BALANCING OF ENGINES, STEAM, GAS, AND PETROL. AN ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK, USING PRINCIPALLY GRAPHIC METHODS. fOR THE USE OF STUDENTS, DRAUGHTSMEN, DESIGNERS, AND BUYERS OF ENGINES.
by SHARP, Archbald
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907. 1st Edition . Brown Cloth. Good+. 14 Cms x 22 Cms. xi+212, num.text figs (numbered by chapter) & 13 tables; sig.top t.p. 'L.Howard-Flanders 2-4-18', who has to be British aviation pioneer Richard Leonard Howard-Flanders, an engineer with Vickers Ltd (Aviation Department) at this time (thanks to Canada-based Stephen Priestley for this information), large blue stamps of City & Guilds College bottom t.p, & rear pastedown, label on fr. pastedown of The Lyon Playfair Library, Imperial College, with presentation label on facing free endpaper 'Presented by Mrs B. Halstead & family in memory of Douglas Ian Halstead' (this has futher details, he died in 1952 aged 28). sm.lib no.top this page and 2 more verso t.p.; over 2 pp. of notes (dated 12-12-18) on both sides of rear free endpaper and extending to top end pastedown+another sheet in same hand slipped in; main text clean, tight & unmarked, sl.splitting of paper to top & bottom fr. gutter; covers clean but some sl.corner bumping, large white lib.label centre sp. & sm.number to bottom. The covers have been sealed in 'Kleersheel' plastic but the label on fr. pastedown is over this so I baulk at removing it (the lower sp.lib.no.is on this surface). Not the prettiest copy of this apparently scarce book but its obvious chequered history gives it a certain appeal.
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- 003101
- Title
- BALANCING OF ENGINES, STEAM, GAS, AND PETROL. AN ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK, USING PRINCIPALLY GRAPHIC METHODS. fOR THE USE OF STUDENTS, DRAUGHTSMEN, DESIGNERS, AND BUYERS OF ENGINES.
- Author
- SHARP, Archbald
- Format/Binding
- Brown Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 14 Cms x 22 Cms
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ENGINEERING, HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Howard-Flanders
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