Photograph of Cooper sheaing machinery display at the Royal Melbourne Show, c1951.Photograph of Cooper sheaing machinery display at the Royal Melbourne Show, c1951.Wolfgang Sievers Photography 9 Collins Street Melbourne C.I. Display Cooper shearing gear and engines Royal Melbourne Show circa 1951shearing machinery, cooper engineering company pty ltd wolfgang sievers photography

Green cloth hard cover book of 537 pagesFirst page, handwritten in pencil "9/6 / William Jack T?leve / 45 Grand Avenue / Rose Park" Back cover homework instructions in same handwritting in pencilnon-fiction, engineering, steam, science, heat engines, engines, mechanics

Green cloth hard cover book of 537 pagesInside front cover handwritten in pencil "19/7/48 / Leonard J Stafford" Stamped in purple ink "TECHNICAL BOOK &MAGAZINE CO. / 297-239 SWANSTON ST. / OPP. MELBOURNE HOSPITAL / CENT. 2041 - MELBOURNE. C.S."non-fiction, engineering, steam, science, heat engines, engines, mechanics

This is the first edition of the book, printed in 1899. It has since been reprinted with slight corrections in January 1900 and with correction in 1902. It is a text book and reference book based on the study of steam, gas and oil driven machinery of the late 19th and early 20th century. The author, John Perry D. Sc., F.R.S., was born in 1850 and passed away in 1920. He was a Professor of Mechanics and Mathematics in the Royal College of Science, Vice-President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and Vice-President of the Physical Society. This book has significance as the First Edition of the book, published in 1899. The book is significant to the history, understanding and evolution of power driven machines. The principles apply to the machinery of the late 19th to early 20th centuries. The Steam Engine and Gas and Oil Engines: a book for the use of students who have time to make experiments and calculations Author: John Perry D.Sc., F.R.S. Publisher: Macmillan & Co Ltd, London Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, London and Bungay This is the First Edition of the book, printed in 1899 A hard cover book, red linen with black print. The Preface is written by the aughor on 22nd February 1899. The book contains many diagrams and tables as well as having reference numbers on many paragraphs in the chapters.Pencil on front endsheets "SJ 9""Rec. 371 a" Stamped in purple , front endsheet "F. ST. G. D. HOLYMAN" "L.4." Handwritten in ink "Richard G ---- / Liverpool --- P---ye"warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, book, the steam engine and gas and oil engines, john perry, reference book, scientific book, steam engines, gas engines, oil engines, combustion engines

There is probably some link to the Ballarat School of Mines as Engine Driving was an early subject taught there.A small light brown book with a Weale's Scientific & Technical Series logo on the front, and a Caplo Lumen logo with a hand and flame torch on the back. On the inside are some pull out plate pages throughout the book, and a picture of James Watt near the front of the bookwatt, james watt, steam, galloway boiler, michael reynolds, stationary engine

created by the British Thomson-Houston during the interwar years. The manual relates to magnetos they produce for aircraft engines.aircraft magnetos, british thomson-houston

A threshing scene showing a thresher and traction engine.Printed on front: Matson and Frazer., / 264 LITTLE COLLINS STREET Handwritten on back: 'Eric Boardman' steam engine / chaff cutter / cut Starkies hay in Jakka On front of thresher: Mr BURTON..................TOOLERN Side of thresher: JOHN BUNGLE AND SONmatson and frazer, boardman, eric, photographers, chaff cutters, agricultural machinery, burton, - (mr), john bungle and son, engines, george evans collection

Austral 8 HP oil engine on 4 wheeled steel chassis with wrought iron wheels. Two double flywheels and flat belt pulley. Water cooled exhaust system at the crank end of the engine. Galvanised iron fuel tank slung under the engine. Painted green and black with red wheels.On an oval brass plate on the side of the engine :- "The Austral Oil Engine / Ronaldson Bros / Makers / No 663 / & Tippett / Ballarat Victoria"machinery ... engine ... oil ... metalwork

Siemens DC generator driven by a Thompsons two cylinder steam engine. The engine has vertical cylinders and there is a flywheel between the generator and engine. Generator painted grey, engine painted red. The system is connected to low pressure steam and can be run very slowly. Brass plate on generator "Siemens Brothers / Dynamo Works Ltd. / London Stafford / Direct Current Generator", followed by specifications. Thompsons Engineering in relief on steam engine side plates. "60" on base of engine.machinery; generator; steam engine; metalwork

OGDEN early model cylindrical lawn mower. Small back roller, no catcher, rope start. Small gold painted petrol tank mounted between handles for gravity feed. Belt driven cylinder blades, aluminium engine cowl, rubber rimmed wheels, engine control on RHS handle."OGDEN" painted on engine cowl.machinery, motor mower

Red metal fire engine with ladder on top.Dinky Super Toys Fire Engine/Made in England/Meccano Ltd.toys, general