I.C.S Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of the International Correspondence Schools and Containing in Permanent Form the Instruction Papers, Examination Questions, and Keys used in their Various Courses. Stationary Gas Engines, Gas-Engine Details, Lubrication and Cooling Arrangements, Stationary Oil Engines, Power-Gas Producers, Stationary Engine Management, Troubles and Remedies
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International Correspondence Schools Ltd 1907. Super octavo, very dark navy buckram boards, blind embossed to give impression of half binding, black lettering to spine, page edges stained red, patterned eps, vi+approx 354pp+xxi appdendices, illus, 1x folding diagram, VG- (light soiling to boards, moderate rubbing to spine, slight chipping with loss to spine extrems, light foxing throughout, owners contact details to prelims, owners signature to rear pages, light fading to page edges, gutter cracked approx halfway through but binding is sound)
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- I.C.S Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of the International Correspondence Schools and Containing in Permanent Form the Instruction Papers, Examination Questions, and Keys used in their Various Courses. Stationary Gas Engines, Gas-Engine Details, Lubrication and Cooling Arrangements, Stationary Oil Engines, Power-Gas Producers, Stationary Engine Management, Troubles and Remedies
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- International Correspondence Schools Ltd 1907
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- engineering study guide engines power gas oil
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.