ERECTING WORK
New York: Hill Publishing Company, 1908. Hardcover. Green cloth boards double ruled in blind at top and bottom (7.0 in. x 4.75 in.). Bright gilt lettering to front board and spine. Tiny nudges to corners and very little rubbing to extremities. VERY clean and tight copy. 140 pp. including Index.
Chapters include: Foundations; Knots and Hitches; Hauling Heavy Machinery Through City Streets; Runways on an INcline; Work for a Gin Pole; Rigging for the Receiver; Moving a Cylinder; Unloading a Heavy Shaft; Rigging for a Heavy Lift; Building Up a Fly-Wheel; The Erection of High-Speed Center-Crank Engines; Some of the Lighter Work in Erecting.
"This handbook is designed for the use of the erecting engineer and to enable those in charge of plants to erect their own machinery. It describes the processes and gives valuable hints in the matter of laying foundations as well as the setting up of machinery nd the handling of very heavy parts..." (from Introduction). Very Good Plus. Item #88514
Price: $45.00