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The Life Of Robert Fulton One Of The Most Distinguished Inventors 1856 FIRST EDITION
by J Franklin Reigart
Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries
by Dr Brian; Bird, Christopher; Manning, Jeane Et Al;Edited By Jonathan Eisen O'Leary
Hung Out To Dry Gilbert Toyne's Classic Australian Clothes Hoist
by Peter and Middlemis, Cas Cuffley
Manuscript and Printed Document Signed, Oblong 8vo, New York, March 11, 1867
by Cyrus Hall Mc Cormick
Inventions Books & Ephemera
November 1843. The Repertory of Patent Inventions, and other Discoveries and Improvements in Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, being a Continuation of the Repertory of Arts and Manufactures since 1794. See picture for Contents details
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A. Macintosh, London, 1843. Softcover. Very Good. November 1843. 96 pages, 3 plates. Original printed covers. Top edges uncut. Size: 14.5 x 23 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Patents; Patents. Inventory No: 367371..
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January 1855. The Repertory of Patent Inventions, and other Discoveries and Improvements in Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, being a Continuation of the Repertory of Arts and Manufactures since 1794. See picture for Contents details
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A. Macintosh, London, 1855. Softcover. Very Good. January 1855. 96 pages, 3 plates. Original printed covers. Top edges uncut. Size: 14.5 x 23 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Patents; Patents. Inventory No: 367369..
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June 1852. The Repertory of Patent Inventions, and other Discoveries and Improvements in Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, being a Continuation of the Repertory of Arts and Manufactures since 1794. See picture for Contents details
by PATENTS
A. Macintosh, London, 1852. Softcover. Very Good. June 1852. 96 pages, 3 plates. Original printed covers. Top edges uncut. Size: 14.5 x 23 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Patents; Patents. Inventory No: 367373..
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PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS. ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS. CLASS 9 AMMUNITION, TORPEDOES, EXPLOSIVES AND PYROTECHNICS. 7 Volume Set Covering Perior 1855 through 1900. #52 of 550.
Bloomfield, Canada: Museum Restoration Service. Fine with no dust jacket. 1981. Facsimile; First Printing. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; Seven volume set covering the period from 1855 to 1900. .
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NZ$680.88
Autographed Note Signed in Spanish
by BRAGGIO, Carlos
Bernal, Argentina, 1924. unbound. 1 page, 5 x 8.25 inches, Berrnal, Argentina, June, 1924 -- translated in full: "The radio will one day be able to transport human ideas to the ends of the earth. Bernal June 1924, C. Braggio." Very good condition.<br/> <br/> Argentinean inventor who developed a booster to increase the range of two-way radios. He set the world distance record for two-way radio communication in 1924 with a relay between Argentina and China. This is essentially a...
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The Harwin Chronology of Inventions Innovations Discoveries from pre-history to the present day
by Desmond, Kevin
London: Constable & Co. Ltd. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated [about 280 pages]. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$16.69
Inscribed Photograph
by SEARS, Victor H. (Dr.)
New York, 1937. unbound. Black-and-white image, 10 x 8 inches, photographer's stamp on verso, New York, March 3, 1937, with a carbon onionskin bio of Dr. Sears glued to top margin (glue stain along bottom margin verso). This photo, taken at an Allied Dentist Council seminar, shows Sears with an oversized demonstration model of his invention. Inscribed in lower right corner: "Colonel Myles Sacker With all good wishes, Victor H. Sears." Accompanied by a portion of the original seminar...
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The Telegraph in America, from the Western Union Library, 1879 First Edition
by Reid. James D
The Telegraph in America, Its Founders, Promoters and Noted Men. by James D Reid. New York: Derby Brothers, 1879 First Edition. From the Western Union Library, with stamp on title page as photographed. Engraved portraits both in frontispiece and throughout the book of primary figures in the industry and its development...all with original tissue guards.
Condition: Good condition, full leather, with bright gilt on cover and spine. An occasional underlining (re: Western Union Telegraph in the Table of... Read more about this item
Condition: Good condition, full leather, with bright gilt on cover and spine. An occasional underlining (re: Western Union Telegraph in the Table of... Read more about this item
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NZ$826.84
Edison A Life of Invention
by Israel, Paul
New York: John Wiley & Sons. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 552 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$33.38
LUMIÈRE, LOUIS & AUGUSTE. Two AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED
by LUMIERE BROTHERS
LUMIÈRE, LOUIS & AUGUSTE. The First Film Makers. Two AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED. The Lumiere brothers are credited with making the first movie shown in December 1895 and titled, "La Sortie des ouvriers de l'usine Lumière" or "Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory." As manufacturers of photographic equipment, and interested in animating images, they developed a camera that could both animate and project images. Their camera, called the Cinématographe, gave us the name for moving pictures as well as the...
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The Gasoline Automobile, 1915 FIRST EDITION
by Hobbs, George W and Elliott, Ben G
1915 -The Gasoline Automobile, Prepared in the Extension Division of the University of Wisconsin [Engineering Education Series], George W Hobbs, B.S. and Ben G. Elliott, M.E., First Edition, Eighth Impression, Total Issue: 18,000. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. London: Hill Publishing Co., Ltd. 1915 First EditionThis is a wondrous book, full of diagrams and photographs of early gasoline engines and cars and trucks. The general construction, engines, transmission systems, fuels and carburetors,...
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NZ$277.03
EUREKA! An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer
by Bono, Edward De
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 003012641x . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. ; 12.10 X 9.80 X 1.20 inches; 248 pages .
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NZ$74.40
Original Patent with Drawings
by HENDERSON, William M
1856. unbound. 4 pages on oversize vellum, 19 x 13.5 inches -- a very scarce patent issued to William M. Henderson, April 8, 1856, a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, with two original highly detailed drawings, colorized on heavy wax paper identified as "IMPROVEMENTS TO SLIDE VALVE ENGINES" with a technological page devoted to the explanation on how Henderson's invention would function. Fine signature by the Secretary of the Interior, Robert McClellland, with all ribbons and seals intact....
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A Streak of Luck: The Life & Legend of Thomas Alva Edison
by CONOT, Robert
New York, New York: Seaview Books, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in a very good, edgeworn, dustwrapper with a faded spine.
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NZ$34.04
Inventions and Patents: Their Development and Promotion
by Wright, Milton
New York: Mcgraw-Hill. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Contains an index in the rear.There is a small remainder mark on top edge and a few small spots to the front cover, else this is a clean, tight, unmarked book. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Includes two hand-drawn diagrams for electrical circuits on sheets loosely laid in the book as well as a Usona radio tube promotional sheet and Pilot Electrical...
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Pioneering Days. People and Innovations in Australia's Rural Past
by Walsh, Gerald
Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 1993. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Previous owner's blindstamp to preliminary page. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 301 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$20.03
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER and the Atomic Bomb Story
by J. Alvin Kugelmass
A very good hardcover in a good+ price-clipped dust jacket. There are 179 pages including index. Decorations by William Metzig.
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NZ$85.11
Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers: Tales of Bitter Rivalry That Fueled the Advancement of Science and Technology
by WHITE, Michael
New York: Morrow, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
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NZ$34.04
AËRONAUTICS:
by Brewer, Griffith and Patrick Y. Alexander
Octavo (8 1/2 X 5 5/8 inches) London: Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, 1893. Original First Edition. 160 pages, illustrated with drawings of early ideas for achieving manned flight prior to the Wright Brothers. original blue cloth hardcover beveled boards, with title and authors names in gilt, framing a, centered, gilded image of a man descending in a parachute (shown also in the text in black and white as "patent No. 10937 A.D.1888").
Very good condition, minor scuffing to front cover... Read more about this item
Very good condition, minor scuffing to front cover... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,127.75
Thomas Edison SIGNED Cabinet Photograph
by EDISON, THOMAS ALVA
Edison has fully signed this early photograph by Falk ( New York City), "Thomas A. Edison." The dimensions are 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Along the card's right edge and on verso, at top margin minor remains of former mounting show, very slight soiling on upper background and slight bowing to mount. Framed with museum quality glass and mat for an elegant presentation measuring 10x13 inches. Beautifully signed. Autograph
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NZ$10,111.07
Alexander Graham Bell A Life
by MACKAY, James
New York, New York: John Wiley, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
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NZ$34.04
December 1844. The Repertory of Patent Inventions, and other Discoveries and Improvements in Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, being a Continuation of the Repertory of Arts and Manufactures since 1794. See picture for Contents details
by PATENTS
A. Macintosh, London, 1844. Softcover. Very Good. December 1844. 96 pages, 3 plates. Original printed covers. Top edges uncut. Size: 14.5 x 23 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Patents; Patents. Inventory No: 367372..
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NZ$32.58
Autographed Letter Signed about his "caloric" engine invention
by ERICSSON, John (1803 - 1889)
1857. unbound. 1 page, 10 x 8 inches, no place, August 8, 1857. Rare and early autographed letter signed by the Swedish-born American engineer and inventor of advances in ship-building, regarding his "caloric" (steam) engine invention, in part: "...Of course we cannot test our obion system unless we have a boat that will float in open water and, if we fail, you then meant, a tight boat to put the caloric engine into..." Blind-stamped in the upper left corner. Blue wax-crayon...
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Rare typed letter signed "Coop
by COOPER, Merian Caldwell (1893 - 1973)
New York, 1927. unbound. very good(+). 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, 1040 Lexington Avenue, New York City, docketed in pencil January 1927 to Jim [Hastings], touching base after a lapse of communication, in full: "It has taken a week for your letter to follow me to my new home here at 1040 Lexington Avenue -- don't forget the new address. Wish I could join your table at the Explorer's Club Dinner but I am at George Putnam's table already. As soon as I finish cutting this blinking picture I...
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