New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1954. First edition. From Son of Thomas Alva Edison's Library. Copy from the library of Theodore M. Edison, youngest son of Thomas Alva. The important principles and general techniques oif processing data at high speeds particularly for business purposes is the content of this..... Read More about Analog Methods in Computation and simulation
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Philadelphia, New York, Washington, etc: American Academy of Political and Social Science; Printers’ Ink; The League of the Unorganized, 1924-1927. Edison To His Son Charles. Interesting group of 4 pamphlets annotated and inscribed by the famed inventor Thomas Alva Edison to his son Charles, comprising: — Plummer, W. C. Social..... Read More about Social and Economic Consequences of Buying on the Instalment Plan. Annotated and Inscribed from...
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Paris: Imprimerie de E. Duverger, 1835. First edition. Among the areas his collection covered are roads, canals, history of finance and financiers, history of commerce, engineering, agriculture, customs, schools, hospitals, laws, medicine, mines, prisons, science and government. Read More about Traite de matériaux manuscripts de divers genres d'histoire
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Paris: Imprimerie de E. Duverger, 1836. Nouvelle edition “augmentée de la Manière de considérer ce traité et de s'en servir”. Signed. With a leaf at the front captioned “Pétition” signed by Monteil the 9th March 1836. Among the areas his collection covered are roads, canals, history of finance and financiers..... Read More about Traite de matériaux manuscripts de divers genres d'histoire
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Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Instiution, March 16, 1936. First edition. An important marker in the development of rocketry and space flight, the pamphlet sums up Goddard's pioneering work in rocketry over the previous two decades. On March 16, 1926 Goddard launched the world's first liquid propellant rocket, from a site near..... Read More about Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development
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London: Printed for J. Wyatt, 1804. Arts, Manufacturers and Agriculture. Contains the specifications of patents including Freemantle's improvements on the steam-engine as well as those of Mr. Willcox, Atkins' on the hydrometer, Logan's on canal locks and Alderson on lining lead pipes with tin. Among the original communications are articles..... Read More about The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture. Consisting of Original Communications,...
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Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1853. 32d Congress, 2d Session, Senate Rep. Com. Doc. No. 427. 1853 REPORT ON LEVI L. HILL'S "ALLEGED DISCOVERY IN HELIOCHROME" An important document in American photographic history, discussing the patent for the invention of color photography. Levi L. Hill was a daguerreian photographer, working..... Read More about In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853 ... The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office,...
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New York: Published by Alexander V. Blake, 1842. Steam Engine and Locomotive. In addition to the Steam Engine, chemical and mechanical engineering portions and the recipes not only for dyeing fabrics, there are also recipes for making inks, dyeing woods, glues, varnishes, water-proofing boots, curing hams, making hand lotion, candles..... Read More about The Artist's Guide and Mechanic's Own Book, embracing the Portion of Chemistry applicable to the...
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Paris: Chez la Veuve Estienne & Fils, 1751. A New Edition. The plates primarily show machinery relating to the woolen industry: looms, spinning machines and the like. There is a section on agriculture and also on leather tanning. Read More about Le Spectacle de la Nature ou Entretiens sur les Particularités de l'Histoire Naturelle qui one...
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Lowell: [Press of Damrell & Moore, September 1, 1850. An offering of Norcross's machine plans and instructions for $50.00 and providing affadavits confirming its differences from the Woodworth and Woodbury's machines. Read More about N. G. Norcross's Planing Machine Patented February 12, 1850 and Circular Saw Mill. Affadavits of...
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London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1875. Offprint from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. XLII, Session 1874-5, part iv. Bessemer Steel Rails Examined. Read More about The Manufacture of Steel…and On Bessemer Steel Rails by Josiah Timmis Smith. With an Abstract...
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Washington, D.C: J. & G. S. Gideon, 1845. First edition. "When in 1843 Congress approved the construction of an experimental telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington, Vail acted as Morse's chief assistant and received Morse's 'What hath God Wrought' message on May 24, 1844 ... [The present pamphlet] containts one..... Read More about Description of the Electro Magnetic Telegraph: Now in Operation Between the Cities of Washington...
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[N.p: n.p, 1914?]. Signed by the recipient of the first phone call. Signed on the title page: "Thomas A Watson/Aug. 14th 1930/Boothbay Harbor/Maine". Watson entered American legend in March 1876 as the recipient of the first ever message transmitted by telephone, spoken of course by Alexander Graham Bell: "Mr. Watson..... Read More about The Birth and Babyhood of the Telephone (An address delivered before the Third Annual Convention...
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