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Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 19th-Century -- 36 pamphlets in 2 vols, 8vo, of biographical, educational, missionary and commercial interest, contemporary half calf (worn), including:
1. Colt (Samuel): On the Application of Machinery to the Manufacture of Rotating Chambered-Breech Fire-arms, London, by William Clowes and Sons., 1853, 40pp., 2 large engraved folding plates.
2. Medhurst (W.H.): An Inquiry into the Proper Mode of Rendering the Word God, Shanghai, at the Mission Press, 1848, 170pp.
3. Barton (James L.): Commerce of the Lakes, and Eirie Canal, Buffalo, Seaver's Power Presses, 1851, 52pp.
4. Byrne (John, editor): The Miscellaneous Mathematical Papers of Oliver Byrne, London, Maynard, 1848, 84pp., wood-engraved illustrations.
5. Report of the Commitee Appointed by the Citizens of Cincinnati, April 26, 1838, to Enquire into the Causes of the Explosion of the Moselle, Cincinnati, Alexander Flash, 1838, 76pp., engraved plate (the Moselle, a steam ship, blew up while sailing between Cincinnati and St.Louis with the loss of 150 lives).
6. Hogan (William): Considerations on the Improvement of Northern New York, New York, H.Anstice, 1842, 20pp.
7. Hague (William): The Life and Character of Adoniram Judson, Boston, Gould and Lincoln, 1851, 40pp.
8. Considerations on the Subject of a Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Georgetown, 1836, 28pp., 2 folding engraved plates. (2)
1. Colt (Samuel): On the Application of Machinery to the Manufacture of Rotating Chambered-Breech Fire-arms, London, by William Clowes and Sons., 1853, 40pp., 2 large engraved folding plates.
2. Medhurst (W.H.): An Inquiry into the Proper Mode of Rendering the Word God, Shanghai, at the Mission Press, 1848, 170pp.
3. Barton (James L.): Commerce of the Lakes, and Eirie Canal, Buffalo, Seaver's Power Presses, 1851, 52pp.
4. Byrne (John, editor): The Miscellaneous Mathematical Papers of Oliver Byrne, London, Maynard, 1848, 84pp., wood-engraved illustrations.
5. Report of the Commitee Appointed by the Citizens of Cincinnati, April 26, 1838, to Enquire into the Causes of the Explosion of the Moselle, Cincinnati, Alexander Flash, 1838, 76pp., engraved plate (the Moselle, a steam ship, blew up while sailing between Cincinnati and St.Louis with the loss of 150 lives).
6. Hogan (William): Considerations on the Improvement of Northern New York, New York, H.Anstice, 1842, 20pp.
7. Hague (William): The Life and Character of Adoniram Judson, Boston, Gould and Lincoln, 1851, 40pp.
8. Considerations on the Subject of a Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Georgetown, 1836, 28pp., 2 folding engraved plates. (2)