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Patents for Invention. Abridgments of the Specifications Relating to Ship Building, Repairing, Sheathing, Launching, &c. Printed by Order of the Commissioner of Patents.
Great Britain. Patent Office.
/ London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Splottiswoode, 1862
first edition; in 2 parts, [Part I. 1618-1860], xix, [1], 633, [1], [5] (ads for Patent Office publications) Part II. A.D. 1861-1866. xiv, [2], 750, [2] (including errata for first part), [8] (ads for Patent Office publications), chronological presentation, both parts include a name index and a very general subject index; library markings and later cloth but a sound and overall good set; includes some very innovative concepts e.g. Mr. Soul has patented a process that can not only flush water closets under the waterline but is equally useful for shooting cannons underwater. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: history of , shipbuilding, marine engineering, invention, Great Britain
Item #: 835435
$22.00