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Sale 473: Fine Americana - Cartography (#473) 02/16/2012 11:00 AM PST Closed

Starts Ending 02/16/2012 11:00 AM PST

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Lot #55Tunneling, Explosive Compounds, and Rock Drills. Giving the Details of Practical Tunnel Work; The Constituents and Properties of Modern Explosive Compounds; the Principles of Blasting; the History of the Rise of Machine Rock-Drilling; and Detailed Descriptions of the Carious Rock-Drills and Air-Compressors in Use. Also, Descriptions of the Dimensions and Cost of Over Seventeen Hundred Tunnels, from Notes Furnished by Engineers and Railroad Companies in Europe, North and South America, and New Zealand. With a History of Tummeling from the Reign of Ramses II to the Present Time

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,000
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sale 473: Fine Americana - Cartography (#473) 02/16/2012 11:00 AM PST Closed

Starts Ending 02/16/2012 11:00 AM PST

Auction Info
  • Tunneling, Explosive Compounds, and Rock Drills. Giving the Details of Practical Tunnel Work; The Constituents and Properties of Modern Explosive Compounds; the Principles of Blasting; the History of the Rise of Machine Rock-Drilling; and Detailed Descrip
  • Tunneling, Explosive Compounds, and Rock Drills. Giving the Details of Practical Tunnel Work; The Constituents and Properties of Modern Explosive Compounds; the Principles of Blasting; the History of the Rise of Machine Rock-Drilling; and Detailed Descrip - 2
  • Tunneling, Explosive Compounds, and Rock Drills. Giving the Details of Practical Tunnel Work; The Constituents and Properties of Modern Explosive Compounds; the Principles of Blasting; the History of the Rise of Machine Rock-Drilling; and Detailed Descrip - 3