Rewritten and enlarged. Pp. [vi]+346(last blank), numerous text figures (a couple full page), index; demy 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated in blind, edges slightly rubbed, the top fore-corners a trifle bruised; upper hinge starting, small damp stain to top edge of a few leaves, the outer..... More
A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications. A practical treatise. Complete in ten volumes, totalling approximately 3,400 pages (including advertisements, continuously paginated), frontispiece portrait of Thomas Edison in Volume I, numerous text figures throughout (several..... More
Pp. x+222(last blank), 8 plates; boards slightly canted, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Secker & Warburg, London, 1966. Reprinted. *The story..... More
Pp. 320, 32 plates, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle soiled; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1979. First edition. *'Describes the building of the bridge itself, its maintenance and its collapse not much more than a...... More
With Introduction, descriptive and critical notes by Brother Potamian. [Facsimile edition, two volumes in one]. Pp. viii+504+476(last blank), frontispiece portrait to each volume, text illustrations (several full page), appendix, index; Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1998]. Edition limited to 150 copies. *Originally published in New York by the American Institute..... More
