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100 Rare Civil Engineering, Construction & Surveying PDF Collection: Roads, Bridges, Drainage & Victorian Works

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    Water-supply engineering; the designing, construction, and maintenance of water-supply systems, both city and irrigation Author: Folwell, Amory Prescott, 1865-
    ~$24 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Water-supply engineering; the designing, construction, and maintenance of water-supply systems, both city and irrigation Author: Folwell, Amory Prescott, 1855-
    ~$31 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The waterproofing of structures, with special reference to sublevel construction, the envelope method and the application of "Tunaloid." Author: Bird, J. A. & W., & Company
    ~$29 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ... Author: Dionysius Lardner
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    Wireless telegraphy and high frequency electricity; a manual containing detailed information for the construction of transformers, wireless telegraph and high frequency apparatus, with chapters on their theory and operation Author: ['Twining, Harry La Verne, 1863-', 'Dubilier, William']
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    REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Author: GEORGE A. HOOL
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    Wills: Construction: Precatory Trust Author: Classic Public Domain
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    The Construction and Use of Spherical Maps, or Such as are Delineated upon Portions of a Spherical Surface. By Mr. John Colson, M. A. F. R. S. Author: Colson, John
    ~$26 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Florida: Schools. Adequate Toilet Facilities to Be Provided. Construction of Toilets. (Chap. 6836, Act May 13, 1915) Author: Classic Public Domain
    ~$33 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The marine steam engine. Its construction, action and management. A manual and book of reference for ... all interested in steam navigation .. Author: Busley, Carl, 1850-
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    Metropolitan District Commission, Parks Engineering and Construction Division, Plan Accessions Author: Massachusetts. Metropolitan Park Commission.
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    Ueber die Construction der Pronomina oios und hosos und der Partikel hōste mit dem Infinitiv Author: Viehoff, Peter, author
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    Douglas Fir Ship: Specifications for the Construction of a Standard Wood ... Author: United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation , United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation , Ferris, Theodore E ., Theodore E Ferris
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    Elements of composition and rhetoric : with copious exercises in both criticism and construction Author: Waddy, Virginia, 1850-1911
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    Elements of machine construction and drawing: or, Machine drawing, with some elements of descriptive and rational cinematics Author: Warren, S. Edward (Samuel Edward), 1831-1909
    ~$37 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The effects of errors in surveying Author: Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
    ~$36 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The electric furnace; its construction, operation and uses Author: Stansfield, Alfred, 1871-1944
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    Electricity for Engineers: A Clear and Comprehensive Treatise on the Principles, Construction ... Author: Charles Desmond
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    An elementary treatise on optics, containing all the requisite propositions carried to first approximations; with the construction of optical instruments, for the use of junior university students Author: Potter, Richard, 1799-1886
    ~$28 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Observations on the construction of healthy dwellings: namely, houses, hospitals, barracks, asylums, etc Author: Galton, Douglas
    ~$25 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The Organ, its History and Construction a Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ with Specifications and Suggestive Details for Instruments of all Sizes, intended as a Handbook for the Organist and the Amateur Author: ['Hopkins, Edward J.', 'Rimbault, Edward F.']
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    Die neueren und wichtigeren landwirthschaftlichen Maschinen und Geräthe : ihre Theorie, Construction, Wirkungsweise und Anwendung : ein Handbuch der landwirthschaftlichen Maschinen- und Geräthekunde zum Selbststudium und Unterricht Author: Schneitler, C. F
    ~$29 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Construction site for a home on Chevy Chase Drive in Flintridge, California Author: Unknown
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    Consideration. Contract. Construction. Kinsman v. Fisk, 56 N. Y. Supp. 33 Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Final general report on hospital construction and management Author: ['Allen, Harry Brookes, 1854-1926', 'Victoria']
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    Construction of Roads / റോഡുകളുടെ നിര്‍മ്മാണം Author: Kerala Legislative Assembly
    ~$24 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Municipal engineering applicable to conditions existing in Bengal [electronic resource] : six lectures delivered in February and March 1899 at the Civil Engineering College, Sibpur Author: Silk, A. E
    ~$38 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Wills. Construction. Deed or Will Author: Classic Public Domain
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    A text-book of plane surveying Author: Raymond, William G
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    A text-book on electro-magnetism and the construction of dynamos Author: Jackson, Dugald C. (Dugald Caleb), 1865-1951
    ~$31 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    An Account of the Preliminary Experiments and Ultimate Construction of a Refracting Telescope of 7.8 Inches Aperture, with a Fluid Concave Lens. [Abstract] Author: Barlow, Peter
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    An Improvement in the Construction of Godfrey's (Commonly Called Handley's) Quadrant Author: Ewing, John
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    Le chauffage economique ou examen critique du chauffage qu'on obtient de cheminées à la françoise et des fourneaux à l'allemande; suivi d'une nouvelle construction de foyers à l'usage du pauvre artisan, et de cheminéesfourneaux, économiques, éprouvés, réunissant les avantages des deux chauffages critiqués, ... Avec pl Author: Classic Public Domain
    ~$27 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Practical ventilation and warming : with illustrations and examples and suggestions on the construction and heating, etc., of disinfecting rooms and Turkish baths Author: ['Constantine, Joseph', 'University of Leeds. Library']
    ~$26 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Dwelling houses [electronic resource] : their sanitary construction and arrangements Author: ['Corfield, W. H. (William Henry), 1843-1903', 'University of Glasgow. Library']
    ~$26 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Automobiles; a Practical Treatise on the Construction, Operation, and Care ... Author: Hugo Diemer
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    Hints for the improvement of trusses; intended to render their use less inconvenient, and to prevent the necessity of an understrap. With the description of a truss of easy construction and slight expence [sic], for the use of labouring poor Author: Parkinson, James, 1755-1824. n 84102370
    ~$32 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The art of land surveying Author: John Quested
    ~$24 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Insurance: Construction of "Loss Payable" Indorsement: Agency Author: Classic Public Domain
    ~$30 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Wills: Construction of "Unmarried" Author: Classic Public Domain
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    An essay on the construction of wheel-carriages, as they affect both the roads and the horses : with suggestions relating to the principles on which tolls ought to be imposed, and a few remarks on the formation of roads Author: Fry, Joseph Storrs, 1766-1835
    ~$30 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The erection of dwelling-houses : with the specification, quantities and estimates and every requisite detail for their construction Author: Brooks, S. H. (Samuel H.), architect
    ~$32 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Les édifices hospitaliers : dépuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours ; De l'assistance publique et des hôpitaux : jusqu'au XIXeme siècle ; Les hôpitaux au XIXe siècle études, projets, discussions et programmes relatifs à leur construction : Description de l'hôpital civil et militaire suburbain de Montpéllier Author: Tollet, Casimir, 1828-
    ~$24 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A manual of weave construction : a systematic arrangement and explanation of the foundation and derivative weaves for harness looms Author: ['Kastanek, Ivo', 'Dale, Samuel S. (Samuel Sherman), b. 1859']
    ~$30 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Dress and care of the feet : showing their natural perfect shape and construction; their present deformed condition; and how flat-foot, distorted toes, and other defects are to be prevented or corrected : with directions for dressing them elegantly yet comfortably; and hints upon various matters relating to the general subject Author: Peck, John Lord
    ~$32 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Harbours and docks : their physical features, history, construction, equipment, and maintenance, with statistics as to their commercial development, by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt Author: Vernon-Harcourt, Leveson Francis, 1839-1907
    ~$30 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The Gasoline Automobile : Its Design and Construction Vol. 3, Electrical Equipment with Notes on its Maintenance Author: P. M. Heldt
    ~$28 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Heavy Construction Author: Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation , Cabot & Rollins Corporation Holbrook
    ~$34 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The economics of railroad construction Author: Webb, Walter Loring, 1863-1941
    ~$29 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The early surveyors and surveying in Illinois Author: Enos, Zimri A
    ~$35 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements Author: William Henry Corfield
    ~$27 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Dynamo electric machinery; its construction, design, and operation. Direct current machines Author: ['Sheldon, Samuel, 1862-1920', 'Mason, Hobart']
    ~$25 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Essais d'anatomie, où l'on explique clairement la construction des organes du corps, & leurs opérarions [sic] mécaniques, selon les nouvelles hypotheses ... Author: Beddevole, Dominique, -approximately 1692
    ~$27 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    I. Account of the construction of the asylum, and the early proceedings connected therewith : II. Second annual report Author: Sussex County Lunatic Asylum (Haywards Heath, England)
    ~$36 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Audels Carpenters And Builders Guide #3; A Practical Illustrated Trade Assistant On Modern Construction Author: Graham, Frank D. and Thomas J. Emery
    ~$36 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Self-instruction for young gardeners, foresters, bailiffs, land-stewards, and farmers; in arithmetic and bookkeeping, geometry, mensuration, and practical trigonometry, mechanics, hydrostatics, and hydraulics, land-surveying, levelling, planning, and mapping, architectural drawing, and isometrical projection and perspective: with examples, showing their application to horticultural and agricultural purposes Author: ['Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. n 79143079', 'Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. n 86053731']
    ~$34 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A compendium of the veterinary art. Containing plain and concise rules for the treatment of all the disorders and accidents to which the horse is liable; with observations on grooming, feeding, exercise, and the construction of stables. Also, a brief description of the structure, economy, and diseases of the horse's foot, with the principles and practice of shoeing Author: White, James, -1825
    ~$24 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A few illustrations from the many inexpensive hospitals erected by our firm in iron and weatherboard for permanent purposes : on "Speirs" patented system of construction Author: Speirs & Co
    ~$27 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Kalamazoo, Mich.: Tenement and Dwelling Houses. Construction and Sanitary Regulation of. (From Ord. No. 321, Mar. 28, 1912) Author: Classic Public Domain
    ~$27 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    San Antonio, Tex.: Tenement Houses and Corrals. Construction, Occupation, and Maintenance. (Ord. May 31, 1915) Author: Classic Public Domain
    ~$33 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Elements of surveying and leveling Author: Davies, Charles, 1798-1876
    ~$32 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    An improved construction of stretcher for sick and wounded persons, and of vehicles and apparatus employed in combination therewith Author: Tell, Michael
    ~$29 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Rudimentary treatise on the construction of cranes, and machinery for raising heavy bodies, for the erection of buildings, and for hoisting goods Author: Glynn, Joseph, 1799-1863
    ~$37 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Discussion: Relating to a Construction for the Graph of a Cubic Author: Capron, Paul
    ~$24 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Aperçu de quelques difficultés à vaincre dans la construction du canal de Panama [microforme] Author: Nelson, Wolfred, 1846-1913
    ~$24 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Desiderata and Suggestions: No. 4. Mechanical Construction of Conformable Figures Author: Cayley, Professor
    ~$33 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Remarks on the Employment of Oblique Riders, and on other Alterations in the Construction of Ships. [Abstract] Author: Young, Thomas
    ~$35 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    How to make a violin : The violin, its construction practically treated Author: ['Broadhouse, John', 'Bull, Ole, 1810-1880']
    ~$38 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Coal mine surveying Author: ['Shurick, A. T. (Adam Thomas), b. 1883', 'Brinsmade, Robert Bruce, 1873-1936', 'Donaldson, Francis']
    ~$31 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Arrêt du Conseil d'État du roi, qui ordonne que dans les forêts & bois les plus voisins des ports, à l'exception des quarts de réserve, il sera fait délivrance aux entrepreneurs de flottage, des étoffes, rouettes & autres bois nécessaires pour la construction des trains : du 29 juin 1785 : extrait des registres du Conseil d'État Author: ["France. Conseil d'Etat", 'Imprimerie royale (France), publisher']
    ~$26 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A history of the planing-mill, with practical suggestions for the construction, care and management of wood-working machinery Author: Tompkins, Charles R
    ~$36 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The hydraulic principles governing river and harbor construction Author: Townsend, Curtis McDonald, 1856-
    ~$32 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The Gospel of St. John : in Greek and English, interlined, and literally translated; with a transposition of the words into their due order of construction; and a dictionary, defining and parsing them: principally designed for the use of schools Author: Friederici, E., ed. and tr
    ~$34 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Geodaetes practicus: or, the art of surveying, ... 1664 Author: Wing, Vincent.
    ~$36 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A new translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses into English prose, as near the original as the different idioms of the Latin and English languages will allow. With the Latin text and order of construction on the same page; and critical, historical, geogra Author: Ovid
    ~$28 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Syntaxis mathematica: or, a construction of the harder problemes of geometry: ... 1655 Author: Gibson, Thomas.
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    Geographical Surveying, Its Uses, Methods and Results Author: Frank De Yeaux Carpenter
    ~$38 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Field engineering. A hand-book of the theory and practice of railway surveying, location, and construction, designed for the class-room, field, and office, and containing a large number of useful tables, original and selected Author: Searles, William Henry, 1837-
    ~$32 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A Treatise on the Application of Marine Surveying & Hydrometry to the Practice of Civil Engineering Author: David Stevenson
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    A treatise on surveying, comprising the theory and the practice .. Author: Gillespie, W. M. (William Mitchell), 1816-1868
    ~$37 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A treatise on concrete, plain and reinforced; materials, construction, and design of concrete and reinforced concrete Author: Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915
    ~$34 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Deeds. Construction. Life Estate Raised Author: Implication
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    A treatise on highway construction : designed as a text-book and work of reference for all who may be engaged in the location, construction, or maintenance of roads, streets, and pavements Author: Byrne, Austin T. (Austin Thomas), 1859-
    ~$34 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Explication des travaux entrepris pour la construction de la tonnelle ou passage sous la Tamise entre Rotherhithe et Wapping à l'effet d'ouvrir une communication permanente entre les deux reives de ce fleuve Author: Classic Public Domain
    ~$27 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Λογαριθμοτεχνια, or the construction, and use of the logarithmeticall tables;... 1626 Author: Wingate, Edmund
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    The Evolution of Mine-surveying Instruments Author: Dunbar D. Scott
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    A treatise on the construction of maps: comprehending an inquiry into the principles of mathematical geography and the relations of geography to astronomy: with rules for the formation of map-projections Author: Hughes, William, 1817-1876
    ~$32 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A treatise on the construction, rigging & handling of model yachts, ships & steamers Author: Tyrrel E. Biddle
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    A treatise on masonry construction Author: Baker, Ira O. (Ira Osborn), 1853-1925
    ~$27 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A treatise on the principal mathematical instruments employed in surveying, levelling and ... Author: Frederick Walter Simms
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    A treatise on steam boilers: Their Strength, Construction, and Economical Working Author: Robert Wilson
    ~$37 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    A treatise on the strength of timber, cast and malleable iron, and other materials: with rules for application in architecture, the construction of suspension bridges, railways, &c.: and an appendix on the power of locomotive engines, and the effect of inclined planes and gradients Author: ['Barlow, Peter, 1776-1863. [from old catalog]', 'Heather, J. F. (John Fry), d. 1886, ed', 'Willis, Robert, 1800-1875. [from old catalog]']
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    A treatise on the strength of timber, cast iron, malleable iron, and other materials : with rules for application in architecture, the construction of suspension bridges, railways, etc. : with an appendix on the power of locomotive engines, and the effect of inclined planes and gradients Author: Barlow, Peter, 1776-1862
    ~$36 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Davies Author: Construction of wheel carriages, British Patent 13485 of 1851 — David Davies
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    Offord Author: Construction of Carriages, British Patent 53 of 1855 — Joseph Offord
    ~$27 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Cours d'architecture, ou, Traité de la décoration, distribution & construction des bâtiments : contenant les leçons données en 1750, & les années suivants Author: ['Blondel, Jacques-François, 1705-1774', 'Patte, Pierre, 1723-1814']
    ~$33 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    Gas, gasoline and oil engines, including complete gas engine glossary; a simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines. Dealing with the various parts in detail, and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuel Author: Rathbun, John B
    ~$24 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The gas engineer's pocket-book, comprising tables, notes, and memoranda relating to the manufacture, distribution, and use of coal gas and the construction of gas works; Author: O'Connor, Henry, 1858-1915
    ~$28 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The gasoline automobile : its design and construction Author: Heldt, Peter Martin, 1875-
    ~$32 value · PDF Scan · Google Books ↗ · Amazon ↗
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    The complete mathematical and general navigation tables, including every table required with the nautical almanac in finding the latitude and longitude: with an explanation of the construction, use, and application to navigation and nautical astronomy, trigonometry, dialling, gunnery, etc., etc Author: Kerigan, Thomas
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The Civil Engineer’s Library

100 Vintage Books

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Explore a carefully organised historical library devoted to civil engineering, construction & surveying. ZipMyBook is a UK-based seller. This is a tangible product: one USB drive will be posted to you; it is not an email or download link.

Contents100 historical books in PDF format
DeliveryPhysical USB posted from the United Kingdom
OrganisationClearly named folders plus a title index
CompatibilityWindows, macOS and Linux computers with a USB port and PDF reader

Subjects inside the collection

  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction & Surveying
  • Research and illustrated sources

A selection of included titles

  • Water-supply engineering; the designing, construction, and maintenance of water-supply systems, both city and irrigation — Folwell, Amory Prescott, 1865-
  • Water-supply engineering; the designing, construction, and maintenance of water-supply systems, both city and irrigation — Folwell, Amory Prescott, 1855-
  • The waterproofing of structures, with special reference to sublevel construction, the envelope method and the application of "Tunaloid." — Bird, J. A. & W., & Company
  • Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ... — Dionysius Lardner
  • Wireless telegraphy and high frequency electricity; a manual containing detailed information for the construction of transformers, wireless telegraph and high frequency apparatus, with chapters on their theory and operation — ['Twining, Harry La Verne, 1863-', 'Dubilier, William']
  • REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION — GEORGE A. HOOL
  • Wills: Construction: Precatory Trust
  • The Construction and Use of Spherical Maps, or Such as are Delineated upon Portions of a Spherical Surface. By Mr. John Colson, M. A. F. R. S. — Colson, John

Please note: These are scans of historical publications. Typography, spelling, illustrations and scan quality naturally vary between volumes. They are supplied for reading, research and historical interest.

What you will receive

One tested physical USB drive containing the organised PDF collection and title index, securely packaged and dispatched by ZipMyBook from the UK.

All listing images are illustrative previews of the supplied collection. No printed books are included. File count, titles and compatibility should be checked against the completed USB before purchase.

ZIPMYBOOK · CURATED HISTORICAL LIBRARIES · DISPATCHED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM
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Who Is This Collection For?

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Researchers & Historians

Comprehensive access to out-of-print historical primary sources and unabridged scans.

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Craftsmen & Practitioners

Authentic historical methods, recipes, engineering diagrams, and workshop techniques.

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Book Lovers & Collectors

A priceless permanent offline library ready for reading on Kindle, iPad, or storage on physical USB.

Customer Reviews & Ratings

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Prof. Alistair Vance Verified Historical Researcher
2026-08-14
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Invaluable primary source archive

Scans are clear, high resolution, and easy to read on my tablet. Sourcing these individual historical volumes would have cost thousands. Highly recommended for researchers.

Frequently Asked Questions

How will my collection be delivered?

For Digital delivery: Once payment is confirmed, a Google Drive folder link containing all the books in the collection is emailed to you (delivered instantly up to 8 hours). For USB delivery: We pre-load the collection onto a USB drive and mail it to your address; shipping times vary depending on the destination country.

Are there any recurring costs?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Once you buy a collection, it is yours to keep forever.

What format are the books in?

The books in the collection are supplied in standard e-reader friendly formats (primarily EPUB and PDF) so you can read them on any device (Kindle, iPad, Kobo, phone, or computer).

Are these books copyright-free?

Yes! All books in our collections are curated from public domain and copyright-free literature, making them completely legal to download, share, and own.

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