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The Most important Victorian era Mechanical and Engineering encyclopedia.
9800+ line illustrations in text. Edward Spon. Spon’s Dictionary of Engineering: Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval. London, E. & F. N. Spon, Publishers. Published and printed in 1874 with 1881 supplement. Complete in 3 stout volumes and 1 matching supplement. 3131 pages and the 1168 page supplement. Bound in matched custom 1/2 leather raised-hub bindings, Marbled edges and endpapers. Very moderate university ex-library stamps of a US university, limited to a stamp on the top edges, lozenge stamps on the blank after the front endpapers, and spine sticker ghosts. There are no torn or missing pages, or marks of any sort on the text pages. Very clean pages with tight and intact binding. Bookplates of noted British author and inventor Sir David Lionel Salomons, the original owner and commissioner of the bindings. Sir David’s house Broomhill, Tunbridge Wells, England is now a museum. See: /wiki/David_Lionel_Salomons Very uncommon as a full vintage set in nice binding. Profusely illustrated with many thousands of small to medium sized, fine steel-cut illustrations. Overwhelming in scope, with detailed articles for the professional. The original part of the book was also issued in 9 thinner books, with the same material. Basically, this is the the entire scope of Mechanical Engineering in the later 19th century. Many 20 or more page long articles, topics of which include: Agricultural Implements. Anemometer. Aqueduct. Artillery. Axles. Battery. Belts (Mechanical). Blowing Machine. Boiler. Boot-Making Machinery. Boring and Blasting. Brake (Railway). Brick Making Machines. Bridges (217 pages). Calender. Cement. Coal Mining. Damming (41 pages). Details of Engines. Dock. Dynamomer Car. Engine Varieties. Fan. Fire-Arms. Flax Machinery. Founding and Casting. Gearing. Geodesy. Glass Machinery. Gunnery. Handtools. Haulage. Hydraulics. Hydraulic Machines (84 pages). Iron (94 pages). Iron Shipbuilding. Lifts-Hoists and Elevators. Lights-Buoys and Beacons. Locks (on waterways). Locomotive. Machine Tools. Marine Engine. Mechanical Movements. Mill. Ores. Paper Machinery. Permanent Way (railroading). Pile Driver. Railway Engineering. Roads. Roofs. Rope Making Machinery. Screw Engines. Silver. Steel. Sugar Mill. Surveying. Telegraphy. Ventilation. Water Works. Wood-Working Machinery. Etc. Please feel free to ask questions or for other photos. International postage is available at cost. These are very heavy books and foreign postage will be quite a bit. Books may been seen by appointment or picked up if you happen to be in the San Diego, CA area. Thanks for your interest! 
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