Engineering, Industrial & Trades from Adamstown Books

Coatesville PA: Lukens Steel, 1973. Book. Good Plus. Softcover (Side-stapled). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong staple-bound folio of nine drawings, paired with descriptions, of Ironmasters' Houses in Pennsylvania : Brandywine House, Coventry Hall, Reading, Warwick, Warren Point, Mount Joy, Hopewell, Laurel, and Hibernia, dating from the 18th century. Limited edition of 3,200 copies. Book Condition :… Read more about this item

Boyertown PA: Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, 1968. Book. Very Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize side-stapled softcover, 28 pp. B&w photos catalog the collection of the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles. From an 18th century sled and an early Conestoga Wagon, the collection stretches from Colonial America to the 1920's and 30's. Both personal… Read more about this item

Periscope Film LLC, 2008. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize softcover reprint of 1907 mining engineering text. 83 pp.w/ b&w figures and illustrations throughout. Includes test questions. Topics include surface and underground drainage, flat and inclined ore deposits, mine dams, draining aboandoned works, water hoisting, and more. Book Condition : Very Good;… Read more about this item

Bethlehem PA: First Annual Anthracite Conference Committe of Lehigh University, 1938. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft cover reinforced with saddle staples. 18 conference papers gathered into 5 sections : Inherent Characteristics of Anthracite; The Combustion Characteristics of Anthracite; A Description of the Combustion and Operation of Anthracite Burning Equipment; Some… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Department of the Army Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1978. Book. Very Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). Probable First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. September 1978 publication EP 360-1-2 covering the (then) 203 year history of the Army Corps of Engineers. In addition to photos and brief biographical sketches of the 46 Chief Engineers, this… Read more about this item

Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A classified and illustrated index of plant constructions, machines, materials, means and methods in use in civil engineering works of every class. For the use of civil engineers, draughtsman, students, builders, and contractors. With upward of fifteen hundred diagrams.… Read more about this item