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The operative mechanic, and British machinist; : being a practical display of the manufactories and mechanical arts of the United Kingdom. / By John Nicholson, Esq. civil engineer. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia 1826 Nicholson
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholson, John, Esq. Civil Engineer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Machinery.
- Manufactures.
- Manufactures--Great Britain.
- Civil engineering.
- Building.
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First American from the second London edition, with additions.
- Other Title:
- Operative mechanic and machinist
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : H.C. Carey & I. Lea--Chesnut Street., 1826.
- Notes:
- Includes also several American inventions.
- Running title: Operative mechanic and machinist.
- The banknote engraving preceding p. xvii (v.1) was engraved by Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. Other engravings are after illustrations by J. Drayton and W. Mason.
- Edition statement transposed; precedes "In two volumes ..." on the title page.
- Copyright Apr. 28, 1826 by H.C. Carey and I. Lea.
- "Skerrett--Locust Street, Philadelphia."--verso of title page.
- Vol. 1: [2], xviii, 448 p., [71] leaves of plates; v. 2: 361, [1] p., [31] leaves of plates.
- "Directions to the binder ... The author would advise such of the purchasers as intend to have the work bound, to have the plates put in a separate volume."--p. [362], v. 2.
- Plates are numbered irregularly.
- "Errata."--p. 361, v. 2.
- Local Notes:
- Title is held at Carpenters' Hall in the Library of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. Access to the books is restricted and available to researchers only by permission requested in advance.
- Carpenters' Company copy has accession numbers 350-351; first recorded in 1840 Carpenters' Company Library Catalogue as nos. 232-233.
- Cited in:
- Shoemaker 25596
- Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2894
- OCLC:
- 232576001
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