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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 story is a hoax. The maker of the story "is perfectly qualified to shoot bullets with a cheese press." 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (4980) $17.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, January 31, 1857, Vol. XII No. 21 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Foot corn planter by G.A. Meacham of New York City--small planter is buckled on the foot, and corn flows through a tube. Gun cotton and gunpowder. Chloroform in sea sickness. Now experiencing coldest weather in memory of man in U.S. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, foxed, dampstained. Spinefold torn. Good. (5134) $16.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, March 7, 1857, Vol. XII No. 26 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Gas light for villages; Heating railroad cars with steam; The submarine telegraph bill has passed both houses of Congress. Foolish toys--tiny locomotive model that will stand on a ten-cent piece. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained, very good. (4428) $19.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, May 30, 1857, Vol. XII No. 38 New York, NY: Munn & Co. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Stoner's Grappler and Dredger, capable of releasing its grasp, and converting to dredging; Strychnine and whiskey; More American Pearls; Reaping and sowing machine. Paper periodical. Good. (4154) $16.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, June 13, 1857, Vol. XII No. 40 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Humiston's Candle Machine; Brown's Steam Gage; Shaw's Pendulous churn; Sphygmoscope, for indicating the movements of the heart and blood vessels. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained. Good. (4605) $22.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, August 8, 1857, Vol. XII No. 48 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Booth's Incombustible Smut Mill for flour industry. Dr. Taylor's Compressed air bath for pulmonic disease treatment. Plass' compound planer. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, spinefold partly torn. Very good. (4429) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, August 15, 1857, Vol. XII No. 49 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Whipple's reciprocating saw mill; Boyd's liquor preserver. Advance wages for seamen--get eaten up by land sharks. The American coal fields. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, spinefold partly torn. Very good. (4430) $18.00. Educational/Scientific
Scientific American 1858 Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, September 11, 1858, Vol. XIV No. 1 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Dewitt's Circular Sawing Machine; Yellow fever in NYC; Great celebration on completion of Atlantic telegraph. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained. Good. (3791) $15.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, November 20, 1858, Vol. XIV No. 11 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Winn's Safety Valve and Pressure Gage; New railway car seat for night travelers; Discussion on the air we breathe. The Potato Rot--opinions. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3798) $18.00. Educational/Scientific
Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, January 22, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 20 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Miller's Steam boiler alarm and water gage; North Atlantic Steamers--the Atlantic has been fairly conquered by steam. Beardsley's Ship cooking-stove, mounted in gimbals. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, spinefold torn. Good. (3779) $22.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; February 19, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 24 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Feature drawing shows Cottrell's Planing machine; circulation of water in boilers; how coffee came to be used; how to stop locomotives using opposing steam. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3928) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; May 21, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 37 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Colman's Boiler Water Regulator; Salmon Cultivation; Cutting Sugar Cane--Bagasse Furnaces; Engraving of Hon. W.D. Bishop, new commissioner of Patents; American steamboats in Scotland. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3941) $18.00. Educational/Scientific
Scientific American 1862 Scientific American; a weekly journal of practical information in art, science, mechanics, chemistry and manufactures, Vol. VII No. 20, new series; November 15, 1862 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Cornick's Patent Cultivator; Government gunboats being built at Pittsburgh, PA; Iron-clad ships vs. Batteries--discussion of weight of armor vs. speed and coal-carrying capacity. The Monitor. New marine engine construction to economize fuel in iron-plated ships. Much civil-war related discussion. Discussion on bayonet charges; At Portsmouth Navy yard they are painting warships grey vs. black. Surprising effect of the present war is unusual prosperity of the cotton manufacture: large additions being made to the old Merrimac at Lowell, MA; Manchang mill at Northbridge, MA has just received an addition; so is the Hamlet Co. of Woonsocket, RI. Proposal to build a land "Monitor" with 25-horse engine and travel at 20 mph. 16 pp. 24 x 34 cm. Excellent engraved illustrations. Front page browned at edges, very good. (4476) $22.00. History. Scientific American; A Weekly Journal of Practical Information in art, science, mechanics, chemistry and manufactures, Vol. VII No. 22, new series; November 29, 1862. New York, NY: Munn & Co. Features Sewell's Patent Steam Pump. Civil-war era issue has many references to military matters. War Department inquiry through Scientific American on naval construction--intelligence gathering in the newspaper. British report on penetration of gun projectiles used against ironclad ships. Discussion on guncotton. Interesting experiment with monster 15-inch gun at Washington Navy Yard; also a huge gun, weighing “nearly 19 tuns” is being tested aboard the gunboat Passaic, in the Hudson River. 16 pp. 25 x 34 cm. Newspaper, spinefold partly torn, good. (4925) $22.00 Educational/Scientific |
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Irish Legend, The; Or, M'Donnell, and the Norman De Borgos: A Biographical Tale, First American Edition by M'sparran, Achibald 1846 Philadelphia, PA: A. Gross, Race above Fourth. First published in Ireland in 1829, but Irish were too poor to buy it and English wouldn't. Set in 16th century, colorful story of clans in northern Ireland. This book became very popular when it was published in Edinburgh in 1869. McSparran uses mix of Irish and archaic English in book. ."oh Mister M'Quillan Oroh ochon I'm rabbed I'm rabbed; I'm broken, jewel! Crummy and hawky is both whipped away from me, but the poor neenan ogs, ochon marafastie, one of my cows, fitty forrow, and the other's time ws in at ould Hollantine avillish and the ould mare and the clibbuck, that I was affered five pound bate a crown far in the Martinmas fair of Cool rathain, oh miely murder, my three poor oganaghs and their dry hearts arrah, may the pax and the plague overtake them; arrah musha a murrain light on the bad breed of the Baldeargs and their dirty sleught, as I may safely say this god Monday morning fresh and fasting jewel; ochon ochon my por cappul, and brimmaght, whill I ever see your purty white face again coming nodding up to the door of my cabin, with your sweeping long tail and your skipping and jumping!"--pp. 70-71, Irish Legend. 238 pp. 14 x 22 cm. Paper on board, front cover detached, text block foxed. Poor. (5023) $91.00. Biography/History/Ireland |
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DunLuce Castle, Northern Ireland |