William H. Grant, “The New York Central Park”, in: Journal of the Franklin Institute, 1867, third series vol 53 (vol 73 all together), 426+vpp. Half calf and marbled boards; ex-library (with some ghost remnants of a spine label, and that’s about it save for a few stamps on the title page and a bookplate). Very nice copy. $135 The Grant article occupies pp 11-14, 100-107, 153-161, 233-238, 297-304, 390-397.
Also in this volume (among many other contributions) are:
- Fleeming Jenkin, “Submarine Telegraphy”, pp 42-46, 122-180,
- Henry Morton, “Lectures on Electricity and Light”, pp 48-54, 200-203, 356-358; 413-414
- “The Magic Lantern as a Means of Demonstration”, pp 47-58, 204-206, 282-284, 354-356, 409-412,
- “The USS Armored Frigate New Ironsides”, pp 73-81;
- George A. Parker, “The Susquehanna Bridge”, pp 239-249, with two folding plates, one being a map and the other a long profile of the bridge.
- The Electric Light, pp 289-294;
- John Tyndall, “On Sounding and Sensitive Waves”, pp 260-263, 346-349.