Search Results: Engineering from Attic Books

Albany: Published by request, 1868. Ephemera. Ex-Library. 36 p. 22 cm. Paper tied with thread. Vertical crease. Ex lib with Harvard library blind stamp, ink stamps rear of title page. Former owner's label attached to front page. "The public works of this state, their influence upon the interests of New York and the trade of the west - and the school of engineering which they have developed".

Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988. Hardcover. ex library-good +. The GeoJournal Library. viii, 708 p. 25 cm. B&w figures, maps, tables. Yellow hardcover. Ex library with label on lower spine, ink stamps on text block edges, stamps and labels on endpapers. A little wear to lower front edge. Articles by various authors about many countries' ports, harbours, seawalls, breakwaters, groynes, etc.

Potsdam: Fachlochschule, 2001. Softcover. Near fine. 125 p. 27 cm. B&w and colour illustrations. German text. Accompanied a specialist conference and exhibition.

Hamilton: Hamilton Engineering Interface Inc, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. xii, 191 p. 24 x 31 cm. 17 colour maps, 44 colour photos, 67 b&w or sepia photos and illustrations. Pictorial hardcover. Signed by J. W. Disher on title page. The authors discuss practical engineering, the evolution of engineering, the railway revolution, factories and foundries, engineering our municipalities, learning from history, engineering at McMaster (by L. W. Shemilt). Bibliography and subject index.

1950. Softcover. Fair. Unpaginated. 29 cm. B&w and partial colour illustrations. Fold-out colour map at centre is detached. Stapled card covers. Worn and stained edges. Some stains to first leaves. One leaf towards rear is loosening. Portuguese text. Intro by Odilon E. A. Souza, Vice-Presidente Executivo, The São Paulo Tramway, Light & Power Co. Pencil notes and notation in Introduction.

New York: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1961. Hardcover. Near fine. 189 p. 24 cm. Burgundy cloth with gold print. Discolouration to endpapers. Else fine. "A Study Sponsored Jointly By The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The American Society of Civil Engineers, The American Society of Engineering Education, under a grant by The National Science Foundation 1959-60." Topics by various authors include: civil engineering education; distinction between engineering and science; proposed structure of the undergraduate curriculum; professional development; long-range goals. Appendices.

Montreal: The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 1997. Hardcover. Fine. 172 p. 23 cm. Hardcover.

Washington, 1890. Ephemera. Good. 16 p. 23 cm. Paper covers with crease from top to bottom. Former owner's label on first page. Title continues: "Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, January 9, 1890".

London: Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1876. Hardcover. Good. xiv, 378p, followed by 50 double plates (unpaginated). 38.5 cm. Colour-lllustrated frontispiece of the Wallasey Water Tower signed by dedicatee, Civil Engineer, Robert Rawlinson. Includes upwards of 250 woodcut illustrations. Binding in poor condition with missing spine, detached front board with significant wear and staining. Some foxing to the first 45 pages. Plate pages have occasional foxing but remain mostly bright and white. Good condition. Sold "as-is". Contents: Historical sketch of some of the means that have been adopted for the supply of water to cities and towns; Water and the foreign matter usually associated with it; Rainfall and evaporation; Springs; and the water-bearing formations of various districts; Measurement and estimation of the flow of water; On the selection of the source of supply; Wells; Reservoirs; The purification of water; Pumps; Pumping machinery; Conduits; Distribution of water; Meters, Service-pipes, and… Read More

Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 1993. Softcover. Near fine. Megascience: The OECD Forum. 97, [2] p. 23 cm. Numerous tables. Paperback. Former owner's signature on title page. A little thumbing to first page. Topics: scientific orientations and challenges in the field of geosciences; the role of deep drilling; etc.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. ix, 278 p. 24 cm. B&w figures. Black hardcover in blue dustjacket. Bottom corners a bit bumped. Appendixes and Index.

Macmillan Company of Canada, 1977. Softcover. Good. 375 p. 28 cm. Numerous figures in b&w and partial colour. Spiral binding. One pair of 3D glasses at rear. Soilng to covers, esp. rear. Pencil notes p. 15.

Ottawa: Printed by Order of the House of Commons, 1868. Paperback. Fair. lxxv, 615 p. 26 cm in blue paper wrappers. Includes 5 maps. Wrappers are chipped and stained. Title and first pages are damp stained. Ink stain on text block edge. Pages clean. The last report submitted on the public works of the United Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada as they were before Confederation. Discussion of canals, works on navigable rivers, harbours, light-houses and buoys, slides and booms, roads and bridges, public buildings and provincial vessels. Largely consists of appendices. Alphabetical index runs from Amherst to Whitby. Also an index to the appendix.

Windsor: Your Story Publishing, 2013. Softcover. As new. 298 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback.

Cassier's Magazine, 1895. Vol. VIII, No. 3, July 1895. Hardcover. Ex library-good. Pages [12], 173-384. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Green cloth with gold print. Ex library with label on lower spine, ink stamps on text block edges, labels on endpapers. Worn corners, a few dents in edges. Chip in a front page and p. 327, 371 at top, due to pages sticking together. Pages 349-356 sticking together at top. Some wrinkling, dampstains to top margins. A few small tears.

1972. Softcover. Good. 50th Anniversary Project. 86 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Creases and light wear.

Printed by Nabu, nd. Reprint. Softcover. Near fine. xvi, 570 p. 25 cm. B&w illustrations. Light soiling to edges.

Nelson Education, 2015. Seventh Canadian Editiion. Softcover. Very good +. xix, 489 p. 28 cm. B&w diagrams. Softcover. Light edge wear. Covers basic mechanical drafting, drafting applications, modern engineering tolerancing. Appendix and index.

London: John Murray, 1864. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good+. Abridged from 'Lives of the Engineers.' xiii, 320 p. 18 cm. Maps, portrait of Brindley, and other b&w illustrations. Full leather with gold trim, burgundy spine label, marbled endpapers and text block edges. Prize binding states "Godolphin School. Christmas 1866" on front cover. Edges worn, some scuffing to boards. Former owner's label on a front leaf.

Lagos: Federal Ministry of Information, [1969]. Staplebound. Good +. 98 p. 22 cm. About 70 b&w illustrations. Paperback. Wear to edges and some rubbing to covers. Ink inscription at top of half title. Pages bright and clean. Topics: Kainji Dam construction by Impregilo S.p.A.; Kainji resettlement by Robin Atkinson; Kainji Lake transport and navigation; Borgu Game Reserve by R. H. Kemp; Fisheries by Edward Bayagbona; Industrial implications by Fed. Ministry of Industries; E.C.N.; Economic impact by Dr. Q. B. O. Anthonio.