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1868~Rare 1st ED.~507 MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS~Antique Book~TOOLS~GEARS~MACHINERY ++

$ 71.28

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

First edition
FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVEN MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS
By Henry T. Brown
N.Y.: Brown, Coombs & Co., 1868.
19th century compendium of ingenious mechanisms employing simple drawings to explain 507 of the small components that constitute machinery. Left-hand pages feature illustrations, and facing pages offer descriptions of use and operation.
Ranging
from simple to complex, the mechanisms include cranks, pulleys, drills, wheels, and screws +++
122 pp. + a few pages of related trade advertisements at the back ~ well illustrated ~ please review photos ~ in original brown cloth with title in gilt ~ faded, somewhat worn (especially near bottom of spine); light staining to bottom edges of some pages; a couple of tiny bookworm-like nibbles but generally the interior is very good; former owner's name on front fly leaf ~ 6.25" x 7"
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