Technology & Engineering
Step into the world of innovation and ingenuity with our Technology & Engineering collection. Explore the cutting-edge advancements that shape our modern lives, from ground-breaking inventions to sophisticated machinery. Uncover the principles behind the design, construction, and operation of everything from towering skyscrapers to advanced robotics. Delve into the challenges and triumphs of engineering marvels, and witness how technology continues to revolutionise the way we live, work, and interact with the world around us.
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A Description and Draught of a New-Invented Machine
HULLS, Jonathan.Original price £5,000.00 - Original price £5,000.00Original price £0.00£5,000.00£5,000.00 - £5,000.00Current price £5,000.00| /The first steamboat patentee. The first edition of Jonathan Hulls' (d.1758) pamphlet advertising his pioneering work on steamboats. An unsophistica...
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A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes
SMYTH, Henry DeWolf.Original price £4,500.00 - Original price £4,500.00Original price £0.00£4,500.00£4,500.00 - £4,500.00Current price £4,500.00| /The rare first account of the manhattan project, with secret page. The rare lithoprint edition, the first obtainable edition of the official accoun...
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A pair of manuals relating to the operation of the Lunar Module.
[NASA].Original price £975.00 - Original price £975.00Original price £0.00£975.00£975.00 - £975.00Current price £975.00| /Supporting the moon landing. Two early manuals relating to the Apollo Lunar Module, the craft that ferried astronauts between the moon's orbit and ...
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Affidavit for a patent to secure buildings against fire, 5th January 1809.
CONGREVE, Sir William.Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £0.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00| /The first sprinkler system. A signed and dated affidavit to patent a 'mode of construction or arrangement for any building, so as to afford securit...
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Affidavit to patent a gun carriage for land or sea service, 15th March 1808.
CONGREVE, Sir William.Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £0.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00| /Invention of a new gun carriage. A signed and dated affidavit to patent the invention of a new gun carriage by Sir William Congreve (1772-1828), co...
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Buzz Aldrin's gold-plated sun visor reflects Neil Armstrong and the Lunar Module, Apollo 11.
[NASA]. ARMSTRONG, Neil.Original price £8,500.00 - Original price £8,500.00Original price £0.00£8,500.00£8,500.00 - £8,500.00Current price £8,500.00| /An 'astonishing act of creativity'. An original NASA print of the most iconic photograph taken during the Apollo 11 mission, Buzz Aldrin walking on...
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De gli Automati, ouero Machine se Moventi, Libri due,
HERON OF ALEXANDRIA; BALDI, Bernardino (translator).Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /A rare and beautiful work on classical automata. The rare first printed edition of the 'only extant treatise on the design and construction of anci...
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Les Transformateurs d'Energie. Générateurs, Accumulateurs, Moteurs.
[FLAP BOOK] BARRES, Fernand; BREMAUD, Eugene; SCHOELLER, Adolphe.Original price £375.00 - Original price £375.00Original price £375.00£375.00£375.00 - £375.00Current price £375.00| /Looking inside technology. A publisher's sample of this fabulous, chromolithographic flap book on fin de siècle technology. Normally published in t...
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Lunar Excursion Module Familiarization Manual.
[NASA].Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Getting to the moon & back. A rare, early technical manual for the Apollo Lunar Module, the craft that ferried astronauts between the moon's or...
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Moderne Technik.
[FLAP BOOK] BLUCHER, H.Original price £175.00 - Original price £175.00Original price £0.00£175.00£175.00 - £175.00Current price £175.00| /Delving into machines. An attractive flap book on modern technology. 'How better to explain the workings of a locomotive, a steam engine, an automo...
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Nine Chains to the Moon.
FULLER, R. Buckminster.Original price £425.00 - Original price £425.00Original price £0.00£425.00£425.00 - £425.00Current price £425.00| /First edition, first printing of Fuller's first book, a nice copy in the jacket.Nine Chains to the Moon is a collection of forty-four essays on va...
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Six Original NASA Photographs from the Apollo Moon Missions.
[NASA].Original price £9,500.00 - Original price £9,500.00Original price £0.00£9,500.00£9,500.00 - £9,500.00Current price £9,500.00| /A photo for every moon mission. A group of six original NASA photographs representing the six Apollo lunar landings, with each photograph including...
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The Gasoline Automobile. It's Design and Construction.
HELDT, P.M.Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £0.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00| /The first comprehensive technical guide to automobiles. A rare complete set of the first comprehensive technical work on automobiles. Volume I is t...
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The Modern Motor Car.
[BECK, Maurice, ill.] [FLAP BOOK] Shell.Original price £125.00 - Original price £125.00Original price £0.00£125.00£125.00 - £125.00Current price £125.00| /Stylish chromolithographic flap book on car engineering. A striking, Art Deco flap book on motor cars, published as marketing for Shell's engine oi...
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The Tee-Square Magazine Christmas 1918 [and] Christmas 1919.
VICKERS AIRSHIP DRAWING OFFICE.Original price £3,750.00 - Original price £3,750.00Original price £0.00£3,750.00£3,750.00 - £3,750.00Current price £3,750.00| /Rare in-house publication. A remarkable survival, two issues of a magazine created in-house by staff of the Vickers Airship Drawing Office at Barro...
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[Printed engineer's pocket-book for locomotive specifications,
[RAILWAYS]; GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /Original drawings of 19th century locomotives. A standard printed locomotive engineer's pocket book, in which columns are left blank for the user t...
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