coles captain (4 Ergebnisse)

Decorative Silk. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. First edition. 8vo. Decorative brown silk binding, stamped in blind. 460 pp. + 10 pp. advertisements, 2 folding charts, 6 pp black and white plates, index. The book contains 22 papers on sanitary reform, sanitation, water supply, sewerage and water borne diseases. Of the larger papers is one detailing the water supply of Ancient Roman Towns, Infantile Diarrhoea, Circiular Hospital Waters, and Danger to Health from Burial in Imperishable Coffins. The late Victorian age represents the pinnacle of water and sewerage provision, when most cities were being dug up for the installation of pipes and sewers. Important primary source material on the period. Front hinge cracked, a few scuffs to boards, very good.

LACKING wrappers. Disbound. Caption title. Good. 11 plates [5 folding] 21x13cm, 23,(11) pp, The first plate is stained. Includes 11 engraved plates, 5 of which are folding. ["Captain Cowper Phipps Coles, C.B., R.N., the son of the Reverend John Coles and his wife Mary Ann Goodhew Rogers, was an English naval Captain and inventor. He entered the Royal Navy at the age of eleven. Coles distinguished himself at the siege of Sevastopol during the 1850s in the Crimean War against Russia. It was at this time that he and other British naval officers and sailors constructed a raft named the Lady Nancy which sported a rotating protective turret. After the war, Coles patented his design for a rotating turret. The Royal Navy began looking at uses for his revolutionary turret design. Several early naval vessels, such as Prince Albert and Royal Sovereign, were constructed or modified and incorporated Coles' designs. He pressed, however, for the British Admiralty to allow him to build a low-freeboard turret warship and in 1866 the Royal Navy finally agreed. Coles became the lead designer for HMS Captain. The ship used most of Coles' design. However, extensive rigging was necessary to make the ship ocean- going. This forced the creation of a "hurricane deck" above the turrets, which raised the center of gravity of the vessel. This may have been instrumental in Captain's tragic capsize on the night of 6 September 1870. Coles perished in the disaster. In 1856, Coles married Emily Pearson, niece of Admiral Lord Lyons. Coles was himself a nephew, by marriage, of Admiral Lord Lyons, his mother being the sister of Augusta, Lyons' wife" - wikipedia]. LACKING wrappers. Disbound. Caption title. Good.

FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo., in red cloth-covered stiff card covers, with blind stamped decoration to both covers, and gilt letters to front; 31pp, with 4 b/w plates (one foldout). Ink inscriptions to ffep, and occasional ink annotation to text. Inner hinge stretched, foxing, handling wera and marks throughout, covers a little worn and darkened, dampstained are and ink numbers to rear. A Good Sound Copy. (SHELF 101) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

2nd Edn, 32 pages, 3 plates, 2 of gun locks 1 of a rifle, large folding plate of distance and trajectory, small split on 1 fold, light browning and dust soiling to contents, red cloth covered boards, gilt title to upper board, some darkening to edges, vg-. Covers the stripping of the rifle, principles of firing, aiming, distance etc. Riling 734, Riling does not mention the 1st edition.