A Pye Smith (2 results)

Hardcover. Square quarto. Hardcover. Blue paper boards with white titles in illustrated jacket. 207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm. "Merging art, science, and history, this book explores the broad arc of ecological events on the island--the formation and abandonment of pastureland, forest recovery, and the critical importance of land conservation--through their representation in visual art. Indeed, for well over a century, painters, photographers, printmakers, and cartographers alike have observed and depicted this dynamic landscape" --. VG. A few paint stains along the edges of text block, otherwise clean and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Paper covers are both detached, spine is split and partially missing, text block binding is sound, clean pages, some are unopened. Contents include: On the Shaping and Finishing of Iron etc. by Solid Emery Wheels and the Machinery by Mr A Pye Smith, London; On the Manufacture and Use of Spiegeleisen by Mr Geo. J Snellus, Workington; On the Absorption of Hydrogen by Grey Pig Iton etc. by Mr John Perry, Ebbw Vale; On the Condition in which Silicon exists in Pig Iron by Mr E H Morton, Newport; The Iron Ores of Lake Champion, USA by Mr G W Maynard, New York; Berryman's Feed Water Heater by Mr R Berryman, London; The Pernot Rotary Puddling Furnace by M Jules Petin, Rive-de-Gier; On the Distribution of Spathic Iron Ore by Mr Charles Smith, Barrow-in-Furness; On Power Couplings for Rolling Mills by Messrs Varley & Furness. Fold-out plates showing: Apparatus for Determining Amount of Hydrogen Absorbed by Iron Freed from Natural Gas by Fusion In Vacuo; Map Showing Railway Connections between the Seaboard and the Pennsylvania Coal Fields; Berryman's Feed-Water Heater; Puddling Furnace with Revolving Bottom Plate (Pernot System); Furnace with Revolving Bottom Plate (Pernot System) for the Manufacture of Cast Steel; Power Coupling for Rolling Mills and Other Machinery. No dust jacket, as published. Bookplate for Junior Carlton Club on inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 02615040080. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…