Inventions from SRG Antiquarian Books

The Telegraph in America, Its Founders, Promoters and Noted Men. by James D Reid. New York: Derby Brothers, 1879 First Edition. From the Western Union Library, with stamp on title page as photographed. Engraved portraits both in frontispiece and throughout the book of primary figures in the industry and its development...all with original tissue guards. Condition: Good condition, full leather, with… Read more about this item

Practical Telephone Hand Book & Guide to Telephonic Exchange, Containing Chapters on the Use of the Telephone, Series and Bridging Phones, Line Construction, Materials to be Used, Locating and Correction of Faults in Instruments and Lines; The Apparatus and Methods Used in Making Tests are Fully and Carefully Treated; And, in Addition, Plain, Easy Instructions on Farm Telephones, which are… Read more about this item

1915 -The Gasoline Automobile, Prepared in the Extension Division of the University of Wisconsin [Engineering Education Series], George W Hobbs, B.S. and Ben G. Elliott, M.E., First Edition, Eighth Impression, Total Issue: 18,000. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. London: Hill Publishing Co., Ltd. 1915 First Edition This is a wondrous book, full of diagrams and photographs of early gasoline engines… Read more about this item