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Etat : very_good. John See (illustrateur). Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships USPS Media Mail.

Etat : Very Good. John See (illustrateur). Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

28 plates. 8vo, pp.101-163, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty & slightly chipped, damp marked lower forecorner throughout, upper margins affected by damp throughout. The other paper being On the Pumping Machinery for emptying the Dry Docks at Chatham and Rio de Janeiro by George B. Rennie.

9 plates, 8vo, pp.145-176, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip chipped, some insect damage to margins of wrappers, upper wrapper detached and incomplete, the wrappers are however very clean. The other papers being Description of a new Expansive Valve Motion for Steam Engines by George M. Miller; On an improved Spring and Axle Box for Railway Carriages; & Description of a Spiral Coil Piston Packing by David Joy.

8 plates, 8vo, pp.48, original printed tan wrappers; Small damp mark to inner margin at base, stitching partly cracked else good, the wrappers very clean. The other papers being On Berdan's Crushing and Amalgamating Machine by William P. Marshall; & On an Improved Water Meter by Charles William Siemens.

5 plates, 8vo, pp.125-156, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty and slightly chipped with damp mark which slightly extends into the inner margins within, top of text block dusty; the wrappers are however very clean. The other papers being Description of improved Corn Mill Machinery by Alexander White; Description of a Compressed Air Engine at Govan Colliery by Chales Randolph; & Description of an improved Water Meter by Thomas Kennedy.

18 plates. 8vo, pp. 185-307, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip slightly spotted and chipped, string mark on lower wrapper, generally good. The other papers being Remarks on Chernoff's Paper by Anderson, On Water-Pressure Engines for Mining purposes by Davey, & On the Manufacture of Steel and the mode of Working it by D. Chernoff.

8 plates ( 4 being of Agricultural Engines), 8vo, pp.79-124, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty and slightly chipped with damp mark which extends into the inner margins within, top of text block dusty, the wrappers are however very good. The other papers being Description of a Double-Traversing Drilling and Grooving Machine by Thomas Forsyth; & On an improved Water Meter by C. William Siemens.

10 plates (3 of Agricultural field machinery, including the steam plough), 8vo, pp.54, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty and slightly chipped, slightly affected by damp which extends into the inner margins within, stitching cracked, the wrappers are however good. The other papers being On the Theory of Pile Driving, with description of an improved Steam Pile Driving Machine by Andrew John Robertson and Michael Scott; & On the Manufacture of Charcoal and Coke by Ebenezer Rogers.

8 plates (4 of Agricultural Barn machinery), 8vo, pp.249-293, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty and slightly chipped, affected by damp which slightly extends into the inner margins within, the wrappers are however good. The other papers being Description of the Ventilating Fan at the Abercarn Colleries by Ebenezer Rogers; & Description of an improved Steam Pile-Driver by Robert Morrison.

27 plates, 8vo, pp.125-178, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip holed else very good, the wrappers very clean. The other paper being On a Steam Road Roller by W.F.Batho and T. Aveling (Adjourned Discussion); & On the Mode of Working and the Mechanical Appliances employed in the Midland Coalfield by George Fowler.

15 plates, 8vo, pp.261-297, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty, headband chipped, top of text block dusty; the wrappers very clean. The other papers being On Steam Pressure Guages by Ernest Spon; & On the principal constructions of Breech-Loading Mechanism for Small Arms, and their relative mechanical advantages by William P. Marshall (Adjourned Discussion).

10 plates, 8vo, pp.227-257, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty, the wrappers very clean. The other paper being Description of a Wire-Rope at the Landore Steel Works for conveying materials across a navigable stream by William Hackney.

22 plates, 8vo, pp.187-252, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty, the wrappers very clean. The other papers being On the application of Water Pressure to Shop Tools and Mechanical Engineering Work by Ralph Hart Tweddell; & Description of a Coal Cutting Machine with rotary cutter, worked by compressed air by Robert Winstanley.

12 plates, 8vo, pp.253-293, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty, corner crease to upper wrapper, the wrappers very clean. The other papers being On the Working of the improved Compound-Cylinder Blowing Engines and Howard Boilers, at the Lakenby Iron Works, Middlesbrough by Alfred C. Hill; & On an improved construction of Tool for Turning metals at increased speed by Colonel Clay.

26 plates. 8vo, pp.165-251, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip discoloured, edges of text block dusty and marked, plates and text unmarked, upper wrapper generally good. The other paper being On Compressed-Air Machinery for Underground Haulage by William Daniel.

16 plates, 8vo, pp.63, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty, insect damage to margin of last two leaves and lower wrapper, top of text block dusty; the wrappers very clean. The other papers being Description of a Balanced Slide-Valve for Locomotive Engines by William G. Beattie; & On Whittle's plan for preventing Deposit and Incrustation in Steam Boilers by George Addenbrooke.

8vo, pp.31, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip and extreme inner margins discoloured. The other papers are Description of a Railway Carriage Elevator by William L. Kimmond; & On Vulcanised India-rubber Pipe Joints "from Mr. Wicksteed's printed report on Brockendon's application".

8 plates, 8vo, pp.49-77, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip dusty and slightly chipped, top of text block dusty, the wrappers are however very clean. The other papers being On Waddell's improved Packing for the Slide-Valves of marine engines by Charles Beyer; & On an improved construction of Link Motion for locomotive and other engines by Alexander Allan.

14 plates, 8vo, pp.133-210, original printed tan wrappers, all wrapper margins trimmed but very clean. The other papers being On File-Cutting Machinery by Thomas Greenwood; On the Relative Economy and Durability of various classes of Stationery Steam Boilers by Robert B. Longridge; Description of a new Steam Pressure Guage by Alexander Allan; & Description of Haste's improved Safety Valve for steam boilers.

6 plates, 8vo, pp.45-73, original printed tan wrappers; top of text block soiled else very good. The other papers being On improved India Rubber Springs for Railway Engines by William G. Craig; On Railway Axle Lubrication by W. Bridges Adams; & On a New Lubricating Material by John Lea.

8 plates, 8vo, pp.39, original printed tan wrappers; top of text block dusty else very good, the wrappers very clean. The other papers being On a New Manufacture of Compound Metallic Rods and Bars by Edward J. Payne; Description of an improved Safty Valve, for Locomotive, Marine, and Stationery Steam Boilers by James Fenton; & Description of an improved Tuyere for Smiths' Hearths by John Ross.

11 plates, 8vo, pp.53-96, original printed tan wrappers, very good, top of text block stained, the wrappers very clean. The other paper being On a Marine Engine Governor by Peter Jensen.

3 plates (of Whitworth's Measuring Machine etc.) 8vo, pp.97-132, original printed tan wrappers, top of text block stained, upper wrapper torn across but very clean. The other paper being On the construction of Hot Blast Ovens for Iron Furnace by Henry Marten (Continued discussion).

8 plates, 8vo, pp.109-138, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip rubbed else very good. The other papers being On Prideaux's Self-Closing Valve by John E. Hodgkin; & Description of an improved Steam-Engine Boiler by Henry Wright.

8 plates, 8vo, pp.189-222, original printed tan wrappers; very good, the wrappers very clean. The other papers being On the Arrangement of the Materials in the Blast Furnace by Samuel H. Blackwell;

8 plates, 8vo, pp.49-78, original printed tan wrappers; stitching partly cracked, top of text block soiled, else good, the wrappers very clean. The other papers being On an improved construction of Moulds for Casting Metals by Robert Jobson; On an improved Piston for Steam Engines by James Ramsbottom; & On an Improved Water Filter by Archibald Slate.

6 plates, 8vo, pp.97-144, original printed tan wrappers; backstrip chipped, some insect damage to margins of wrappers, top of text block dusty, the wrappers are however very clean. The other papers being On the Commercial Economy of Working Steam Expansively in Marine Engines by Edward E. Allen; & On an Improved Pressure Guage for Steam and Water by John Clift.

8 plates, 8vo, pp.79-107, original printed tan wrappers; stitching partly cracked, top of text block soiled, else good, the wrappers very clean. The other papers being On Kind's improved System of Boring by Samuel H. Blackwell; & On a new Steam Engine by Thomas Forsyth.

hardcover. Etat : New. John See (illustrateur). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!