London: Gresham Publishing Co., 1908. 2 volumes, folio. 11 coloured lithographed sectional plates and 500 text illustrations. Dark green cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt.
A marvelous work, noted for the extraordinary sectional plates lithographed in full color, depicting a Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler, a steam engine, a Riedler-Curtis steam turbine, a locomotive, a Westinghouse quick-acting compressed-air brake, a continuous-current motor, a squirrel cage three-phase induction motor, an Otto gas engine, a Priestman oil engine, a diesel engine, and an automobile.
Good+. Externally, boards rubbed and slight fraying to corners; spine bumped; binding worn and slightly loose. Internally, pages are clean and clear.
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London: Gresham Publishing Co., 1908. 2 volumes, folio. 11 coloured lithographed sectional plates and 500 text illustrations. Dark green cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt.
A marvelous work, noted for the extraordinary sectional plates lithographed in full color, depicting a Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler, a steam engine, a Riedler-Curtis steam turbine, a locomotive, a Westinghouse quick-acting compressed-air brake, a continuous-current motor, a squirrel cage three-phase induction motor, an Otto gas engine, a Priestman oil engine, a diesel engine, and an automobile.
Good+. Externally, boards rubbed and slight fraying to corners; spine bumped; binding worn and slightly loose. Internally, pages are clean and clear.
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