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1912 Let Me Explain by Archibald Williams - Science & Engineering Construction
1912 Let Me Explain by Archibald Williams - Science & Engineering Construction
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Let Me Explain
With Over 150 Sketches, Diagrams and Photographs
By Archibald Williams
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., London, undated, circa 1912. Hardback, tall 8vo, decorative cloth with gilt titles, xi + 370 pages, [2]. Profusely illustrated.
CONTENTS INCLUDE
A look around a locomotive
Below decks
The fastest boats in the world
The motor car
Motor-driven ships
Clearing snow from the railway
How to keep the channels clear
The big guns of a battleship
A glass of water
A cask of oil lamp
The story of a board
The history of a sack of flour
Artificial frost
The making of a steel rail
Something about paper
How a telegram is sent
The telephone
Signals and voices from the ether
The telewriter
Electric motors, dynamos, locomotives and lighting
Living pictures
Houses that modern Jack builds
The moving staircase
Mechanical typesetters
index
CONDITION
A very good copy. The cloth decorative binding is in lovely clean condition with no damage. All contents present and pages clean throughout. Inscription to front endpaper dated 1913.
With Over 150 Sketches, Diagrams and Photographs
By Archibald Williams
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., London, undated, circa 1912. Hardback, tall 8vo, decorative cloth with gilt titles, xi + 370 pages, [2]. Profusely illustrated.
CONTENTS INCLUDE
A look around a locomotive
Below decks
The fastest boats in the world
The motor car
Motor-driven ships
Clearing snow from the railway
How to keep the channels clear
The big guns of a battleship
A glass of water
A cask of oil lamp
The story of a board
The history of a sack of flour
Artificial frost
The making of a steel rail
Something about paper
How a telegram is sent
The telephone
Signals and voices from the ether
The telewriter
Electric motors, dynamos, locomotives and lighting
Living pictures
Houses that modern Jack builds
The moving staircase
Mechanical typesetters
index
CONDITION
A very good copy. The cloth decorative binding is in lovely clean condition with no damage. All contents present and pages clean throughout. Inscription to front endpaper dated 1913.
(BS 2;lower)
