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By: N/A
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, N. D. C. Hodges: 1890
Seller ID: 003151
Condition: 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 i... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1883
Seller ID: 003361
Condition: 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, ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1886
Seller ID: 003657
Condition: 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 ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $55.00
Publisher: 1879
Seller ID: 004951
Condition: 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 ta... View more info
By: Congress
Price: $17.50
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1970
Seller ID: 007475
Condition: Very Good-
...in Environmental Effects of Producing Electric Power. Part 2 (Vol. 1). January 27, 28, 29, 30; February 24, 25, 26, 1970. Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Pages 1109-1861. Green paper covers with black lettering on front and spine. Ex. library stamps and identification numbers on front cover. Cover corners are bumped, creasing to joints and spine, wear to spine ends. Interior pages are different shades of white, cream and brown. Back pages top corner is unclipped and creased. Interior is clean, text is easily legible. Document in VG- condition. View more info
By: Hool, George A. and W. S. Kinne (eds.)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York and London, McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1943
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 007249
Condition: Very Good-
"...designed to provide the engineer and the student with a reference work covering thoroughly the design and construction of the principal kinds and types of modern civil engineering structures." Compiled by a Staff of Specialists. Revised by R. R. Zipprodt and F. N. Menefee. 639 pages with index. Olive green cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, minor scuffs to cover faces and spine, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Cocked spine. Interior pages are browning along edges, otherwise clean. Book in VG- condition. View more info
By: Hool, George A. and W. S. Kinne (eds.)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York and London, McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1942
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 007250
Condition: Very Good-
"...designed to provide the engineer and the student with a reference work covering thoroughly the design and construction of the principal kinds and types of modern civil engineering structures." Compiled by a Staff of Specialists. Revised by R. R. Zipprodt and George C. Ernst. 642 pages with index. Olive green cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, minor scuffs to cover faces and spine, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Interior pages are browning along edges, otherwise clean. Book in VG- condition. View more info
By: Hool, George A. and W. S. Kinne (eds.)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York and London, McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1943
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 007251
Condition: Very Good-
"...designed to provide the engineer and the student with a reference work covering thoroughly the design and construction of the principal kinds and types of modern civil engineering structures." Compiled by a Staff of Specialists. Revised by R. R. Zipprodt and H. E. Langley. 497 pages with index. Olive green cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed with some tears exposing boards, minor scuffs to cover faces and spine, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Interior pages are browning along edges, otherwise clean. Book in VG- conditi... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1894
Seller ID: 000971
Condition: 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... View more info
Price: $90.00
Publisher: Washington, Goverment Printing Office: 1890
Seller ID: 004147
Condition: 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".... View more info
Price: $85.00
Publisher: Washington D.C., Government Printing Office: 1900
Seller ID: 004232
Condition: Very Good+
"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, Assist... View more info
Price: $18.50
Publisher: 1891
Seller ID: 004253
Condition: 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. View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: 1895
Seller ID: 004340
Condition: 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... View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: 1903
Seller ID: 004522
Condition: 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 fold... View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Blair & Rives, Printers: 1836
Seller ID: 004841
Condition: 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 acc... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1855
Seller ID: 005878
Condition: Very Good-
Wrought-Iron Beams. 33d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 56. Referred to t he Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed, February 6, 1855. "Wrought-iron beams are now rolled of such sizes and lengths that, by combinations with made wrought-iron girders, they can be adapted to the largest-sized buildings. The economy of using this material insted of cast metal is equal to its greater security." 10 pp. Eight experiments with figures and charts. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine. Some browning/foxing througho... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: 1977
Seller ID: 006689
Condition: Good+
95th Congress, House of Representatives, 1st Session. September 14, 15, and 16, 1977. Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. 461 pp. Trade paperback with brown paper covers. Cover corners are bent, faded square on front cover. Creasing throughout most of paperback from poor storage. Many interior page corners are dog-earred, otherwise interior is clean. Book in Good+ condition. View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1888
Seller ID: 007275
Condition: Good+
Library of Congress. 50th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Mis. Doc. No. 12. December 4, 1888.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 11 pp. Ninetenn fold-out diagrams of proposed construction plans for the future Library of Congress. Disbound government document. Residue and strings from book binding remains on spine edge, same edge is also creased and chipped. First page of document is separated from others. Corners are creased and folded, paper is browning from age, text easily legible. All 19 fold-out images are present and clean. Document in... View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office: 1979
Seller ID: 007402
Condition: Very Good-
No. 54. Printed for the use of the Committee on Science and Technology. 251 pp. Paper covers with staple binding. Creasing to front cover, particularly near spine, bottom of document bent with back pages slightly creased. Ex. library stamps and identification numbers on front cover. Interior pages are clean, no marks. Document in VG- condition. View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1910
Seller ID: 004876
Condition: 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 cove... View more info
