N. Macomb, Colonel of Engineers, Brevet Colonel U.S.A.; and S.T. Abert, Assistant Engineer in charge of survey. Disbound but intact. Clean, tight and in Very Good to Very Good+ condition. The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast, and traverses the states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. $50.00

[004825] House of Representatives. DUCK ISLAND HARBOR, CONNECTICUT. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War...1907. ill. Foldout Map. 1907. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Connecticut. Very Good+ 60th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Document No. 398. Transmitting, With a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Reports of Examination and Survey for Harbor of Refuge at Duck Island, including Kelseys Point, Connecticut. December 20, 1907. " Reports of April 29, 1907 and October 29, 1907, with map by Maj. Harry Taylor, Corps of Engineers, on preliminary examination and survey, authorized by the river and harbor act approved March 2, 1907, of harbor of refuge at Duck Island, and in connection for a breakwater at Kelseys Point, Connecticut." 9 pp. Large foldout map, 23"x17". Disbound. Clean. Very Good+. Famous Americans in document: Robert Shaw Oliver, Acting Secretary of War; Harry Taylor, Major, Corps of Engineers; D.W. Lockwood, Colonel, Corps of Engineers; Frederick V. Abbot, Acting Chief of the Engineers; John G.D. Knight, Colonel, Corps of Engineers $60.00

[004841] House of Representatives. BRIDGE ACROSS THE POTOMAC 1836. ill. Table. Blair & Rives, Printers, 1836. Disbound. District of Columbia. Very Good Letter from The Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting A Report on the progress of the work on the Bridge across the River Potomac. 24th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 53. House of Representatives. Treas.Dept. January 12, 1836. "It gives me great satisfaction to state,...a substantial and commodious bridge has been built... For a particular detail of the dimensions of the bridge; the several changes in the original plan, with the additions..the cost of the different portions of the entire structure and every charge connected with it; reference is made to the Engineer's report and its accompanying documents." 22 pp. including the Engineer's report, Table with Estimates, Petition of the "inhabitants of the city of Washington"; and Statement of bills paid by Treasury for building the bridge. Disbound. Intact. 3 pages with bottom right corner folded back. Otherwise Document is Very Good. Famous Americans in document: Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury; Geo. W. Hughes, U.S.C.E. Superintending Engineer Potomac Bridge; Peter Force, a 19th-century politician, newspaper editor, archivist, and historian; and Wm A. Bradley, Mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1834 to 1836. $45.00

[004232] House of Representatives. EXAMINATION AND SURVEY OF PARKERS HEAD HARBOR AND CHANNEL, KENNEBEC RIVER, MAINE. ill. Foldout Map. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Maine. Very Good+ / No Jacket. "Letter from The Secretary of War, Transmitting, With A Letter From the Chief of Engineers, Reports of Examination and Survey of Parkers Head Harbor and Channel, Kennebec River, Maine." House of Representatives Doc. 276, 56th Congress, 1st Session, January 10, 1900. 8 page document, plus large foldout map, 26"x17", of Parker's Head Harbor,Kennebec River, Maine. Famous Americans in document: Elihu Root, Secretary of War; Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, Chief of Engineers; S.W. Roessler, Major, Corps of Engineers; G. L. Gillespie, Colonel, Corps of Engineers; and F.S. Burrowes, Assistant Engineer. Disbound. Very Good + condition. Tight and clean. Map is Very Good+ to Near Fine. no tears. $100.00

[004876] Library of Congress. CLASSIFICATION. Class T. TECHNOLOGY. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Paper Wraps. Library of Congress. Good Printed As Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Technology-General and Engineering and Building Group-Roads, Bridges, Railroads; Mechanical Group-Engineering, Electrical; Motor Vehicles, Cycles, Aeronautics; Chemical Group-Mining Engineering, Mineral Industries, Technology, Photography; and Composite Group-Manufactures, Mechanic Trades, Arts and Crafts, and Domestic Science. Contents also include: Table I: History and country divisions; Table II: Countries in one alphabet, Table III: United States. States and territoriies; Table IV: Canada. List of provinces. 303 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. Mildly soiled. Front cover's bottom left corner missing,1/8"x1/4". Back cover's bottom corner creased. Watermark on spine, slightly unto the front/back covers. Doesn't go through. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[003268] Meyer, Jerome S.. The Key to Mechanical Drawing. 1964. Very Good - $8.50

[004154] Senate. CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT OR NEAR FORT SNELLING...Letter from The Secretary of War. ill. Foldout Maps. 1878. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Disbound. Minnesota. Very Good An appropriation for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Fort Snelling, and the granting of the right of way for a public highway through said reservation. 45th Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 73. Famous Americans submitting their report in this document: George Washington McCrary-Secretary of War; Samuel James Renwick McMillan, Jacob Henry Stewart, Joseph Washington McClurg-Chairman Special Committee; Gouverneur Kemble Warren-Major Engineers & C.; and Alfred Howe Terry-Brigadier General Commanding. 8 pp. Two large foldouts: Map of Mississippi River From Surveys made under the direction of Bvt. Maj. Gen. G. K. Warren, MAJ. of Engrs. U.S.A. Soundings taken Aug. 26, 1867 and Aug. 30, 1867. Size of map: 20"x19". Second foldout has no title. "Diagram" of Mississippi River with lettering showing "Island", "Bottom covered with trees", "Road from Ferry", "Stone Building" and "Cemetery". Paragraph in document explains it as "Four places where the bridge might be judiciously located." Disbound. String-tied. Front/back page loose but intact. Otherwise document is Very Good. Foldouts are Very Good+. No tears. $45.00

[004482] Senate. Report on the Mississippi River Floods. . Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1898. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Leather. Mississippi River. Good By the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 76. Fifty-Fifth Congress, First Session. 55th Congress 3d Session. Senate. Report No. 1433. First question posed by the Committee: "What are the causes of the disastrous floods in the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and how can such floods be prevented or diminished? Issues rised: Causes of the Floods; Levees; Testimonies with questions and answers regarding conditions of the Mississippi River's water flow, overflows,etc.; Testimonies from different localities along the river. Numerous foldouts, some in color. Foldouts include: Map of Reservoir and Watersheds of Minnesota; Plans for Construction of 12 ft. Brush; Colored Map of Overflowed Lands of the Mississippi River between St. Paul and the Mouth of the Missouri River; Mean Section 1894 of Arkansas River to Vicksburg; (Colored) Plan for Improving Rivers, Edwin Bell, St. Paul, MN; Numerous foldouts of "Hydrograph 0f Gauges"; (Colored) Map Louisiana and a Part of Arkansas Showing Levee Districts and Principal Levee Lines to Accompany Report of the Board of State Engineers; Hydrograph of the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio Rivers; Caving Banks from Cairo to Donaldsonville from 1877-83 to 1892; Lower Point Pleasant Bar; and Table with Estimated yardage and cost of levees built. 522 pp.including Index. Leather with raised bands with three colors of leather on spine. Red: Senate Report. Vol.2. Green: No. 1433. Mississippi River Flood. Black: 55th Congress. 3d Session. 1898-99. Some scuffing-mainly to top of spine. Covers are Good or better. Discoloring to endpapers. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. $85.00

[004259] Wall, Edward E.. ENGINEERS, ENGINEERING, AND SOME VAGARIES. St. Louis: 1931. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Red Cloth. Engineering. Signed by Author. Good- Gift inscription on front free endpaper SIGNED by author. Preface: " This volume has been printed...solely to gratify the vanity of the author, who egotistically believes that here and there will be found an original idea admirably expressed....The selections herein contained were written over a period of many years,...dates given in footnotes, so that the interested reader, if so inclined may observe the changes in the author's views as they have occurred." 306 pp. Front cover with gilt lettering. Discolored and stained from dampness? Slight "bleeding" on free endpaper side edge and title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. Spine 's back joint open. 4" strip missing. Covers are Good-. Edward E. Wall was a Member of the American Society Civil Engineers, American Waterworks Association, St. Louis Institute of Consulting Engineers, St. Louis Academy of Science, Engineers' Club of St. Louis, Etc. $25.00

[003847] Worley, J.L., W. W. Towne and F.J. Burgess. IDENTIFICATION OF LOW-FLOW AUGMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER QUALITY CONTROL BY COMPUTER TECHNIQUES. ill. Figures(graphs), Tables . Washington: 1965. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10". Stiff Covers. Engineering. Very Good Engineering Experiment Station. Oregon State University. Reprint No. 80. Reprinted with permission from Journal Water Pollution Control Federation. Vol. 37, No. 5, May, 1965. pp. 659-673. 13 illustrations including Map of Willamette River Basin. 2 tables. Glossy white covers slightly soiled, overall Very Good to VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $18.50