The Quadruplex, The Dynamo-Electric Machine in Relation to the Quadruplex. The Practical Working of the Quadruplex. Telegraphic Repeaters, and the Wheatstone Automatic Telegraph.
by Maver, Wm., Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
New York: The W.J. Johnstone Co. Limited. 1893. Octavo, pp 128, b/w diagrams, prev owner's inscription (West Australian Tel. Dept.), light foxing to endpapers, cloth boards, worn and bumped at corners and edges, insect damage, lacking piece from head of spine and 2cm section missing from near tail of spine, contents good. Description of the Edison quadruplex system of telegraphy. Cloth Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76928
- Title
- The Quadruplex, The Dynamo-Electric Machine in Relation to the Quadruplex. The Practical Working of the Quadruplex. Telegraphic Repeaters, and the Wheatstone Automatic Telegraph.
- Author
- Maver, Wm., Jr
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The W.J. Johnstone Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Edison, Radio, Technical, Telegraph
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Muir Books
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Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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