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HOW TO BUILD RURAL TELEPHONE LINES.

By: N/A

Price: $20.00 USD

Seller ID: 9886

93 pp, 8vo, card covers with b&w decorations/lettering on front/rear covers. B&w photos, technical drawings, illustrations. Contents: Story of the Telephone; Company Organization; Constructing the Line; Installing the Instruments; Materials Requi red; The 1317 Type Telephone Set; Rules for Wires Crossing Railways. Interior - tiny closed tear and corner crease on one page, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very tiny mark on fore-edge of textbl o c k . V G +
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SEVERE WEATHER WATCHER HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING SUMMER SEVERE WEATHER.

By: N/A

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Canada, Environment Canada, Atmospheric Environment Service: 1991

Seller ID: 27551

ISBN: 0662182812

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

32 pp, 9" H. B&w and colour photographs of cloud formations, b&w drawings. Contents: To the Weather Watcher; All About Thunderstorms; What You Should Watch For; Tornadoes and Funnel Clouds; Don't Get Fooled!; What to Report; Safety Tips; How to Report/What to Report - Quick Reference. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, very light rubbing, some very light soiling on rear cover.
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OMEGA DE VILLE CO-AXIAL ESCAPEMENT.

By: N/A

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Switzerland, Omega SA: 2001

Seller ID: 29584

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

43 pp, 8 1/2" H. Red paper-covered boards with silver lettering/omega symbol and blindstamped co-axial escapement on front board, silver endpapers. Dust jacket has embossed co-axial escapement on front panel. Colour and b&w photographs, reproductions, diagrams. A short history of the Omega watch company, introducing their new co-axial escapement. Very minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear, tiny scuff on spine, minor rubbing, three tiny shallow dents on rear panel.
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AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE J 1 & C. RATE TRAINING MANUAL. NAVTRA 10343-C.

By: N/A

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Naval Training Command: 1972

Seller ID: 28908

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

193 pp, 10 1/4" H. 1972 Edition. B&w drawings/diagrams, photographs. Chapter headings: Aviation Machinist's Mate J rating; Aviation supply; Work Center supervision and administration; Jetcal analyzer; Fuel system maintenance; Turbojet powerplant troubleshooting; Turbojet powerplant removal and installation; Turbojet powerplant hot section repair; Turboshaft-powered helicopter maintenance; Turboprop powerplants/propellers; Index. Interior - small soft bump to bottom corner of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small soft creases at bottom corner o...
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THE STORY OF COPPER AND ITS ALLOYS.

By: N/A

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Copper & Brass Research Association:

Seller ID: 27894

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good-

Unpaginated (20 pp including covers), 9 3/4" H. B&w photographs, drawings. "Reprinted from 'Oil Power" by courtesy of the Industrial Lubricating Department of the Standard Oil Company of New York." Contents: Stone-hammer Days of Copper: A Tale of the First Useful Metal Known to Man (The American Indian / Egyptian Period / The Coppersmith); How Copper Ore is Mined, And What Happens to It After That (The Rolling Mill Sheets / Wire / Tubes); Just a Few of Copper's Uses; Advertisement (What constitutes a Rust-Proof Home?). Interior - soft vrease at top corner of pages, otherwis...
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STRENGTH OF METAL AIRCRAFT ELEMENTS. ANC-5 BULLETIN.

By: N/A

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Washington, Munitions Board Aircraft Committee, Subcommittee on Air Force-Navy-Civil Aircraft Design Criteria: 1951

Seller ID: 28753

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

125 pp, 10 1/4" H. Figures, tables. ANC-5 June 1951 Ammendment-1, 9 April 1952 taped in at rear. Chapter headings: General; Steel; Aluminum Alloys; Magnesium Alloys; Miscellaneous Metals. Interior - previous owner has updated, asterisked and neatly written cross references in black ink on some pages; small tear at top edge of pages 115 to end of book - archivally taped; otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - previous owner's name in ink at top of front cover, one small corner crease on front cover, one small edge tear archivally taped at top of rear cover.
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AVIATION ORDNANCEMAN 3 & 2. NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND RATE TRAINING MANUAL. NAVEDTRA 10345-D

By: N/A

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Washington, Naval Education and Training Support Command: 1976

Seller ID: 28905

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

728 pp, 10 1/4" H. 1976 Edition. Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings/diagrams, photographs. Chapter headings: Aviation Ordnanceman rating; Elementary physics; Publication; Corrosion control, lubrication, and preservation; Handtools and aircraft hardware; Small arms; Explosives and ammunition; Ammunition stowage, handling, and shipping; Ammunition handling equipment; Pyrotechnics; Aircraft rockets and JATO; Aircraft bombs and accessories; Bomb fuzes; Air-launched guided missiles and weapons; Underwater and nuclear weapons; 20-mm aircraft guns and accessories; 20-mm belting and loading...
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AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE 3 & 2. RATE TRAINING MANUAL AND NONRESIDENT CAREER COURSE. NAVEDTRA 10323.

By: N/A

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Washington, Naval Education and Training Support Command: 1978

Seller ID: 28907

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

426 pp + iii pp + 113 pp (Assignments), 10 1/4" H. 1978 Revised Edition. Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings/diagrams (some fold-out), photographs. Chapter headings: Aviation Machinist's Mate Rating; Publications; Tools and Hardware; Aircraft Engines; Aircraft Engine Fuel Systems; Aircraft Engine Lubricating Systems; Hydraulic, Electric, and Starting Systems; Aicraft Engine Inspections and Repair; Turbroprop Powerplants and Propellers; Turboshaft Powerplants and Helicopters; Turbofan Powerplants; Ground Handling Equipment and Procedures; Line Operations and Maintenance; Aircraft Engi...
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NAVAL ELECTRICAL POCKET BOOK. B.R. 157/1933 bound with ADDENDUM NO. 2 TO B.R. 157/1933. B.R. 157 (2)

By: Admiralty, Torpedo and Mining Dept.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, King's Printer, Ottawa, 1943.: 1943

Seller ID: 22906

Binding: Heavy Card

Condition: Good reading copy only.

92 pp + 399 pp, 6 1/2" H - stiff navy blue card covers with cloth spine. Many b&w drawings/diagrams - some fold-out. From title page: "Reproduced as amended in Canada (Jan. 1943) by the King's Printer, Ottawa, with permission of the Controller, H.M. Stationery Office, London, for the exclusive use of His Majesty's Canadian Naval Forces. 1941. Note. - In this Addendum is included Addendum No.1, so that the latter may now be destroyed. Addendum No. 3 amending Addendum No. 2 has been incorporated in this reprint." The section headings include: Measuring and Testing Instruments and the...
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AERODYNAMICS AND FLIGHT. (ELEMENTARY AERODYNAMICS / THEORY OF FLIGHT.) 594 B

By: Allen, James Ross.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Scranton, PA, International Textbook Company: 1935

Seller ID: 28457

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

80 pp + 91 pp (two sections), 7 3/4" H. Black simulated leather boards with gold lettering on spine, blindstamped lettering, borders on front board. Marbled endpapers, b&w illustrations. Elementary Aerodynamics Contents: Aerodynamic Laws and Theories; Physical Principles; Effects of Air Flow; Air Flow Against Flat Plate; Wind Tunnel; Action of Air-Stream and Airfoils; Airfoil Characteristics; Influence of Airfoil Dimensions; Arrangement of Airfoils; Variable Lift Devices; Parasite Drag. Theory of Flight Contents: Equilibrium and Balance; Fundamentals of Equilibrium; Stability and Contr...
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SIR JOHN REITH.

By: Allighan, Garry. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Lord Gainford.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: London, Stanley Paul: 1938

Seller ID: 30130

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

287 pp + publisher's advertising, 8 3/4" H. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering & banding on spine. B&w photographs, drawing. Inscribed in green ink on front free endpaper: "To my very good friends / Tom & ? Wheeler / Sharers of many happy hours / Garry Allighan". The second name has been inked over at some later date. "Controlling one of the greatest forces in international affairs, the Director-General of the B.B.C. has attained a position of power second only to that of a Prime Minister. He directs a machine that produces mass-education, mass-entertainment, and mass-infor...
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FINDING THE SUN'S TRUE BEARING. PRECOMPUTED TABLES.

By: Arpin, P.E., foreword.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Civil Aviation Branch, Department of Transport:

Seller ID: 27541

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

112 pp + blank pages for notes, oblong (7 15/16" H x 10 1/2" D). No date. Erratum sheet laid in. "From aviation's earliest days, pilots of aircraft have been conscious of the need for accurate directional information. The development of the magnetic and gyro compass has, for general purposes, kept pace with aviation needs in most areas of the world. Flight operations in Northern Canada, however, present problems which are unique by virtue of the position of the North Magnetic Pole. - - In response to a need for the provision of directional information simply and to within one ...
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AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY. EIGHT RADIO TALKS AS HEARD ON CBC UNIVERSITY OF THE AIR.

By: Baird, David M.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: 1959

Seller ID: 21833

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

111 pp, 8vo (8" H). Contents: Geology, Geologists and Mass-wasting; Mass-wasting Completed; The Work of the Wind; Rivers; Oceans; Glaciers; Geological Time; Earth's Construction; Economic Geology; Questions and Answers; In Conclusion. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - book is light cocked, has light to moderate edgewear, a few small soft creases, wrinkling on spine, small area of surface paper loss at top of spine.
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THE INVENTOR AND THE TYCOON: A GILDED AGE MURDER AND THE BIRTH OF MOVING PICTURES.

By: Ball, Edward.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Doubleday: 2013

Seller ID: 28402

ISBN: 0385525753

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

447 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "(T)he compelling saga of an artistic genius, a ruthless railroad tycoon, and a sordid crime of passion. In frontier California 130 years ago, English immigrant Eadweard Muybridge managed to capture time and play it back on a screen, inventing stop-motion photography and moving pictures, breakthrough technologies that ushered in our age of visual media. Bankrolling his endeavor was tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, who built the west half of the transcontinental railroad and personally drove in the last golden...
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ON PAPER: THE EVERYTHING OF ITS TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR HISTORY.

By: Basbanes, Nicholas A.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2013

Seller ID: 30608

ISBN: 0307266427

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

430 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w illustrations. "A consideration of all things paper - its invention that revolutionized human civilization; its thousandfold uses (and misuses), proliferation, and sweeping influence on society; its makers, shapers, collectors, and pulpers. Nicholas Basbanes writes about paper, from its invention in China two thousand years ago to its ideal means, recording the thoughts of Islamic scholars and mathematicians that made the Middle East a center of intellectual energy; from Europe, by way of Spain in the twelfth century and Italy in the thirteenth at the time of the...
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THE NEXT TEN THOUSAND YEARS: A VISION OF MAN'S FUTURE IN THE UNIVERSE.

By: Berry, Adrian. Introduction by Patrick Moore.

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1974

Seller ID: 29455

ISBN: 0224009664

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

224 pp, 8 3/4" H. Pictorial endpapers. Inscribed on title page: "To Arthur "Sceptic" / With all / best wishes. / Adrian Berry / 25 June 1974". The author's first book. Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose, a British hereditary peer, was a journalist and author of several books. In this one he "provokes thought about man's role in the whole cosmos in a totally new way, and his ideas will have lasting relevance. For the sheer scale of its undertaking and for the wealth of astronomical knowledge that lies behind it, 'The Next Ten Thousand Years' opens the reader's mind...
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THE MOST PERFECT THING: INSIDE (AND OUTSIDE) A BIRD'S EGG.

By: Birkhead, Tim.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Bloomsbury: 2016

Seller ID: 30567

ISBN: 1632863693

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

288 pp, 8 1/2" H. Colour plates, b&w drawings."Reveals how eggs in general are made, fertilized, developed, and hatched. Which end of an egg is laid first, the blunt end or the pointed end? Why do some eggs contain two yolks? How are the colors and patterns on an eggshell created, and why do they vary? From the earliest times, the study of birds' ovaries and ova (eggs) has played a vital role in the quest to unravel the mysteries of fertilization and embryo development in humans and other animals. Birkhead uses birds' eggs as wondrous portals into natural history, enlivened by the sto...
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CONCORDE. MODERN CIVIL AIRCRAFT SERIES.

By: Birtles, Philip.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: London, Ian Allan: 1988

Seller ID: 24897

ISBN: 0711014337

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

80 pp, 9 3/16" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings. Contents: Preface; The Aircraft is Conceived; Design and Development; Testing Concorde; Concorde Power - the Olympus Engine; Concorde Equipment; Concorde in Service; Concorde Operation; Sales Options and Production; Appendices: Specifications; United States and Russian Competition. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing.
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FASTEST IN THE WORLD: THE SAGA OF CANADA'S REVOLUTIONARY HYDROFOILS.

By: Boileau, John.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Halifax, Formac: 2004

Seller ID: 22591

ISBN: 088780621X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

96 pp, large 8vo (9 1/8" H). B&w and colour photographs. "In the search for the perfect flying machine, hydrofoils were born. In 1919, Alexander Graham Bell and his young collaborator, Casey Baldwin, broke a world speed record when their hydrofoil prototype, HD4, skimmed across Lake Bras d'Or at 61.5 knots. This book is a complete re-examination of the Canadian research into hydrofoil vessels in the twentieth century. It describes how Baldwin and his colleagues, generously supported by Mabel Bell and under the guidance of the great inventor, built and tested numerous prototypes until ...
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BRITAIN'S WEATHER: ITS WORKINGS, LORE AND FORECASTING.

By: Bowen, David.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Newton Abbot, David & Charles: 1969

Seller ID: 21406

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

310 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs, maps, tables, etc. Contents: The Clouds; The Elements; The Meteorologists; The Weather Charts; The Forecasts; The British Climate; Local Weather; Weather Lore; The Barometer; Weather Round the Year; Weather Cycles; Weather and Warfare; Weather Control; Climate, Weather, and Man; Work for the Amateur; Chapter References; Bibliography; Appendices; Index. 1" x 3" ghost label mark on title page, very light edge wear, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has been price clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling, creases at bottom of...
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