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Ironwork:

Hall, A. M. . NICKEL IN IRON AND STEEL
NY 1954 1st Wiley. 8vo., 595pp., index, green cloth. hardcover. VG plus, foxing on closed page ends, no DJ. no ownership marks. (a45208)
$25.00 (wrought iron) . WROUGHT IN METAL
NY 1932 Renner & Maras Inc. 4to., 2pp. (text), 33 full page photo illustrations of magnificent iron work, each with architect's name given including: estate drive gates; stair railings, elevator doors, altar pieces, screens, gates, doors, decorations, original printed wraps. Good, light wear and chipping on wraps. (a63335)
$175.00 Braithwaite, Frederick . ON THE RESULTS OF TRIALS OF VARIETIES OF IRON PERMANENT WAY
London 1861 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp.259-291, removed and rebound in later wraps. Good plus. (a73861)
$35.00Sawyer, Thomas Spencer. ON SHEARING, PUNCHING, RIVETING AND FORGING MACHINERY
London 1858 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp.173-194, one large engraved pictorial foldout plate showing 10 machines - lathes, rivetting machines, punches, and so on. Removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73870)
$65.00Brunlees, James. DESCRIPTION OF THE IRON VIADUCTS ERECTED ACROSS THE TIDAL ESTUARIES OF THE RIVERS LEVEN AND KENT, IN MORECAMBE BAY FOR THE ULVERSTONE AND LANCASTER RAILWAY
London 1858 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp. 442-448, one large foldout engraved plate detailing the Leven River Viaduct, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG plus, no owner marks (a73874)
$45.00Hood, Robert Jacomb. ON THE ARRANGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY STATIONS
London 1858 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp. 449-482, with 13 diagramatic text illustrations. Removed and rebound in later wraps. no owner marks. VG. (a73875)
$59.00Tremenheere, George Borlase. ON PUBLIC WORKS IN THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY
London 1858 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp. 483-538, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73876)
$39.00 Adams, William Bridges . THE VARIETIES OF PERMANENT WAY PRACTICALLY USED OR TRIED ON RAILWAYS UP TO THE PRESENT PERIOD
London 1857 Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Article and discussion. Octavo, pp.226-300, one long engraved foldout plate, one foldout chart, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73880)
$65.00 Bruce, George Barclay . DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD OF BUILDING BRIDGES UPON BRICK WELLS, IN SANDY FOUNDATIONS; ILLUSTRATED BY THE VIADUCT OVER THE RIVER POINEY ON THE LINE OF THE MADRAS RAILWAY
London 1857 Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Article and discussion. Octavo, pp.449-457, text illustrations, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73885)
$35.00 Lukin, Augustus Stephen and Charles Edward Conder (Percy Bysshe Shelley) . ON THE DISTURBANCES OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES AND THE MODES OF COUNTERACTING THEM
London 1857 Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Article and discussion. Octavo, pp.458-478, text illustrations, tabels, removed and rebound in later wraps. Includes discussion of Niagara Falls Bridge. Of special interest as brief note just above beginning of Lukin article is a note that:The following Candidates were balloted for, and duly elected: Lieut. George Henry Basevi, William Christopher Bennett, Charles Percy Bysshe Shelley and Joseph Wright. VG. (a73886)
$60.00Redman, John Baldry. GRAVESEND TERRACE PIER - ACCOUNT OF THE NEW CAST IRON PIER AT MILTON-ON-THAMES NEXT GRAVESEND IN THE COUNTY OF KENT WITH DETAILS OF THE MODE OF CONSTRUCTION ADOPTED IN ITS ERECTION
London 1845. Octavo, pp. 222-250, one engraved foldout chart of structural details and one steel engraved plate illustrating the iron pier, removed from Institution of Civil Engineers and rebound in later wraps. Near Fine. (a73919)
$75.00 Gale, William . REMARKS ON THE UTILITY AND DEFECTS OF THE MOVEABLE JIB CRANE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTRUCTION NOW GENERALLY USED IN GLASGOW WITH PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO OBVIATE ITS DEFECTS
London 1845. Octavo, pp. 333-361, five foldout engraved plates of machinery, removed from Institution of Civil Engineers and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73921)
$80.00 Bodmer, J. G. . THE ADVANTAGES OF WORKING STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES WITH HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM, EXPANSIVELY AND AT GREAT VELOCITIES OF THE COMPENSATING OR DOUBLE-CRANK SYSTEM
London 1845. Octavo, pp. 372-399, five foldout engraved plates of Engines, removed from Institution of Civil Engineers and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73922)
$75.00