Olinthus vignoles (17 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. (Great Britain, Civil Engineers, Surveyors, Railroads, Biography) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from Life of Charles Blacker Vignoles: Soldier and Civil Engineer, Formerly Lieutenant in H. M. 1st Royals, Past-President of Institution of Civil Engineers A Reminiscence of Early Railway HistoryThe writer is ind.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in brown coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.The book has one previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown (Andrew Pears Isleworth) Still maintauins original dark brown endpapers,half title and with engraved frontispiece of Charles Vignoles.There is some scattered foxing to the endpapers and internal text block.Illustrated with 21 illustrations.Comprehensive work with some 24 Chapters + Index. A wonderful engineer who died at the age of 83.Although he won his fame mainly as an engineer his services to science were of real value also.Mr Vignoles was descended from an ancient French family.After visiting America in around 1822, he returned to England and threw himself enthusiastically into the engineering profession. The railway movement was just then gathering strength, and Vignoles was associated with some of the earliest efforts to establish tracks and lines in this country and worked a lot with Scottish Engineer John Rennie and was employed by him to make surveys for a line from Nine Elms, Vauxhall, Dorking and Shoreham, to Brighton; etc etc.One of his great achivements was the magnificent suspension bridge over the Dnieper at Kieff commenced in 1848 and finished in 1853 at a huge cost in those days of 434,000.Uncommon title 8vo (xx) 407pp First Edition [1889] Plus 24 pages of publisher ads at rear of the book.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xi, 228 pages : frontispiece (portrait), plates ; 20.1 cm. Subjects; Stewart, Robert Prescott 18251894. Musicians Ireland Biography. 1 Kg.…

Half title, front. port., illus., 24pp cata. (Nov. 1888). Orig. brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. v.g. Ottley 2586. A comprehensive biography of the Irish railway engineer.