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Text Box: New Books BIG Booklist Ephemera Index How to Order Text Box: Medical Journal writes about this, and "abdominal tympany". Advertisement for Typewriter for Doctors has medical keyboard, Fox Typewriter Co. 64 + xxxii pp. 17 x 26 cm. Paper periodical, lightly soiled, 5 x 14 cm coupon clipped from advertisement for gummed labels. Thus fair. (7011) $19.00. Scientific/Medical Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, The; Tenth Edition, third printing Lyght, Charles E., M.D., Editor. 1962. Rahway, NJ: Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories. Guide for physicians, provides etiologic, physiologic, pathologic and other material; Pathgenesis, Pathology, Symptoms and Signs, Diagnosis, course and prognosis, treatment. 1907 pp. 11 x 17 cm. Leather on board with gilt lettering. Indented index tabs, very good. (5390) $17.00. Scientific/Educational/Medical Military Medicine: Report on Third International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy, Paris, April, 1925 by Bainbridge, William Seaman, Commander, USNR, MC 1926 Washington, DC: U.S. Government. Reprinted from The Military Surgeon, May to August, 1926, inclusive. Selection of the troops and Tuberculous; Etiology and Treatment of Traumatic Arthritis; Analysis of Dressing and Suture Material; Post Traumatic Bone Malignancy; Selection of Aviators. 111 pp. 14 x 23 cm. Black cloth on board, very good. (2161) $21.00. Scientific/Medical People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, The; In Plain English, or Medicine Simplified, 17th edition by Pierce, R.V., M.D. 1888 Buffalo, NY: World's Dispensary Printing Office and Bindery. Wildly popular book in 19th century, gives advice on very sensitive medical subjects, with many colored and black and white illustrations. Includes application for treatment form, loose. 1008 pp. 13 x 20 cm. Cloth on board, front stained, corners bumped, heel and toe of spine frayed; Inside front hinge cracked. Poor. (2421) $36.00. Scientific/Reference/Medical. Pictures and Stories of Animals for the Little Ones at Home; Sea-stars, Jelly-fishes, Sea-anemones and Corals. With 83 wood engravings. By Mrs. Sanborn Tenney, 1870 New York, NY: Sheldon & Co. One of a series by Mrs. Tenney, this offers rather sophisticated marine biology to children: Radiates, Echinoderms, Holothurians, Ophiurans, Ctenophorae, Alcyonarians, Madreporiarians and Protozoans. 150 pp. 12 x 18 cm. Green cloth on board with black and gilt design. Heel and toe of spine damaged, edge of cover lightly frayed, very good. (2720) $22.00. Scientific/Biology/Children's Popular Mechanics Magazine, written so you can understand it, July 1936, Vol. 66 No. 1 Chicago, IL: Popular Mechanics Company. Cover shows battleship with French flag flying, linked to story inside: "Fast French Destroyers Outpace all Rivals"--example of careless assignment of an illustration that doesn't match the story. "What's Next in Ocean Liners?" by Don Glassman. [Maybe landing space for planes?] "Two-story Train Carries More Passengers"--Germans develop double-decker. Fusing porcelain enamel to metal base in oven--adapting ancient Chinese technique to modern use. "Army 'Tortures' Latest Fighting Machines" at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. "Tigers are Gentlemen" by Capt. John D. Craig. "Queer Facts About Star Gazers" --Square stars; Astronomers live 366 days each year. "New Conveniences for your Home"--airtight bowl keeps flowers fresh longer; vegetable juicer separates out pulp; new squeezer for lemon juice. Rechargeable pocket battery. How to amplify string instruments. 237 pp. 17 x 24 cm. Magazine, very good. (7030) $21.00. Scientific/Technology/Naval Radford's Portfolio of Details of Building Construction; 185 full-page detail drawings by Radford, William A,; Johnson, Bernard L., B.S.; Rawson, Charles P. 1911 Chicago, IL: The Radford Architectural Company. "Remarkable and Unique Collection" of plates showing details of modern building construction and finish for brick, frame, brick-vener, stucco and concrete houses and barns. Details for interior trim including built-in features, kitchen cabinets, cases and cupboards and more. Designs for porches, balconies, stairways, fire places and more. Includes design for a Tuberculosis Camp Tent, Septic Tanks, how to remodel a store into a small theatre, stave silo, cooling box for cream, cold storage, more. 200 pp. 23 x 31 cm. Decorated light tan cloth on board, bottom nine cm of spine torn, edges frayed, inner hinges cracked, detail pencil design drawings in two places. Inscription on front free endpaper: "Wallace A. Jones, 115 Chapman St., Greenfield, Mass." Fair. (7905) $78.00. Scientific/Architectural Science Record for 1874, The; A compendium of Scientific Progress and Discovery during the past year with illustrations Beach, Alfred E., Editor 1874 New York, NY: Munn & Co., Inc. Scientific American Office. This Record is packed with inventions for 1874, including Method for cleaning greasy laboratory beakers; Tungsten in steel; Hardening Steel by air currents; Henderson Iron Process; Combustibility of the Diamond; Diamond cutting in New York--The Cleaver or Klover, the Cutter or Snyder; The Setter and the Polisher; Miniature Telegraph; a new nail; waterproof paint for canvas; The Electrical Condenser; Electrical Railway Signal; New life-raft at sea; Artificial milk for calves; Education of horses; Mammoth Cheese manufactured in Boston weighs 4050 pounds. 600 pp. 12 x 19 cm. Maroon cloth onboard with gilt design, very good. (1758) $33.00. Scientific/Inventions Scientific American 1850 Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, September 28, 1850, Vol. 6 No. 2 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Improved shooting harpoon; Baltimore & Susquehanna RR has turned out another splendid engine. Patented cane cutter. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, foxed and stained, edges frayed. Fair. (3635) $20.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, October 5, 1850, Vol. 6 No. 3 1850 New York, NY: Munn & Co. New style of railway car uses teak wood, for cost savings in repair and painting. New inventions. Battin’s Coal Breaker, for breaking up chunks of coal into uniform size. Good invention, but, because of the inventor, there has been much litigation in Pennsylvania. “Every body was willing to pay Mr. Battin handsomely… and they only resisted his claims become of exhorbitancy (sic) and the taxiform and inquisitorial shape he persisted in giving to his collections.” Joke about Irishman. Patents. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained, spinefold partly torn. Good. (3495) $17.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, October 12, 1850, Vol. 6 No. 4 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Rotary Platen Printing Press; Toronto and Lake Simcoe Railway; Michigan and Indiana Railroad; Akin's Cotton Cultivator; Tinsmiths' grooving machine. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained. Good. (4426) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, October 26, 1850, Vol. 6 No. 6 New York, NY: Munn & Co. McKinney's improved mode of regulating the setting of bows in wagon tops-- used for covered wagons that carried America west. Railroad News: Lawsuit against Baltimore & Ohio RR for refusing to transport live hogs. Monster steamer, 400 feet long, has been contracted for at Cincinnati. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, spinefold torn, dampstained. Poor. (4648) $22.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, December 21, 1850, Vol. 6 No. 14 New York, NY: Munn & Co. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Newman's patent Excavating Machinery; German sausages can kill you; Editorial on filthy streets in NYC: city railroads needed. Tehuantepec survey for railroad. Paper periodical, very good. (4319) $15.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American 1851 Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, January 4, 1851, Vol. 6 No. 16 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Hutchinson's Machinery for Manufacturing Barrels; Sydney Morning Herald reports turning first turf for first Australian railway; Survey of inventions in 1850. Manufacture of shot; sinking piles by pneumatic pressure; discovery of new properties of steam; new hydrostatic blowing machine; simple breech-loading rifle; machinery for rolling irregular forms of metal; electrotyping; also a grain dryer and a stone cutting machine. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, spine partly torn, good. (4518) $22.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, January 11, 1851, Vol. 6 No. 17 New York, NY: Munn & Co. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Scottish Bread Making and Baking Machine; Rail-road News: Inventor of the Tubular bridge; New railroad from Pottsville to Philadelphia. Niagara Suspension Bridge; Bear Hunting in Sweden. Paper periodical, spinefold worn. Good. (4155) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The Advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, July 5, 1851, Vol. 6, No. 42 New York, NY: Munn & Co. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Dodge's new printing press; paltens and type beds are hung on cranks placed on parallel shafts. Letter to Pres. Millard Fillmore about poor quality of patent examiners. New Scotch Steamer. Lt. Wm. D. Porter, USN and ocean line of the seacoast. Paper periodical, spinefold torn. Good. (4360) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, August 30, 1851, Vol. 6 No. 50 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Black's Cast-Iron Tubular Trackway for Broadway, NYC. Report of dental operation on an elephant, to remove both tusks. Story of M. Boutigny, the French Fire Handler, who dips his hands into a pot of melted iron.New chart to discover where whales have been seen, for use of Whalers. Story on Female Beauty: The ladies of Arabia stain their fingers and toes red, their eye-brows black and their lips blue. In Persia, they paint a black steak around the eyes, and ornament their faces with various figures. The Japanese women gild their teeth, and those of the Indies paint them red. The pearl of the teeth must be dyed black to be beautiful in Guzurat. The Hottentot women paint the entrie body in compartments of red and black.... etc. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained, spinefold partly torn. Good. (5498) $15.00. Educational/Scientific. Scientific American 1856 Scientific American; The Advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and other Improvements, Vol. XII No. 5, October 11, 1856 New York, NY: Munn & Co. New governor for paddle wheel ships to compensate for rolling and pitching, when paddles are brought out of the water. New study finds that refined sugar is injurious to healthy teeth. New book reports that United States uses more paper than anywhere else in the world: Some 90,000 tuns (tons) -- more than England and France combined. Story on improvements in Pianofortes, illustrated. New Lock Joint for railroad rails. New invention for sawing laths and clapboards, illustrated. Tubular twirl for boiling soap, rendering tallow, etc. illustrated. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Newspaper, spine fold has tiny holes, very good. (4125) $16.00. Scientific/Educational Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, November 8, 1856, Vol. XII No. 9 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Apparatus for milking cows, employs box, crank and cams for squeezing teats; New sounding guard for vessels, to prevent groundings; New segmental girder bridge made of wrought iron. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, Very good. (4647) $20.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American 1857 Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, January 3, 1857, Vol. XII No. 17 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Martin's Self-Weighing Cart. Steamship Knoxville burned at the wharf in New York City. The Woodworth Ogre Again--Washington Lobbyists. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (5309) $15.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, January 10, 1857, Vol. XII No. 18. New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Corn husking machine featured in this issue--two men using this machine can husk about 400 bushels a day. Railway festival to be held for employees of New York Central in Syracuse. Bessemer's iron proves to be of an inferior iron. Wonderful new war machine Text Box: America’s Navy at work...

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN75) is currently operating in the Arabian Gulf. 

At left, sailors on the flight deck unhook a hoist from pallets of stores and ammunition delivered on board by helicopter from a nearby replenishment ship. [This makes the Personal Navigator homesick— I was doing all this over 30 years ago.  Some of the same carriers I worked with are still around, but they have newer helicopters and I hope the ammo is new!]