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Angus, S. ands D.M. Newitt, F.R.S. . THE MEASUREMENT OF THE SPECIFIC ENTHALPY OF STEAM AT PRESSURE OF 60 TO 1000 BAR AND AT TEMPERATURES OF 400 TO 700 C.
London 1965. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 4to., pp. 107-132, wraps. VG plus. (a17699)
$35.00 (gamma rays) . GAMMA RAY RADIOGRAPHIC STANDARDS OF THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING FOR STEEL CASTINGS FOR STEAM PRESSURE SERVICE
September 1938. Reproduced with permission of the Navy Department by the Canadian Radium and Uranium Corporation, New York City. 8vo., 33 photographic plates with titles and accompanying line drawings, bound in metal ring binder. Owner name stamps on title and verso. VG. (a19494)
$150.00Pichal, M. and O. Sifner (editors). PROPERTIES OF WATER AND STEAM PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NY 1990 Hemisphere. ISBN1-56032-042-7. Hardcover. Octavo, 551pp., printed boards. Near Fine. (a33867)
$27.00 Palacios, Daniel . TRATADO PRACTICO DE CALDERAS DE VAPOR
Mexico 1890 Fomento. In Spanish. Hardcover. 4to., 87pp. with many fine plates, some with one or two colors, 3/4 leather with red cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Good, leaves lightly and evenly browned, cover worn on corners and two big chips on spine. (a33966)
$110.00 Winter, E. F. and H. A. Havemann . STEAM TURBINES
London and Glasgow 1954 Blackie. Volume 3 in Engineering Dynamics Series. 4to., 264pp., diagrams, index, charts in rear pocket, hardcover. VG, slight bumping to corners, in Good DJ. (a40269)
$45.00 Lewsi, G.E.H. . FACTORY STEAM PLANT AS PRACTICAL GUIDE TO FUEL ECONOMY
London 1949. 8vo., 290pp., photo illus., index. VG in Fair DJ, worn and chipped. (a43128)
$50.00 Foley, D.D.; R.Q. Wilson and R.B. Filbert, Jr. . EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A MODEL HIGH-PRESSURE BOILER
Columbus 1954 Battelle Memorial Institute. 4to., 18pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Number in ink at lower left on front. VG. (a47734)
$40.00(steam). 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PROPERTIES OF STEAM
NY 1970 American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Held in 1968 in Japan. 4to., 239pp., original printed wraps. Addenda sheet laid in. VG, light wear. (a55658)
$49.00 Lansing, N. F. (editor) . WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS: APPLICATIONS OF FIRESIDE ADDITIVES TO UTILITY BOILERS
Palo Alto 1981. Electric Power Research Institute. 4to., about 90pp., original printed wraps. Ex-university library with usual markings. Good, chip on rear wrap. (a59717)
$50.00 Thuillier, R. H. and R. L. Mancuso . BUILDING EFFECTS ON EFFLUENT DISPERSION FROM ROOF VENTS AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Palo Alto 1980. Electric Power Research Institute. 4to., about 150pp., original printed wraps. Ex-university library with usual markings. Good, chip on rear wrap. (a59718)
$95.00 Kunkel, R. G. . HIGH -RELIABILITY GAS TURBINE COMBINED CYCLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: PHASE 1 (2 VOLUMES)
Palo Alto 1981. Electric Power Research Institute. 4to., about 200pp. per volume, original printed wraps. Ex-university library with usual markings. Good, light wear, chips on each rear wrap. 2 volumes. (a59719)
$140.00 Hazard H. R. . INFLUENCE OF COAL MINERAL MATTER ON SLAGGING OF UTILITY BOILERS
Palo Alto 1980. Electric Power Research Institute. Final report. CS-1418 Research Project 736. 4to., about 140pp., original printed wraps. Ex-university library with usual library markings. VG, large chip from rear cover panel. Scarce. (a61844)
$95.00 Meyers, G. J. . STEAM TURBINES - A TREATISE COVERING U. S. NAVAL PRACTICE
Annapolis 1917 US Naval Institute. 4to., 246pp., hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracking, some chips on cover. (a62951)
$35.00 Bourne, John . A CATECHISM OF THE STEAM ENGINE IN ITS VARIOUS APPLICATIONS TO MINES, MILLS, STEAM NAVIGATION, RAILWAYS, AND AGRICULTURE WITH PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND MANAGEMENTS OF ENGINES OF EVERY CLASS
NY 1875 new and revised editions, Appleton. Small octavo, 419pp., illustrations, original hardcover. Near Fine, light cover wear. (a65697)
$175.00Babcock and Wilcox Company.. STEAM ITS GENERATION AND USE
NY 1927 36th ed, 3rd printing. 4to hardcover. Detailed technical survey of steam machinery. Hardcover 4to., 383pp., many monochrome photo illustrations, gilt decorated cark blue cloth. VG, no owner marks; no owner signature; light soiling and light wear, no DJ. Detailed technical survey of steam machinery and of the Babock and Wilcox Company. (a73113)
$29.00 (steamboat ephemera) . STOOMBOOTDIENST MARKEN - VOLENDAM STEIGER 8 DE RUYTERKADE AMSTERDAM
c. 1900. 17 x 11 cm. Stiff stock. 4 panels. Printed in full color on front and rear panels - lithography by Belderbos & Coesel of Amsterdam. Front panel illustration shows a Dutch man and woman on shoreline watching a steamboat in the water. Inner two panels give trip description in Dutch, German, English and French with times and prices. VG. (a73675)
$35.00 Sopwith, Thomas . ACCOUNT OF THE STEAM-FERRY OVER THE RIVER NILE AT KAFFRE AZZAYAT
London 1857 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp.53-67, one large engraved foldout plate, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73867)
$60.00 Sawyer, Thomas Spencer . ON SHEARING, PUNCHING, RIVETING AND FORGING MACHINERY
London 1858 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp.173-194, one large engraved foldout plate, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73870)
$65.00 Henderson, James . ON METHODS GENERALLY ADOPTED IN CORNWALL IN DRESSING TIN AND COPPER ORES
London 1858 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp.195-220, two large engraved foldout plates, removed and rebound in later wraps. Good plus.VG. (a73871)
$75.00 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)
$75.00McAdam, Roger Williams. SALTS OF THE SOUND
NY 1957 revised, enlarged. An informal history of steamboat days and the famous skippers who sailed Long Island Sound. 8vo., 240pp., illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a7413)
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