I HAVE LISTED MANY OLD WIRELESS, TELEGRAPH, SCIENCE AND MEDICAL , MICROSCOPE AND ASTRONOMY BOOKS AND CATALOGS . I WILL BE LISTNG MORE .
BOOK FOM 1866 TITLED - HISTORY, THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. DETAILED AND COMPREHENSIVE BOOK OF 500 PAGES , ILLUSTRATED WITH 111 WOODCUT ENGRAVINGS. BY GB PRESCOTT, SUOERINTENDENT OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LINES. ALL THE TELGRAPH SYSTEMS THEN IN USE ARE COVERED , TOGETHER WITH NOVEL USES SUCH AS LINKS TO OBSERVATORIES AND MESSENGER CALLING SYSTEMS, SUBMARINE SYSTEMS, SYSTEMS USED IN OTHER COUNTRIES , MUSIC BY THE TELEGRAPH, FIRE ALARMS, USE IN SCIENCE, RAILWAYS ETC.
CHAPTER - ELECTRICAL MANIFESTATIONS, PROPAGATION OF ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, , GENERAL PRINCIPALS OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, TELEGRAPH APPARATUS, MORSE SYSTEM, NEEDLE SYSTEM, HOUSE PRINTING TELEGRAPH, BAIN ELECTRO CHEMICAL TELEGRAPH, HUGHES SYSTEM, AMERICAN PRINTING TELEGARPH OR COMBINATION SYSTEM, HORNE ELECTRO THERMAL TELEGARPH, DIAL TELEGRAPHS, SUBTERRANEAN & SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS, ATLANTIC CABLE, PROGRESS OF THE TELEGRAPH ( INC USE IN OTHER COUNTRIES, ) VARIOUYS APPLICATIONS OF THE TELEGRAPH, CONSTRUCTION OF TELEGARPH LINES, ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES, TERRESTIAL MAGNETISM, MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, EARLY DISCOVERIES IN ELECTRO DYNAMICS ( OTHER ELECTRIC TELEGARPH SYSTEMS), GALVANISM.TELEGRAPH .
CONDITION - THERE IS ONE LOOSE PAGE. THE BOOK STILL HOLDS IN ONE BLOCK, ALTHOUGH MANY PAGES HELD BY ONE BINDING STRING ONLY. WHERE THE INSIDE OF THE HARDBOARD MEETS THE INSIDE HINGE THERE IS SPLITTING /CRACKING. EDGES OF SOME PAGES HAVE NIBBLES OUT OF THEM,. THERE IS HALF INCH MISSING FROM BOTTOM OF SPINE. IF THE WINNER WISHES I CAN MAKE SOME BASIC REPAIRS TO MAKE THE WHOLE MORE SOLID. PLEASE LET ME KNOW.