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DYNAMO CONSTRUCTION: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF ENGINEER-CONSTRUCTORS AND ELECTRICIANS-IN-CHARGE
Written by John W. Urquhart.
Stock no. 2107929
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1895. Very good condition.

Second edition, revised and enlarged. Includes a new chapter on the Multiphase Dynamo, and several other additions. Embracing Framework building, field magnet and armature winding and grouping, compounding, etc., with examples of leading English, American, and continental dynamos and motors. B/w illustrations and diagrams. xvi and 368 pages incluing index plus publisher adverts to rear. Front cover is a bit bowed. Corners and spine are lightly rubbed. Some scuff marks to covers. Text block browned. A few foxspots and margin marks. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight.

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HOPPUS'S PRACTICAL MEASURER
Written by E. Hoppus.
Stock no. 1805945
Published by Oliver and Boyd; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Or, Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, by a New Set of Tables. The contents given in Feet, Inches, Quarters, and Twelfth Parts of an Inch. Tall, narrow format. Full black leather binding with gilt title to front. Covers scuffed, ring mark from a mug to front board. Slight loss to top corner of free front endpaper. Folding diagram creased. Contents generally clean.

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INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Written by Alexander Findlay.
Stock no. 1805692
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1944. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition revised and enlarged. An introduction to the study of physical chemistry. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. 142 figures in the text. vii and 582 pages including index. Boards a little marked, corners bumped, spine cocked. Numerous names and addresses neatly crossed out to front endpapers. Front hinge pulled between title page and facing page. A few lower corner creases. Contents clean. A good working copy.

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KRAFTFAHR TECHNISCHES TASCHENBUCH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1603088
Published by Bosch. 1966. Almost very good condition.

(Motor Vehicle Technical Pocketbook). Text in German. Small format, limp cardwraps. B/w diagrams. 508 pages. Text block lightly browned. Front joint cock-eyed. Dampstaining and crinkling to contents caused by same.

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WORLD MANGROVE ATLAS
Written by Mark Spalding; Francois Blasco; Colin Field.
Stock no. 1602990
Published by The International Society For Mangrove Ecosystems. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An attempt to provide an overview of the distribution of mangroves worldwide. Large format. Colour and b/w photos & maps. edited by Spalding, Blasco & Field. 178 pages including index. ISBN: 4906584039. Heavy bumps to edge of boards by spine. Slight wrinkling to endpapers / prelims but contents are otherwise near fine. Wrapper is a little edge creased.

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VEGETATION, SOILS AND WILDLIFE
Written by J.G. Nelson; M.J. Chambers.
Stock no. 1602945
Published by Methuen. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Process and Method in Canadian Geography series. Selected readings edited by Nelson & Chambers. 372 pages. ISBN: 0458902608. Corners bumped. Pen mark to front endpaper. Page browning. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, scuffed, and lightly faded to spine.

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FLOODS: A GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE (FOCAL PROBLEMS IN GEOGRAPHY)
Written by Roy Ward.
Stock no. 1602944
Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

This study of major flood problems ranges from the hydrological causes of floods, and their prediction and routing, to a survey of man's response to the flood situation. International in scope, it is addressed to students of Hydrology, Geography, Environmental Studies and Civil Engineering (water systems and water engineering). Blue cardwraps. B/w mapsand diagrams, and a few b/w photos. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0333230841. Light creasing to spine. Text block browned. Pen mark to title page. Else contents clean.

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MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN ECOLOGY
Written by J.N.R. Jeffers.
Stock no. 1602941
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

12th Symposium of The British Ecological Society, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire 23-26 March 1971. 398 pages. ISBN: 0632087404. Corners rubbed. Pen mark to title page.

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MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS IN VEGETATION RESEARCH
Written by Laszlo Orloci.
Stock no. 1602937
Published by Dr. W. Junk. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Card wraps. 276 pages. ISBN: 9061931789. Spine faded. Page edge browning.

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GEOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTIONS AND CLIMATE
Written by Lennart O. Bengtsson; Claus U. Hammer.
Stock no. 1805580
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

A useful reference for researchers and graduate students in climate studies who wish to gain a multidisciplinary perspective of the interaction between the geosphere-biosphere and climate. Edited by Lennart O. Bengstsson and Claus U. Hammer. Paperback Re-issue, originally published in 2001. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w graphs and charts. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd (a physical print-on-demand book). xvi and 302 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521183932. A nice, clean copy.

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON MID-HOLOCENE TRANSITIONS
Written by David G. Anderson; Kirk A. Maasch; Daniel H. Sandweiss.
Stock no. 1805579
Published by Academic Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Examining the dynamic relationship between climate and culture during the Mid-Holocene in many different parts of the world. Edited by Anderson, Maasch, and Sandweiss. A series of essays by various contributors. Pictorial glazed boards. xxv and 575 pages including index. ISBN: 9780120883905. A nice, clean copy.

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