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SIR SAMUEL MORLAND: DIPLOMAT AND INVENTOR 1625-1695
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1319272
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd..
1st
1970.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The life and inventions of a public servant in England. Light green cloth spine with gilt title. Green cloth boards. B/w plates. xvi and 133 pages including index plus 12 plates to rear. ISBN: 085270061X.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- INVENTIONS
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
SIR SAMUEL MORLAND: DIPLOMAT AND INVENTOR 1625-1695
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1713586
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd..
1st
1970.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The life and inventions of a public servant in England. Light green cloth spine with gilt title. Green cloth boards. B/w plates. xvi and 133 pages including index plus 12 plates to rear. ISBN: 085270061X. Dustwrapper lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- INVENTIONS
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS HOW THEY INVENTED THE AIRPLANE
Written by Russell Freedman.
Stock no. 2117040
Published by Holiday House, New York.
1991.
Very good condition.
Slightly oblong format. Card wraps. With original photographs by Wilbur and Orville Wright. ISBN: 082341082X. 'Newbery Honor Book' sticker to front cover. Some light edge-creasing and browning to cover edges.
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- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- INVENTIONS
- BIOGRAPHY
CLOCK THIS MY LIFE AS AN INVENTOR
Written by Trevor Baylis.
Stock no. 2116467
Published by Headline.
1st
1999.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The incredible story of the man who invented the award-winning clockwork radio, the stunningly simple idea that has revolutionised the lives of millions. ISBN: 0747277567. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few grubby marks.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- INVENTIONS
THE ADVENTURES AND INVENTIONS OF STEWART BLACKER
Written by L.V.S. Blacker; Barnaby Blacker.
Stock no. 1707003
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Biography of a Soldier, Aviator and Weapons inventor. ISBN: 1844154319. Revised edition.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AIR FORCE
- BIOGRAPHY
- INVENTIONS
- WORLD WAR I
CONQUERORS OF TIME EXPLORATION AND INVENTION IN THE AGE OF DARING
Written by Trevor Fishlock.
Stock no. 1601536
Published by John Murray.
2004.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. 444 pages. ISBN: 0719555175. SIGNED by author (with dedication) in ink on title page.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TRAVEL
- EXPLORATION
- INVENTIONS
THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF SCIENTISTS: ENGINEERS AND INVENTORS
Written by David Abbott.
Stock no. 557778
Published by Blond Educational.
1st
1985.
Very good condition.
Black cloth, gilt titles. ISBN: 0584700040. Ex-lib but only a few stamps to title page else fine.
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- ENGINEERING
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- BIOGRAPHY
- INVENTIONS
- DICTIONARIES
DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Written by Edward Cressy.
Stock no. 557833
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd..
1st
1914.
Good condition.
Chapters on the revival or water power, economy in the use of fuel, modern steam engines, gas, oil, and petrol engines, and the generation and distribution of electricity. Followed by chapters on electric lighting and heating, new processes in the manufacture and treatment of steel, some typical modern devices in the engineering workshop and the factory, and the extraordinary number of manufacturing processes which have their birth in the electric furnaces. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Gilt illustration to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w photos and diagrams. xvi and 398 pages including index. Rear joint split. Corners worn. Boards rubbed and marked. Text block browned. Half-title page heavily browned and has a gift inscription ink from father to son dated 1915. Foxing throughout. Some pencil annotation.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- INVENTIONS
- WATERWHEELS
- ELECTRICITY
- STEELMAKING
- ENGINEERING