Cyclopedia Collection (#5)

Cyclopedia of Automobile Engineering
Knox Pay-as-you-enter bus, 28 passenger capacity, Knox Automobile Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. 1912

Astronomical instruments: achromatic telescopes and dynameters.. Astronomical instruments- achromatic telescopes and dynameters. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Astronomical chart of the constellation of Orion.. Astronomical chart of the constellation of Orion. Copperplate engraving by Milton after a drawing by L

Astronomical telescopes.. Astronomical telescopes, chiefly reflecting, including Dr. David Brewsters patent telescope and John Smeatons telescope support

Astronomical chart of the constellations of Ursa Major and Ursa. Astronomical chart of the constellations of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Copperplate engraving by Milton after a drawing by L

James Watts single-acting steam engine, 18th century.. James Watts single-acting steam engine for pumping Chelsea Water Works, 18th century

Hornblowers, Cartwrights and Woolfs steam engines
Hornblower s, Cartwrights and Woolfs steam engines.. Steam engines: Jonathan Hornblowers compound steam engine, Edmund Cartwrights alcohol engine

Cylinders and pistons in a steam engine, 19th century.. Cylinders and pistons in a steam engine, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

Sir WIlliam Herschels Great Forty-Foot telescope.. Sir William Herschels telescope or the Great Forty-Foot reflecting telescope built between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England

Transit instruments for moving astronomical instruments.. Transit instruments for moving telescopes and other astronomical instruments. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Equal altitude instruments and an equatorial sector.. The Earl of Ilays Equal Altitude Instrument, Jeremiah Sissons Equatorial Sector and Mr. Cotes Equal Altitude Instrument

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