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Organizing a Factory
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartC. E. Woods
Chicago and New York: The System Company, 1905.An analysis of the elements in factory organization, a presentation of the fundamental principles of factory management, and a description of the methods to be used in every department of factory operation. The first printing of the first work on industrial management by American engineer and electric car manufacterer Clinton Edgar Woods.
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Our Cities Awake: Notes on Municipal Activities and Administration
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMorris Llewellyn Cooke
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919.On city management based on the author’s time as Director of Public Works for the City of Philadelphia.
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Theatrum Pontificiale, oder Schau-Platz der Brucken und Brucken-Baues
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJacob Leupold
Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel, 1726.First edition, first printing, of the first book printed in Germany on bridges and bridge-building. From the encyclopedic series of works on mechanical technology and engineering, Theatrum Machinarum, by German physicist, mathematician, and engineer Jacob Leupold (1674-1727). [A clear instruction on how one can not only cross ditches, streams and rivers in various ways, but also save one’s life in times of water with certain machines and special clothing. Furthermore, according to all circumstances and coincidences, convenient and durable bridges, both wooden ones with yokes or stone posts, and without them with rigging and blasting works, as well as entirely of stone, according to art, to build advantageously and permanently. Then also how many examples of sailing, flying, storm-field and similar bridges can be given. All with many examples and the most distinguished makers in and outside Germany, but especially with a complete description of their pontoons, presented and explained in 60 copper plates.] The first 4 plates show a variety of methods for crossing bodies of water including an array of unusual diving and floating devices, the rest devoted to the architecture and engineering of bridges.
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Steam Power Plant
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSimon-Carves Ltd
Stockport: Simon-Carves Ltd, 1955. -
Water For Every Farm Using the Keyline Plan
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartP. A. Yeomans
Sydney: Murray Book Distributors, 1978.Combined edition of Water for Every Farm (1965) and The Keyline Plan (1954). Yeoman’s Keyline systems of land development has been adopted by farms in almost every country in the world.
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Cellular Telephone Russian Roulette: A Historical and Scientific Perspective
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert C. Kane
New York: Vantage Press, 2001.A denouncing of mobile phones and the telecommunications industry by a former engineer. “They are everywhere, but should they be? While most consumers assume that cellular phones have been thoroughly tested and proven safe, that is not the case. You pick up the phone, once, twice, ten times a day- or only a few times a month. But, each and every time, you’re gambling that ‘this time’ won’t be the occasion when the radiation causes irreparable damage to your brain.” (from cover)
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The Service Station and Motor Mechanics’ Manual
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeorge George
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1947.A Manual for Service Stations, Motor Mechanics and Engineers, Fleet Operators, Owner-Drivers, and Technical College Students.
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Engineering The Outback: A History of the Western Queensland Consulting Engineers, George Bourne & Associates
AU$55.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPeter Forrest; Sheila Forrest
Barcaldine: George Bourne and Associates, 2006. -
Yorkshire Imperial (February, 1978)
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartYorkshire Imperial Australia
Sydney: Yorkshire Imperial Australia, 1978.Catalogue of capillary fittings by Yorkshire Imperial.
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The Air Seasoning and Kiln Drying of Wood
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHiram L. Henderson
New York: J. B. Lyon Company, 1936. -
The Bridge: From the Story Broadcast by Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. J. C. Bradfield
Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., No date.John Job Crew Bradfield (1867-1943) was the Australian engineer who helped to conceive of, and then supervise, the design and construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He was involved in constructing other major Australian infrastructure projects including Sydney’s Underground Railway and Brisbane’s Story Bridge. This 1930s booklet, illustrated with numerous sepia-tone photographic illustrations and one full page colour illustration, The Great Bridge by Moonlight, by John Charles Allcot (1888-1973, tells Bradfield’s story of the creating the Bridge from figment to reality.
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Integrated Design of Water Treatment Facilities
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSusumu Kawamura
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1991.Includes: Management of a Design Project, Preliminary Studies, Design of Basic Treatment Process Units, Subordinate Plant Facilities, Design of Plant Components, Elements of Detailed Design, Specific Water Treatment Processes, Management of Procurement and Construction Phases, Operations and Maintenance Manual and Operator Training, and Plant Start-up and Follow-up Services.
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The Inside Story of Dry Batteries: A Guide for Students
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartUnion Carbide Australia
Sydney: Union Carbide Australia, 1964. -
The Strength and Elasticity of New South Wales Timbers of Commercial Value
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. H. Warren
Sydney: Charles Potter, Government Printer, 1887.“Written to accompany the timber exhibits in the New South Wales Courts at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition and the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition.” (from preface). Plates show the testing machine, diagrams showing loads and defections in cross breaking and diagrams showing loads and compression. FERGUSON 18203.
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Open Sesame! Varnum Electric Door Engines – for Safer Safety
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartVarnum Door Engine Company
Los Angeles: Varnum Door Engine Company, No date.Early 1920s catalogue for the Varnum Door Engine. Contains a short history of the Varnum door opening and closing engine, followed by details and photographs of them as installed in bank vaults and the gates of grand estates. Also included are letters of recommendation from happy customers, and a list of banks across the United States using the door engines.
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Gardner Gears Spare Parts Catalogue and Servicing and Maintenance Instructions (2 Volumes)
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGardner Engines
Manchester: Gardner Engines, No date.1: Servicing and Maintenance Instructions for the Gardner No. 3 Unit Construction Reverse Gear Type 2 And Reversing-Reducing Gear Type 3. Instruction Book No. 46-4. With updates pasted in.; 2: Spare Parts Catalogue for the 3UC Unit Construction Reversing Gear (Direct Drive) & Unit Construction Reversing-Reducing Gear.
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Distillation et Rectification des Liquides Industriels
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Mariller
Paris: Dunod, 1925.Distillation and Rectification of Industrial Liquids including alcohols, benzols, oils, ethers, chemicals, air and liquid gases, recovery of solvents.
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Refrigeration: An Essential to National Health, Security and Progress
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. J. White
Adelaide: Gillingham & Co, 1929.Scarce early Australian work on the cooling and preservation of foodstuffs. Being a practical introduction to the application of Mechanical Refrigeration, as applied to the preservation and distribution of Food, Ice and Ice Cream making and other manufacturing processes.
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Practical Information on the Use and Care of Wire Rope
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. Leschen and Sons Rope Co.
St. Louis: A. Leschen and Sons Rope Co., 1927.Detailed guide to the correct usage of wire rope by American ropery A. Leschen and Sons Rope Co.