BOURNE, John. A Treatise on the Screw Propeller with various suggestions of improvement, London: Longman [etc.], 1852, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 20 engraved plates including 2 large folding frontispieces (both detached and severely torn with old adhesive tape repairs to verso, overall browning and spotting), modern red half calf over old cloth boards. [Scott 695] With W. W. Walker Notes on Screw Propulsion (New York, 1861), N. P. Burgh A Practical Treatise on Modern Screw-Propulsion (London, 1869, 4°), William Bury The Resistance and the Proportions of Screw Propellers (London, 1883, 4°), and the Scott Library copy of The Ruthven Hydraulic Propeller, versus the Screw and Paddle (London, 1869). (5)

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BOURNE, John. A Treatise on the Screw Propeller with various suggestions of improvement, London: Longman [etc.], 1852, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 20 engraved plates including 2 large folding frontispieces (both detached and severely torn with old adhesive tape repairs to verso, overall browning and spotting), modern red half calf over old cloth boards. [Scott 695] With W. W. Walker Notes on Screw Propulsion (New York, 1861), N. P. Burgh A Practical Treatise on Modern Screw-Propulsion (London, 1869, 4°), William Bury The Resistance and the Proportions of Screw Propellers (London, 1883, 4°), and the Scott Library copy of The Ruthven Hydraulic Propeller, versus the Screw and Paddle (London, 1869). (5)

拍品專文

In his classic work on the screw propeller, Bourne lists 470 names all associated with the invention.