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All About Antique Silver with International Hallmarks

by Diana Sanders Cinamon
Publisher: AAA Publishing
Published: 2006
Paperback
ISBN: 097851680x
Category: CME

This is an outstanding silver reference book that gives identification and dating clues for hollowware and flatware. The book features silver hallmarks for 24 countries including England, France, Germany, Italy and Russia. It also includes British design regis... Read more

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Paper Engineering & Pop-ups For Dummies

by Rob Ives
Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 2009
Paperback
ISBN: 047040955X
Category: Paper Model

Paper Engineering & Pop-ups For Dummies covers a wide range of projects, from greeting cards to freestanding models. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and dozens of accompanying diagrams help readers not only to complete the diverse projects in the boo... Read more

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Stirling Engine Design Manual

by William R. Martini
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Published: 2004
Paperback
ISBN: 1410216047
Category: Model Engineering

For Stirling engines to enjoy widespread application and acceptance, not only must the fundamental operation of such engines be widely understood, but the requisite analytic tools for the stimulation, design, evaluation and optimization of Stirling engine hard... Read more

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Steam Engine Design and Mechanism

by International Correspondence Schools
Publisher: Merchant Books
Published: 2008
Paperback
ISBN: 1603861106
Category: Model Engineering

An Unabridged, Digitally Enlarged Printing With All Figures, Including, But Not Limited To: STEAM ENGINE MECHANISM - Elements Of The Steam Engine - The Four-Link Slider Crank - The Plain Slide-Valve Engine - The D Slide-Valve And Steam Distribution - Relative ... Read more

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Steam and Stirling Engines You Can Build, Book 2

Model Stirling Engines (Plan Sets From the Past)

by Rudy Kouhoupt
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Spiral-bound
ISBN: 0941653269
Category: Model Engineering

The engines presented herein are of a freelance design that Rudy so much enjoyed. Detail is sufficient for the most ardent engine builder. Drawings guide us through the building of the various engines. Plans for Stirling Cycle Hot Air Engine, Water Cooled Hori... Read more

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Working Steam Engines (Plan Sets From the Past)

by Rudy Kouhoupt
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Spiral-bound
ISBN: 0941653277
Category: Model Engineering

In this book Rudy shows us detailed plans for the Walking Beam Engine, Model Marine Engine, Open Column Steam Engine, Model Mill Engine, Enclosed Crank Steam Engine and a Model Horizontal Steam Engine. This book contains only the drawings to guide you through ... Read more

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Drawing Instruments 1850-1950 (Shire Albums)

Catalogue of the Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing Instruments

by Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Publisher: Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Published: 2010
Hardcover
ISBN: 0978903730
Category: CME

From Columbia University LibraryThis collection was gathered over forty years by New York architect, historian, and attorney Andrew Alpern, largely by purchase at auction and from private dealers in the United States and Europe. The collection was a gift from Mr. Alpern to Avery Library in 2006. The bulk of the collection consists of 177 groups of English, Continental and American drafting sets and individual instruments dating from circa 1700 to 2004. These instruments were used to create technical drawings, typically by architects, draftsmen, engineers, surveyors, and students. Complementing the instruments are a small group of miscellaneous items—including medals, a model, necktie, waistcoat, and charm bracelet—and a large group of published materials, including trade catalogs and other technical, biographical, historical, and scholarly writings about drafting and scientific instruments and related subjects.... Read more

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Slide Rules : Their History, Models, And Makers

by Peter M. Hopp
Publisher: Astragal Press
Published: 1999
Paperback
ISBN: 1879335867
Category: CME

Monumental in its scope and the wealth of detail it provides, this book is an invaluable reference on slide rules, their makers, manufacturers, and retailers. Covering the period from the instrument's invention in the early 17th century to the present day, thi... Read more

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Scales and Balances: A Guide to Collecting (Shire Library)

by J.T. Graham
Publisher: Shire
Published: 2008
Paperback
ISBN: 0747802270
Category: CME

When prehistoric man picked up his first stone he would not appreciate that its weight was due to the effect of gravity on its mass. Soon, though, he would learn that large objects were sometimes lighter than smaller ones and that he would need an aid to help ... Read more

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Weights and Measures and Their Marks (Shire Library)

by J.T. Graham
Publisher: Shire
Published: 2008
Paperback
ISBN: 0747802262
Category: CME

Weights and measures being small antique objects with a background of great interest, have become an ideal and popular subject for the collector. The story of how they came to be used and developed is a long and fascinating one and this book not only tells tha... Read more

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The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (Studies in British Business Archives)

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Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: 2003
Hardcover
ISBN: 0754633527
Category: CME

The pharmaceutical industry has changed beyond all recognition since the early 20th-century. The modern industry is constantly in the news as new breakthroughs in medical treatment are announced, often provoking ethical and social debates about the implication... Read more

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Special Catalogue of the Collective Exhibition of Scientific Instruments and Appliances Exhibited by the Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Mechanik Und

by Deutsche gesellschaft für mechanik und
Publisher: General Books LLC
Published: 2010
Paperback
ISBN: 1152480987
Category: CME

Title: Special Catalogue of the Collective Exhibition of Scientific Instruments and Appliances Exhibited by the Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Mechanik Und Optik, Berlin Publisher: Berlin, Printed by J. Bahlke Publication date: 1893 Subjects: World's Columbian E... Read more

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Carpenter's Slide Rule: Its History and Use

Compass and Rule: Architecture as Mathematical Practice in England 1500-1750

by Anthony Gerbino
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Hardcover
ISBN: 0300150938
Category: CME

The spread of Renaissance culture in England coincided with the birth of the profession of architecture, whose practitioners soon became superior to simple builders in social standing and perceived intellectual prowess.... Read more

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A Source Book for Rule Collectors

by Philip E. Stanley
Publisher: Astragal Press
Published: 2004
Paperback
ISBN: 1931626170
Category: CME

Rule collectors rejoice! In A Source Book for Rule Collectors and its companion Concordance and Value Guide, Philip Stanley has crafted a masterfully comprehensive, beautifully illustrated reference guide to measuring instruments covering their history, use, a... Read more

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Slide Rules: A Journey Through Three Centuries

by Deter von Jezierski
Publisher: Astragal Pr
Published: 2000
Paperback
ISBN: 1879335948
Category: CME

Originally published in German in 1977 as the first major book on the history of the slide rule since Florian Cajori's A History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule, this newly revised and translated edition of Slide Rules, A Journey Through Three Centuries, offers ... Read more

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Scales: A Collector's Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

by Bill Berning
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 1999
Paperback
ISBN: 0764319051
Category: CME

Almost every business and home has at least one scale. This newly updated book features hundreds of color photographs of the most collectible scales made, including diamond scales, egg scales, bathroom scales, martini scales, toy scales, golf club scales, coin... Read more

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A Treatise on a Box of Instruments and the Slide-rule for the Use of Gaugers, Engineers, Seamen, and Students

A Treatise of Mathematical Instruments

A Treatise on Mathematical Instruments

by J F Heather
Publisher: BiblioLife
Published: 2009
Hardcover
ISBN: 1103570889
Category: CME

This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of... Read more

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A Descriptive Treatise On Mathematical Drawing Instruments: Their Construction, Uses, Qualities, Selection, Preservation And Suggestions For Improvements (1878)

by William Ford Robinson Stanley
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: 2008
Hardcover
ISBN: 1436611040
Category: CME

Written by W. F. Stanley, who was a major high-end drawing instrument maker in the nineteenth century England, this is the definite guide for anyone who is interested in collecting antique drawing instruments.... Read more

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The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments: Including Thirty Folio Illustrations of Several Instruments

by N. Bion
Publisher: Astragal Press
Published: 1995
Hardcover
ISBN: 1879335603
Category: CME

This translation by Edmund Stone of Nicholas Bion s great classic is further enriched by Stone s many additions that both update the original text and expand it to include English instruments and practices. This second edition has become the authoritative text... Read more

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Instruments of the Imagination: A History of Drawing Instruments in Britain 1600-1850

Tools of the Imagination: Drawing Tools and Technologies from the Eighteenth Century to the Present

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Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2006
Hardcover
ISBN: 1568985991
Category: CME

The construction of a building is fascinating to watch, as the symbiosis between man and machine turns what seem to be scattered piles of material into architecture. But before the tools of construction ever arrive on the site, the architect wields a different... Read more

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Elizabethan Instrument Makers: The Origins of the London Trade in Precision Instrument Making

by Gerard L'E. Turner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2001
Hardcover
ISBN: 0198565666
Category: CME

Europe in the sixteenth century experienced a period of unprecedented vitality and innovation in the spheres of science and commerce. The Americas had been discovered and the colonizing nations had an urgent need for mathematical instruments for navigation and... Read more

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Scientific Instruments, 1500-1900: An Introduction

by Gerard L'E Turner
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Hardcover
ISBN: 0520217284
Category: CME

The impulse to collect is an almost universal one, satisfying the hunting and acquisitive instincts, the love of beauty, and intellectual curiosity. The wealthy have collected rare and beautiful things from the earliest days of civilization, but the coll... Read more

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Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851

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Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Published: 2003
Hardcover
ISBN: 0302006346
Category: CME

This publication lists over 5,000 scientific instrument makers and retailers working in the British Isles, together with a further 10,000 names of apprentices and associates. The directory transforms our understanding of the history of the scientific instrumen... Read more

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Drawing Instruments, 1580-1980

by Maya Hambly
Publisher: Sotheby Parke Bernet Pubns
Published: 1988
Hardcover
ISBN: 0856673412
Category: CME

Early drawing instruments appear increasingly in salerooms, and architects, engineers, graphic artists and cartographers have long been fascinated by the antique tools of their trade. This comprehensive historical guide, describing all the various instruments used and developed for geometrical drawing over the past 400 years, is an essential reference work for anyone connected with the preparation or appreciation of architectural or technical drawings, or for any collector of early examples. In a climate of change in the way early geometrical drawings are being looked at, a knowledge of the whole range of drawing instruments has become relevant.... Read more

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Russian Warships in the Age of Sale, 1696 -1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates

by Eduard Sozaev
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2010
Hardcover
ISBN: 1848320582
Category: Maritime History

Peter the Great created the Russian navy from nothing, but it soon surpassed Sweden as the Baltic naval power, while in the Black Sea it became an essential tool in driving back the Ottoman Turks from Europe. During the 18th century it was the third largest na... Read more

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Memoires of the Royal Navy, 1690

by Samuel Pepys
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2010
Hardcover
ISBN: 1848320655
Category: Maritime History

Originally published by Pepys in June 1690, this is a defense of his administration of the Royal Navy and a criticism of his opponents. While Pepys provides a fascinating insider s view of the working of the Admiralty, the wealth of fact and figures is far fro... Read more

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Thunderer: Building a Model Dreadnought

by William Mowll
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2010
Hardcover
ISBN: 1848320590
Category: Ship Modeling

HMS Thunderer was the third Orion class battleship, one of the Super Dreadnoughts built to counter German naval expansion in April 1910. At 22,200 tons she was the largest ship ever built on the Thames and bankrupted her builders. The author s 1/96-scale museu... Read more

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Classic Modelling Guides Vol 2 The Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front 1943-5

by Brett Green
Publisher: Classic Publications
Published: 2010
Paperback
ISBN: 1906537143
Category: General Techniques

In this new book, leading author and modeller Brett Green focuses upon the aircraft and activities of the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front. With plentiful mono wartime photographs of featured aircraft, fighters and bombers alongside vivid colour photos of model ... Read more

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Model Railway Layout, Construction and Design Techniques

by Nigel Burkin
Publisher: Crowood Press
Published: 2010
Paperback
ISBN: 1847971814
Category: Model Railroad

Layout building is perhaps the most exciting, rewarding and challenging aspect of creating a model railway. Making the right design decisions and choosing good construction techniques are vital to ensure success. This book takes you through basic bas... Read more

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BF 109 LATE VERSIONS: Camouflage and Markings

by Krzysztof Wolowski
Publisher: MMP
Published: 2010
Paperback
ISBN: 8361421130
Category: Airplane Modeling

This book describes and illustrates the late versions of the Bf 109 with long tail during WW2. Covering the late Bf 109 G and K variants, the camouflage and markings of these aircraft are described and illustrated in great detail.

KUGISHO E14Y GLEN: America Attacker

by Ryusuke Ishiguro
Publisher: MMP
Published: 2010
Paperback
ISBN: 8389450615
Category: Airplane Modeling

This book describes and illustrates the only Japan aircraft which attacked US mainland.... Read more

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MIG-29 VOL 2: Polish Wings No 12

by Adam Golabek
Publisher: MMP
Published: 2010
Paperback
ISBN: 8361421122
Category: Airplane Modeling

This new title in the established and popular "Polish Wings" series tells the story of the MiG-29 and MiG-29UB traner version aircraft in the Polish Air Force. The acquisition and operations of these Russian aircraft in Poland is told in detail, illustrated w... Read more

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Japanese Secret Projects: Experimental Aircraft of the Ija and Ijn 1939-1945

by Edwin Dyer
Publisher: Midland Pub Ltd
Published: 2009
Hardcover
ISBN: 1857803175
Category: Airplane Modeling

Secret and X-Plane aircraft projects remain highly popular with historians, enthusiasts, modellers and the flight sim community. Surprisingly, secret Japanese planes of World War 2 remain an area which has been largely ignored due to scarcity of information. T... Read more

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Luftwaffe Secret Projects, Volume 3: Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft

by Dieter Herwig
Publisher: Midland Pub Ltd
Published: 2004
Hardcover
ISBN: 1857801504
Category: Airplane Modeling

The two previous volumes in this hugely popular series have covered Fighters 1939-1945 and Strategic Bombers 1935-1945. This new addition takes a close look at a varied range of aircraft types, principally described as ground-attack and special-purpose types, ... Read more

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GERMAN AIR PROJECTS VOL 4: Attack Aircraft (German Secret Air Projects) (v. 4)

by Marek Rys
Publisher: MMP
Published: 2010
Paperback
ISBN: 8389450313
Category: Airplane Modeling

The speculation about what the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) might have achieved if World War II had continued into 1946 is a fascinating and rapidly growing field of interest. This book develops some of this intriguing speculation with extensive illustrations... Read more

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