Early Engineering Reminiscences (1815-40) of George Escol Sellers

Language: English

Published by Smithsonian Institution, 1965

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EARLY ENGINEERING REMINISCENCES (1815-40) OF GEORGE ESCOL SELLERS 1965. I am pleased to be able to offer an early publication of the Museum of History and Technology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The Museum opened in 1964 and this book was published in 1965. The subject of the book was an American businessman, mechanical engineer and inventor who is credited with inventing a machine that produced lead pipes from molten lead continuously (the same pipes many municipalities are busy digging-up and replacing)! This large but relatively slender book (8 ¾ x 11 ¼ inches, 203 pages) is bound in blue gray cloth with black titles and designs on cover and spine. The book is nicely illustrated with captioned figures throughout (83 in all). Condition: This book is in very good condition. There is some minor splatter to the top-right quadrant of the finish of the front cover, barely noticeable except against the light. There has been some very slight bumping to the corners and spine tips. Inside the book is unmarked and the interior pages are bright white and clean throughout, without toning or foxing. Both hinges are intact, and the binding is tight, sound and square. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.

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Title
Early Engineering Reminiscences (1815-40) of George Escol Sellers
Author
Eugene S. Ferguson
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Publication year
1965
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition.
Item weight
4 pounds
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Catterson Vintage Books

Clinton, NY, U.S.A.

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An avid book collector with fifty years plus of accumulation, once trained with a curator of rare books & manuscripts, now offering parts of his collections, new and old, for sale as part of a complete downsizing effort.

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