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The Existential Pleasures of Engineering
by Florman, Samuel C.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No dj
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- 1996
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- Paperback
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- 9780312141042
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$19.99
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New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly white pictorial card covers with black titles, xviii, 205 pp, notes, index. Slight wear to extremities. Paperback printing of the second edition. In this collection of essays, originally published in 1976, Florman writes about what it feels like to… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.99
The Way Things Work
by Macaulay, David
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780395428573
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$43.59
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn binding, laminated pictorial boards, red endpapers, 384 pp, illustrated with color drawings by the author throughout, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Macaulay arranges his text according to the physical principles by which devices work, with highly engaging illustrations for each… Read more about this item Item Price
$43.59
The Way Things Work
by Macaulay, David
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No dj
- Edition
- Reprint
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780395428573
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$22.99
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Perfect (i.e., glued) binding, laminated pictorial boards, red endpapers, 384 pp, illustrated with color drawings by the author throughout, index. According to a two-line note on the copyright page, this is a Reader's Digest reprint. It is slightly smaller and has a… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.99
Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences
by Tenner, Edward
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- 3rd ptg
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679425632
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$26.99
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Grey boards, foil titles on spine, xiii, 346, [3] pp, index. Remainder mark. DJ has 1 cm tear at head of spine. From the DJ: "Edward Tenner is a connoisseur of what he calls 'revenge effects'--the unintended,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Theory of Simple Structures
by Shedd, Thomas Clark & Jamison Vawter
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- Used - Good
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- No dj
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- Later printing
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- 1940
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$21.99
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New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1940 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black buckram, gilt titles on spine & blind device on front board, x, 345 pp, 177 figures, 1 folding table, two plates on one fold-out sheet, index. Bumped & rubbed, notes on endpapers & scattered throughout, first few pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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Simplified Design of Reinforced Concrete
by Parker, Harry & Harold D. Hauf
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- Used - VG
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- No dj
- Edition
- 4th ed, 4th ptg
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780471660699
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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New York, London, Sydney & Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, gold foil titles & devices on front board & spine, xvi, 323 pp, many figures, index. Corners bumped, light soil & wear to boards. Contents: materials for reinforced concrete; properties & production… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.99
Creep of Metals
by Rotherham, L. A.
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- Used - Fair
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- No dj
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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London: Institute of Physics, 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full pale green cloth, 80 pages, 24 figures, references, index. Torn spine repaired with acid-free PVA, company library markings, covers unevenly sunned, lacks ffep. Contents: characteristics of the creep curve; crystalline flow; metallographic features of creep; grain boundary creep; transient creep;… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.99
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Manufacturing Processes and Materials for Engineers
by Doyle, Lawrence E., Carl A. Keyser, James L. Leach, George F. Schrader & Morse B. Singer
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- Used - Good
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- No dj
- Edition
- 3rd Ed, 1st Ptg
- Published
- 1985
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780135559215
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$23.59
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Grey & blue laminated boards, xvii, 926 pp, many illustrations, index. Usual library markings including 'Withdrawn' sticker, shaken front hinge reglued. Contents: making iron, steel & nonferrous metals; testing of engineering materials; metals & alloys; heat treatment of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Structural Theory
by Sutherland, Hale & Harry Lake Bowman
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- Used - VG+
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- 4th ed, 8th ptg
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$26.99
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New York & London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1963 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full burgundy cloth, gilt titles on spine, xiv, 394 pp, many figures & tables, index. Light soil & rubbing to edges. Contents: reactions & stresses; graphic statics; roof trusses; truss & girder bridges; long-span bridges; lateral… Read more about this item Item Price
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Modern Arms and Free Men
by Bush, Vannevar
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- Used - VG
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- No dj
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- BOMC
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, gilt-on-black titles, [xiii], 273, [1] pp, index. Slight fading to spine & top edges of boards, bookplate on fpd. Book of the Month Club flyer for the book laid in. Dr. Bush, director of U. S. scientific… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wrought Iron: Its Manufacture, Characteristics, and Applications
by Aston, James & Edward B. Story
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- Used - VG+
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- No dj
- Edition
- 2nd ed, 1st ptg
- Published
- 1941
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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Pittsburgh: A. M. Byers Co., 1941 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, yellow titles on front board & spine, vi, 97 pp, 36 b & w photos, 7 drawings, tables. Slight rubbing to corners & spine ends, titles still bright. DJ browning, small chips at corners & spine ends; in Brodart… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.99
Textiles
by Hollen, Norma & Jane Saddler
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- Used - VG+
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- No dj
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- 3rd Ed, 1st Ptg
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$21.99
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth (printed with pattern of coarser cloth), white titles on spine, tan endpapers, xi, 243 pp, glossary, index. Slight shelf wear, home economics related newspaper clippings laid in. Contents: textile fibers; protein fibers; cellulose fibers; introduction to man-made fibers;… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- 5th ptg
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$26.99
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles, rust endpapers, top edge dyed black, 590 pp, many illustrations in black & red with a few in full color, index. Sl ightly faded top edge. DJ has small chips & tears; in Brodart archival cover. … Read more about this item Item Price
$26.99
Newton's Telecom Dictionary: The Official Dictionary of Telecommunications and the Internet (15th Ed.)
by Newton, Harry
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- Used - VG-
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- No dj
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- 15th Ed
- Published
- 1999
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781578200313
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$22.99
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New York: Miller Freeman, Inc., 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly green covers with white & yellow titles, [6], xi, 953, [15] pp. Small mouse-eaten area on front cover & first few leaves, else fine. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. 15th Ed. Trade Paperback. VG-/No dj. 23 X 15½ cm. Item Price
$22.99
Simplified Design of Structural Steel
by Parker, Harry & Harold D. Hauf
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- Used - VG
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- No dj
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- 4th ed, 7th ptg
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780471664321
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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New York, London, Sydney & Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, Inc WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. This printing after 1976, but copyright 1974. Pale grey boards with black titles & device, xv, 326 pp, many figures & tables in text, index. Top edge foxed, bumped corners & spine ends. Contents: … Read more about this item Item Price
$20.99
FRA Track Safety Standards
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dj, as issued
- Published
- 1972
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$16.89
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Montgomery, AL: Kershaw Mfg. Co., Inc., 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow & dark blue covers, 36 pp. Kershaw, a manufacturer of railroad track maintenance equipment, reprinted section 213 of the Code of Federal Regulations dealing with track safety standards and penalties in this handy pocket-sized edition for the convenience of its… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.89
Winter Air Conditioning
by Konzo, Seichi, J. Raymond Carroll & Harlan D. Bareither
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$27.99
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New York: The Industrial Press, 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Copyright page states First Edition, but a book of same title by Konzo was published by the National Warm Air Heating & Air Conditioning Association in 1939. Full black cloth, gold ink titles on front board & spine. DJ head of… Read more about this item Item Price
$27.99
Domestic and Commercial Oil Burners: Installation and Servicing
by Burkhardt, Charles H.
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- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
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- 3rd Ed, 12th ptg
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$21.99
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New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil & yellow titles & decoration, vi, 538 pp, many b & w photographs, line drawings & tables, index. Slight edge wear, date & blacked-out owner's name on ffep. Contents: domestic & commercial oil burners &… Read more about this item Item Price
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Metal Castings
by Campbell, Harry L.
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- Used - VG
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- No dj
- Edition
- Later printing
- Published
- 1943
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$26.99
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New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1943 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Published jointly with Chapman & Hall, London. Full brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, ix, 318 pp, 174 figures, index. Previous owner's name scribbled out on fpd. Contents: the metal-casting industry; materials for the foundry; molding practice;… Read more about this item Item Price
$26.99
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Compressed Air and Gas Data
by Loomis, A. W. (Ed.)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 3rd Ed
- Published
- 1980
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$26.99
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Woodcliff Lake, NJ: Ingersoll-Rand, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, chapters separately paginated (about 4.5 cm thick), many charts & other figures. Slight shelf wear. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Contains 5 chapters on theory, 13 on compressors, 1 each on… Read more about this item Item Price
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