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BION, N[icolas] [1652-1733].
Traité De La Construction Et Des Principaux Usages Des Instrumens De Mathématique.
Paris: Widow of J.Boudot, J.Collombat, J.Boudot Son, 1709..
8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 347, [5]. engraved dedicatory headpiece & 28 engraved plates (incl. map, some folding) by H. Van Loon. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary mottled calf, gilt back, gilt coat of arms on covers (joints & extremities skillfully restored (some foxing & browning, library stamp on title). First Edition of an important treatise on the construction and use of mathematical instruments. Bion was one of the most highly respected and successful instrument makers of his generation, and was named engineer for mathematical instruments to the King by Louis XIV. His work deals with optical measuring, astronomical, nautical and topographical instruments which were in use at the time including proportional, marine and other compasses, calipers, pantograph, recipiangle, levels, theodolite, graphometer, astrolabe, telescope, solar viewer, sundial, quadrants, &c. "The best of the early classical treatises on mathematical instruments." (Smith: History of Mathematics, II, 359-60. Poggendorff I 194-95. Polak 842. cfHorblit 114-115. cfBrunet I 950.
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BLACK, John.
Gas Fitting A Practical Handbook Treating Of Every Description Of Gas Laying And Fitting...
London: Crosby Lockwood And Son, 1895..
12mo. pp. viii, 148 + [66]ads. with half-title. 131 text illus. A near fine copy in original blind-stamped cloth (chipping to paper spine label, institutional rubberstamp on title). Second Edition, Enlarged.
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BLAKEMAN, John.
An Introduction To Applied Science For Boot & Shoe Manufacture.
London: The Anglo-American Technical Co., Ltd., 1924..
4 p.l., 206. text diagrams. cloth (bit rubbed). First Edition.
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BOLLEY, P[ompeyus] A[lexander] [1812-1870] & Benjamin H[oratio] PAUL.
Manual Of Technical Analysis: A Guide For The Testing And Valuation Of The Various Natural And Artificial Substances Employed In The Arts And In Domestic Economy. Founded Upon The Handbuch Der Technisch-Chemischen Untersuchungen Of Dr. P.A.Bolley...
London: Henry G.Bohn, 1857..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xii, 426 + 48(publisher's catalogue). with half-title. wood-engraved text illus. original blind-stamped cloth (some staining to covers, extremities frayed). First Edition of the reworked English Translation.
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BOLLINGER, Lynn L. & Arthur H.TULLY, JR.
Personal Aircraft Business At Airports.
Boston: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1948..
8vo. pp. xi, [1 leaf], 348. cloth (ex-lib.). First Edition.
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BONNYCASTLE, John [1750 ?-1821].
An Introduction To Mensuration And Practical Geometry : With Notes, Containing The Reason Of Every Rule.Eleventh Edition, corrected and greatly improved.
London : Printed For F.C. and J.Rivington, J.Nunn., 1816..
12mo. pp. 12mo. pp. xii, 300. with half-title. engraved title vignette. text diagrams. contemporary sheep (joints & spine cracked, spine ends chipped, scattered light foxing). old ms. notes on half-title & several in text.
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BOOTH, W[illiam] H.
Liquid Fuel And Its Apparatus.
London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1911..
8vo. pp. 308, [5]ads. 85 text illus. (some full-page). cloth (2 library rubberstamps). First Edition.
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BORDEN, Simeon [1798-1856].
A System Of Useful Formulae, Adapted To The Practical Operations Of Locating And Constructing Railroads: A Paper Read Before The Boston Society Of Civil Engineers, December, MDCCCXLIX.
Boston: Charles C.Little And James Brown, 1851..
8vo. pp. x, [1 leaf],errata, 188. 29 text diagrams. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (covers bit scuffed). First Edition.
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[BOUGUER, Pierre] [1698-1758].
De La Mâture Des Vaisseaux. Pièce Qui A Remporté Le Prix De L'Académie Royale Des Sciences, Proposé pour l'année 1727, selon la fondation faite par feu M. Rouillé De Meslay, ancien Conseiller au Parlement.
Paris: Claude Jombert, 1727..
4to. pp. 2 p.l., 164. 5 folding engraved plates. 1 folding table. woodcut headpiece, initial & title vignette. modern quarter calf (marginal dampstains to some leaves). First Edition. Bouguer succeeded his father as royal professor of hydrography at the age of fifteen, and "quickly became the leading French theoretical authority on all things nautical" (DSB), publishing a number of works on naval architecture and navigation. The present treatise on the masting of ships is one of three essays for which he was awarded prizes by the Académie Royale des Sciences. Polak 1047.
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BOUGUER, [Pierre] [1698-1758].
Entretiens Sur La Cause De L'Inclinaison Des Orbites Des Planètes. Où l'on répond à la Question proposée par l'Académie Royale Des Sciences, pour le sujet du Prix des années 1732. & 1734.Seconde Édition. Dans laquelle on a saisi l'occasion d'éxaminer qu
Paris: Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1748..
4to. pp. 1 p.l., 140. 2 folding engraved plates. woodcut title vignette, head & tailpieces & initial. disbound. Second Enlarged Edition.
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BOWDITCH, W[illiam] R[enwick].
The Analysis, Technical Valuation, Purification, And Use Of Coal Gas.
London: E. and F.Spon, 1867..
8vo. pp. iv, 300, 11 leaf]ads. folding table. text illus. original cloth (inner hinges cracked & weak, spine ends frayed). First Edition.
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BOX, Thomas.
Practical Hydraulics A Series Of Rules And Tables For The Use Of Engineers, Etc. Etc.
London: E. & F.N.Spon, Ltd..., 1899..
8vo. pp. viii, 80. 2 folding tables & 8 plates. original cloth. Twelfth Edition.
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BRADBROOKE, F.D.
The Light Aeroplane Manual...With A Foreward By Captain g. De Havilland, F.R.Ae.S.
London: Chapman And Hall, Ltd., 1931..
8vo. pp. viii, [1 leaf], 51, [2]ads. frontis. & text illus. (some full-page). cloth (edges of 2 leaves soiled & tatty). First Edition.
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BRAID, D.
Compressed Air In Engineering Production Intended For All Interested In The Application Of Compressed Air For The Operation And Control Of Tools Used In Engineering Production.
London: George Newnes Limited, [c1943]..
8vo. pp. vii, 304, ix-xxii(ads). 194 text illus. (some full-page). cloth (ex-lib.). First Edition.
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BRANDE, William Thomas [1788-1866].
The Subject Matter Of A Course Of Ten Lectures On Some Of The Arts Connected With Organic Chemistry, Delivered Before The Members Of The Royal Institution In The Spring Of 1852...Arranged...By J.Scoffern...
London: Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans, [1854]..
8vo. pp. xvi, 382. with half-title. wood-engraved text illus. original blind-stamped cloth (rubbed, extremities frayed, half-title & last page browned, institutional rubberstamp on title). First Edition. Including chapters on dyeing, bleaching, calico-printing, gelatin, tannic and gallic acids and their applications, sugar and sugar manufacture, woody fibre, fatty bodies and the manufacture of soap and candles, hydrocarbons, nitrogeniferous or azotized substances, and fermentation.
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