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Report of the Board to Recommend a Standard Gauge for Bolts, Nuts, and Screw-threads for the United States Navy: May 1868
by U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Steam Engineering
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with moderately rubbed extremities, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library. Various publication dates of the contents, though the title page says 1880. Tipped-in memo shows dates from 1880-1898 (see below). Marbled paper over boards, blue cloth-backed, leather labels on spine, chipped and unreadable. Bumping to spine head and foot, with fraying thereto. Book-plate affixed neatly. Text toned, with a few tape repairs. This is actually a bound volume of several pamphlets, including "Tests of Anti-Corrosive and Anti-Fouling Paints," "Criticism of the U.S.S. Dolphin," "Report of the Two Kinds of Coal." Bound in is a mimeographed page listing the titles of the pamphlets and the initials of the previous owner, W.D.W. (William D. Weaver). Each is paginated separately, and there are several fold-outs, tables and other black-and-white illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 330992
- Title
- Report of the Board to Recommend a Standard Gauge for Bolts, Nuts, and Screw-threads for the United States Navy: May 1868
- Author
- U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Steam Engineering
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C
- Size
- 12mo 7" - 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- U.S. Navy|United States Navy|Engineering|Hardware|U.S.S. Dolphin|Blockade|Blockade-runners|Civil War|Naval History
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