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Electric Illumination. [two volume set]
by Dredge, James, editor; Conrad Cooke, M. F. O'Reilly, S. P. Thompson, H. Vivarez; W. Lloyd Wise
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: "Engineering", 1885. Mammoth technical & historic study of electrical lighting, mostly from the pages of the British journal "Engineering."; revised and amended. Includes information on basic electricity, voltaic arcs, mechanical production of electricity, generators in theory & practice, conductors, carbons, arc lamps, the Jablochkoff Candle, incandescence-arc lamps, incandescent lamps, abstracts of patents; electrical measurement, standard works on electricity, photometry, the human eye, dynamometers, testing installations, recent dynamos & lamps. Volume one is undated, but circa 1882. Hardcover, two giant volumes bound in full maroon cloth, gilt titling. Professionally rebacked, original spines laid down, general wear & scuffing, rubbing, nicks, frayed corners & edges; new endsheets minor tanning to pages, ink name on flyleaf of volume two, damage (short tears, tanning, chips) to a few page edges. Text clean; xx, 693, cxc; xv, blank, 455, cccxciv; xiii pages; indices, figures. (The large roman-numbered sections in each volume atre the patent abstract sections.). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Large Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0939os
- Title
- Electric Illumination. [two volume set]
- Author
- Dredge, James, editor; Conrad Cooke, M. F. O'Reilly, S. P. Thompson, H. Vivarez; W. Lloyd Wise
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- "Engineering"
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- Electrical Engineering, Lighting, Light Bulbs, Arc Lamps, Electricity, History of Technology
- Size
- Large Quarto
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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