Reports of the Committee.To Inquire into the Causes of the Deterioration of Boilers, &c., and to Propose Measures Which Would Tend to Increase Their Durability &c.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty

Verlag: HMSO/Hattison & Sons/George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1877

Beschreibung

Three Volumes. 1877 (2) & 1880 (1). Folio's. First volume: 'Third Report' liii, 352pp. Second volume: 'Evidence, Addenda, and Appendices' viii, 843pp. Third volume: 'Report of the Committee 1880' 287pp. From the Institution of Naval Architects: Scott Library Collection, with bookplates to f.e.p's. Uniformly bound in half dark calf, gilt and red leather title labels to spines, blue textured boards. Rubricated page edges. Marbled end papers. Some rubbing to extremities. Minor markings to boards. First volume having numerous folding technical plans and diagrams (some coloured) as well as real photographs to rear. Second volume primarily 'minutes of evidence' but also having seven lithograph pages of notes/diagrams at rear. Third volume having 30 coloured technical plates to rear. Contents of all three volumes generally clean and bright. Overall three Very Good+ volumes. Scarce. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005162

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Titel: Reports of the Committee.To Inquire into the...

Verlag: HMSO/Hattison & Sons/George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode

Erscheinungsdatum: 1877

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition