[EMERSON, William] The Principles of Mechanics, explaining and demonstrating the general laws of motion, London: G. Robinson [and others], 1811, 4° (240 x 173mm.), sixth edition, 43 folding engraved plates (occasional spotting or thumb-soiling), contemporary half calf (rubbed) -- John BECKMANN. A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846, 2 volumes, small 8°, engraved frontispieces, original publisher's cloth (extremities rubbed) -- Samuel SMILES. James Nasmyth, Engineer, an Autobiography, London: John Murray, 1883, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, illustrations (occasional light spotting), original publisher's cloth gilt (extremities rubbed). With 11 other works on engineering in 12 volumes. (17)