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Enlarged with 15 chapters by the Dutch scientist, Martinus Houttuyn View picture(s) 1 BAKER, Henry. Het mikroskoop gemakkelyk gemaakt. Amsterdam, heirs F. Houttuyn, 1778. 8vo. Later dark green half cloth, gold-tooled spine. With 28 folding engraved plates and 1 folding table. 36, 496, [16] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Microscopy  Science  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two masterpieces of Dutch hydraulic engineering View picture(s) 2 BARNARD, John Gross. Report on the North Sea Canal of Holland; and on the improvement of navigation from Rotterdam to the sea; to the chief of engineers, United States army. (Professional papers of the corps of engineers, U.S. army. No. 22). Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1872. 4to. Contemporary brown half morocco, reddish-brown cloth sides gold-blocked with the title and the coat of arms of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. With 12 plates numbered as 11 (all but 1 folding and 1 printed in red and black) containing maps, plans, sections, construction drawings of equipment and locks, etc.. Further with a half title, title-page, preface, and list of plates. 77, [3 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [North]  Hydraulics  Maps - 19th Century  Rotterdam  Science  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting illustrated work on the construction of banks, roads, canals and railways View picture(s) 3 BRUÈRE, René. Traité de consolidation des talus, routes, canaux et chemins de fer. Contenant des explications fort étendues  sur les causes des éboulements, la description des  procédés de consolidation, le prix de revient obtenu  pour 296,000 mètres carrés de talus, et une analyse  des systèmes les plus connus avec un examen des principes.  Précédé d'une préface de A. Perdonnet. Paris & Liège, A. Hennuyer for the Librairie Polytechnique, J. Baudry, 1873. 2 vols.: text-vol. 8vo and atlas-vol. large 8vo. Contemporary half green morocco, spines gilt, marbled endpapers. With numerous illustrations on 25 double-page steel-engraved numbered plates (ca. 20 x 24cm.) by L. Guiguet in atlas-vol. Text vol.: XI, 311 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Engineering  French  Railways  Technics  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Advantage of steam vessels over sailing ships View picture(s) 4 CAMPAIGNAC, Antoine Bernard. De l'état actuel de la navigation par la vapeur et des améliorations dont les navires et appareils a vapeur marins sont susceptibles; suivi de notes explicatives, tableaux, projets, etc. Paris, 1842. 4to. Contemporary green half calf, spine gilt (slightly worn). With 5 large folded plates and a folded table. 19, 355 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Navigation  Ships & Shipbuilding  Technology  Transport  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Colours and their application, by a famous French chemist View picture(s) 5 CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène. Théorie des effets optiques qui présentent les etoffes de soie. Ouvrage imprimé aux frais de la Chambre de Commerce de Lyon. Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1846. 8vo. Contemporary brown half morocco, gold-tooled spine. With illustrations of samples of silk weaving on large folding double-page lithographed plate by F. Giniez, printed in colours by Lemercier, Paris. 208 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Optics  Science  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to build your own barns and stables View picture(s) 6 ENGEL, F. Handboek der landhuishoudelijke bouwkunde voor bouwkundigen en landeigenaren. Naar het Hoogduitsch. Gorinchem, A. van der Mast, 1857. Contemporary half cloth. With 32 folding technical and architectural plans. (4), 503, XXII pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Architecture  Dutch  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Classic on mining and metallurgy, ranking next to Agricola View picture(s) 7 ERCKER, Lazarus. Aula Subterranea, Das ist: Untererdische Hofhaltung. Oder Gründliche Beschreibung derjenigen Sachen, so in der Tieffe der Erden wachsen, als aller Ertzen der Königlichen und gemeinen Metallen, auch fürnemehr Mineralien.. aufs neue mit vielen nützlichen und nothwendigen Stücken und Secreten.. mercklich vermehret.- BERWARDUS, CHR. Interpres Phraseologiae Metallurgicae, Oder Erklärung der fürnehmsten Terminorum und Red-arten, welche bey den Bergleuten.. gebräuchlich sind. Neben angehängter kurzen Deduction des löblichen Berg-Rechts. Franckfurt, Johann David Zunner, 1684. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary vellum. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, and 41 large woodcut illustrations in text. (16), 210; 123, (5); 68 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Earth Sciences [General]  Science  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to design and inscribe sundials View picture(s) 8 ERZEY, Adrianus. Wiskonstige beschryving der reguliere lichamen, aantoonende hoe men die uit massieve stoffe kan maaken, hun inhoud berekenen, en op dezelven zonnewyzers beschryven. Amsterdam, Jan Morterre, 1764. 8vo. Modern green half buckram. With 12 folding engraved plates showing mathematical figures by F. de Bakker. [10], 164, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Mathematics  Sundials  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On shipbuilding View picture(s) 9 FORFAIT, Pierre A.L. Traité élémentaire de la mature des vaisseaux à l'usage des élèves de la marine; ... Seconde édition, ... considérablement augmentée... Suivi d'un mémoire sur le système de construction des mâts d'assemblage en usage dans les ports de Hollande... Paris, Bachelier, 1815. 4to. Contemporary green half calf, spine gilt. With 25 engraved folding plates and with several tables folded because they exceed our copy its margins. 16, 340, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Manuals  Maritime History  Ships & Shipbuilding  Technology  Transport  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Energy-saving in the 18th century View picture(s) 10 LEHMANN, Johann Christian. Allgemeine Oeconomische Holzspahrkunst ... darinnen bey 70 Arten verbesserter Oefen beschrieben .... mehr als die Hälfte Holz erspahret werden könne ... Neue Auflage. Leipzig, Grotzische Handlung, 1754. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Contemporary half calf, red gilt title label on spine. With 10 folding engraved plates with stoves, ovens and chimneys. [4], 162; 128, [4] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Economy  Engineering  Industry  Technics  Technology  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Baking your bread, distilling gin and brewing beer in a cheaper manner View picture(s) 11 MÜLLER, Friedrich Christoph. Vollständige Beschreibung der Sparöfen und Heerde welche in der Grafschaft Mark schon seit vielen Jahren gebräuchlich und bewährt befunden sind. Nebst einer Nachricht vom Brodtbacken, Bierbrauen und Branntweinbrennen bei Steinkohlen und einem Anhange über Thermolampen, Fumivoren und Phylogoscopen der Franzosen. Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comtoirs, 1803. 8vo. Contemporary boards. With 7 folding engraved plates. VIII, 70 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Applied Arts  Industry  Technics  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Saving energy View picture(s) 12 WALBAUM, Dr. Johann Julius. Abhandlung von Holz sparenden Feuerstätten in den Wohnhäusern. Lübeck and Leipzig, Friedrich Bohn and Company, 1796. 8vo. Publisher's boards, uncut.  With a large folding engraving. 112 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  German  Technics  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Three early works on electricity with 11 engraved plates View picture(s) 13 WINCKLER, Johann Heinrich. Nieuwe natuurkundige ontdekkingen, aangaande de eigenschappen, werkingen, en oorzaaken der electriciteit, of uitlokkings-kragt,  benevens eene beschryvinge van verscheide nieuwe electrische  werktuigen.- IDEM De eigenschappen der  electrische stoffe, En van het electrische vuur, uit verscheidene nieuwe proeven Verklaart. Benevens eenige in 't Koper gebragte nieuwe werktuigen Om te Electriseeren. Strekkende tot een Tweede  Deel der Gedagten over de Electriciteit. Amsterdam, H.W. van Welbergen, 1751. 2 works in 1 volume. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, red title-label. With 7 folding engraved plates. (16), 119, (1 blank); (14, 110, (2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Science  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Learn to talk like a sailor View picture(s) 14 [AUBIN, Nicolas]. Dictionaire de marine. Contenant les termes de la navigation et de l'architecture navale. Avec les règles & proportions qui doivent y etre observées. Amsterdam, Pierre Brunel, 1702. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt with red morocco title-label. Engraved allegorical frontispiece showing several workingmen with navigation instruments and 2 "nautical" figures viewing a scene of a harbour in which several ships are being built and repared, title in red & black, 30 engraved plates depicting different kinds of ships and navigation instruments. The text is illustrated with numerous woodcut figures. (12), 776 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Dictionaries  Engravings  Maritime History  Mathematics  Navigation  Science  Ships & Shipbuilding  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Illustrated history of human inventions View picture(s) 15 [CHILDREN'S BOOKS]. Petite galerie des Découvertes et Inventions Utiles et Curieuses. Paris, Amédée Bédelet, (ca. 1845). Sm.8vo. Orig. richly decorated colour-printed lithographed boards. With publisher's woodcut monogram on title, numerous charming woodcut vignettes in text, and 8 full-page colour-printed lithographed plates, signed A.G., including the frontispiece, signed Aubert. (4), 102 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  History  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Can a political opponent cast your cannons? View picture(s) 16 [DUTCH REPUBLIC]. Extract uyt de resolutien van de Edele Mog. Heeren Raden van Staate der Vereenigde Nederlanden. (The Hague), 1770, Friday 19 October. Folio. Contemporary boards. 4 large folding engravings (39,5 x 85 cm) showing cannons, and some constructing details of these cannons, all engraved by Van Schley. 22 pp., 1 blank leaf. Full description >> Related Subjects: Arms & Armour  Militaria  Netherlands  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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