Gurley L Ewis E Phraim (1 results)

12mo. viii, 9-362 pp. Woodcut-engraved frontisp., 100s of text illustrations & diagrams. Brick-red coloured pebbled publisher's cloth, gilt lettering stamped on front cover (very minor shelfwear, slight rubbing, front inner hinge starting), still VG copy, w/ former ownership markings & annotations on ffep. Twenty-seventh edition of this excellent handbook and catalogue from the largest manufacturer of engineering and surveying instruments in the United Stated during the 19th-century, helping to fuel the massive expansion of railroads and development across the West. The company produced levels, chains, railroad compasses, solar compasses, surveyor's compasses, transits, and more.…