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Subjects include: watches and clocks, rope, steel production, art metal, concrete and cement, Singer Sewing Machines, gears and mechanics, etc.; pamphlets Include: (1) "Electricity Up to Date for Light, Power and Traction" by John B. Verity; F. Warne & Co., NY; tears and losses to flyleaves; loss to margin, back cover; includes tipped-in map; (1) Magnets & Magnetism Simply Explained; Alfred W. Marshall; Model Library Series No 34, 1910; (1) "Genius Rewarded or the Story of the Sewing Machine", New York: John J. Caulo, Book and Job Printers; 1880; Singer Sewing Machine brochure; (1) "The Story of Rope - The History and Modern Development of Rope Making", Plymouth Cordage Company, North Plymouth, Mass... 1925; retains several Plymouth Rope flyers, inside; (1) "Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion fo the Mechanic Arts Devoted to Mechanical and Physical Science, Civil Engineering, the Arts and Manufactures...", Vol. 70, No. 420, third series Vol. XL December 1860, No. 6; (1) "Pirsson's Series of Mechanical Tracts No.1 - "Practical Treatise on the Teeth of Gear Wheels:" by Professor r. Willis, MA; New York: 1849; (1) "The Electric Watch Repair Manual" by Henry B. Fried; B Jadow & Sons, Inc., 1965; (1) "The Watch that Made the Dollar Famous - Encyclopedia of Dollar Watches" by George E. Townsend; 1974; (1) Lehigh Cement "Concrete for Town and Country", copyright 1922; (1) "The Story of Steel", The United States Steel Corporation, Bureau of Safety Sanitation and Welfare; Third Edition 1921; (1) Manual for Overhaul, Repair and Handling of U S Navy Mechanical, Boat and Deck Clocks - Seth Thomas Type with Parts Catalog; Contract NObs-47863; Navy Department, April 1953; (1) "Transmission of Power by Ropes"; William Kenyon & Sons, Ltd., Dakinfield; ex-Franklin Institute Library; 1917 edition; (hardcover); (1) "The Constitution of Hydraulic Cements" by Spencer B. Newberry and W. B. Newberry; 1897; from the press of the Cement and Engineering News, Chicago; (1) "The Chemical Foundation Incorporated", Palmer, A. Mitchell and Francis P Garvin; New York: the de Vinne Press, 1919; (1) "Arts and Crafts in Metal"; Catalogue Number 10; Tools and Material - Chandler and Barber; Boston Mass.: circa 1910; (1) "Data Concerning Platinum"; Baker & Co., Inc., Newark New Jersey; fourteenth edition; 1921; (1) "Houghton's Liquid Baths for the Heat Treatment of Steel"; by the Houghton Research Staff; first edition; illustrated; Philadelphia: E. F. Houghton & Company, 1926; most with paper covers except where noted; some wear to covers; some light pencil writing; overall, most in G-VG+ condition; size varies
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