[Engineering]. Scott, David.

The Engineer and Machinist's Assistant; A Series of Plans, Sections, and Elevations of Stationery, Marine and Locomotive Engines, Water Wheels, Spinning Machines, Tools, etc.

London: Blackie & Son, 1854. New and Improved Edition. Half-Leather, period binding, top of hinges starting. Folio, 11" x 14", 2 volumes in one, 128 pp. and 244 pp. including full page plates printed on the front only, does point to a discrete plate volume that is not present. Good. Item #9929

An interesting monument to emerging industrial engineering, with discrete chapters on the Veneer sewing machine, boring and turning lathes, the compound planing machine, sugar mill, "the overshot water wheel," and of course, the steam engine.

Price: $100.00