Description: Black and Tan Books offers ... Scientific American: Ericsson Monitor March 22, 1862 (Civil War) Original Author:Staff Written Publisher:Munn & Co. Pub. Date:1862 Format:Softcover ISBN: Condition:Collectible: Acceptable Notes: Original March 22, 1862 issue of Scientific American featuring "The Steam Battery Monitor" and a detailed engraving of the Monitor by artist L. Seitz and engraver Ten Eych. Includes numerous additional articles and contributions as follows: NOTES ON MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS; Electric Telegraphs in Russia; Materials in their Invisible State; Doctors Taking their own Medicine; Iron Plating for Ships; The Motion of Rockets; Suggestion to Photographers; Questions for Millers; Self-Acting Drawbridge for Canals, etc.; THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE "MERRIMAC" AND "MONITOR"; Manufacture of Iron and Steel by Electricity; Plating Porcelain and Platinum; Bronze Guns; Improved Revolving Refrigerator; Metallic Packing for Engine Pistons; Improvements Wanted in Iron; SPLENDID SUCCESS OF THE ERICSSON BATTERY; IMBECILITY IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT; T-RAIL SHELL-PROOF FRIGATES---LEARNING BY EXPERIENCE; HOW LONG HAS THE SUN SHONE, AND HOW LONG WILL IT CONTINUE TO SHINE?; Commerce of Egypt---Cotton; The Effects of Railway Traveling; Distilled Water for Soldiers on Coast Islands; Extensive Rubber Works Burned; Scientific Ants; Curious Collection of Arms; Gas Burning Poisons; The Rebel Steamer "Merrimac"; Lubricators for Bullets; Tempering Bronze and Flax Culture in Illinois. 16 pp. 14" x 10". Complete copy with faint age toning, chipping to edges, several small tears and partial splitting to fold. Odor free. An acceptable copy of an important Civil War publication. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly. Domestic shipping: USPS Media Mail $4.99. USPS Priority Mail $13.99. International shipping: $24.99 NOTE: This is an _original_ issue in newspaper format - that is - folded leaves unbound. It was later sewn into a compilation of issues in book format, retaining alll edges, then removed for individual sale. The publisher was Munn & Co., the printer was The Steam house Press of John A. Gray. Typically, bound compilations were pruchased and privately bound by libraries and contained consecutive isues from a specified period. The main takeaway is that the issues listed are original and unaltered, with the exception of having one, two or no tiny holes caused by the binding thread at the fold, which has been removed.
Price: 59.99 USD
Location: Frederick, Maryland
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Special Attributes: Scientific American: Ericsson Monitor March 22, 1862 (Civil War), Original March 22, 1862 issue of Scientific American, "The Steam Battery Monitor", The Monitor by artist L. Seitz and engraver Ten Eych, NOTES ON MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS, Electric Telegraphs in Russia, THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE "MERRIMAC" AND "MONITOR, SPLENDID SUCCESS OF THE ERICSSON BATTERY, IMBECILITY IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT, 16 pages filled with numerous articles, Acceptable copy of an important Civil War publication, age toning, chipping to edges, small tears and partial splitting, Age toning, chipping, small tears and partial splitting
Subject: Military & War
Illustrator: Not applicable
Topic: Civil War (1861-65)
Year Printed: 1862
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Author: Staff Written
Unit Quantity: 1
Publisher: Munn & Co.
Signed: No
Personalized: No
Character Family: Not applicable
