A Collection of Valuable, Timely, Practical Commercial Formulas and Recipes for Making Thousands of Products in Many Fields of Industry. Pp. [viii]632, mostly printed double column, a few text figures, lists of chemicals and suppliers; post 8vo; grey cloth, lettered and decorated in purple, boards flecked, top edges purple; dust..... More
Time and Responsibility. Pp. [viii]+190, plates, text figures, title and headpiece decorations, appendix, notes, recommended bibliography, index; post 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; endpapers slightly faded and marked, with security sticker on lower free endpaper, top fore-corner of a couple of leaves lightly creased..... More
Pp. xii+286, one text illustration, notes, index; med. 8vo; black c cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle marked, bottom edges lightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, edges lightly creased; Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, London, 1998. First U.K. edition. *Shows how the emergence of machines with a life -..... More
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation. Pp. [x]+422, 16 plates, pictorial title page, endnotes & amplifications, sources, selected bibliography, index; med. 8vo; green papered boards lettered and blocked in blue; dust wrapper; occasional faint soiling; The Penguin Press, New York, 2012. First edition. *'From its beginnings in..... More
Pp. 192, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper; New Holland Publishers, Sydney, 2004. First edition. More
The tools and techniques. Pp. [iv]+180(last blank), 2 mounted coloured photographs, numerous black & white or monochrome figures (one double page folding), bibliography; tall demy 4to; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly marked, edges lightly rubbed, the lower board slightly bubbled near spine; the author, [Sevenoakes, 1984?]. First..... More
The extraordinary story of the submarine inventor who wanted to save the world. Pp. xii+404, text illustrations, notes, further reading, index; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves browned; Profile Books, London, 2003. First edition. More
A history of telecommunications. Foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. Pp. xvi+438(last blank), numerous text illustrations, maps, pictorial endpapers, appendices, notes, select bibliography, index; tall cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Nelson, Melbourne, 1985. Second printing. *The history of Telecom Australia and its predecessors, the Postmaster..... More
Lectures and addresses on the history of science and technology. Based largely on collaborative work with Wang Ling, Lu Gw Ei-Djen and Ho Ping-Yu. Pp. xx+470, 40 plates, numerous text figures (some full page), folding chart, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; maroon cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, edges a...... More
including the Ronalds Library. With a Biographical memoir. Edited by Alfred J. Frost. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xxviii+564; Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1998]. *Originally published by Spon, in 1880. More