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1. An historical and explanatory dissertation on steam-engines and steam-packets : with the evidence in full given by the most eminent engineers, mechanists, and manufacturers, to the select committees of the House of Commons; together with the committees' reports, distinguishing and defining safe and unsafe steam-engines, and their proper management : comprising particulars of the fatal explosions of boilers at Norwich, Northumberland, Wells-street, and in America : concluding with a narrative, by Isaac Weld, Esq. of the interesting voyage of the Thames steam-yacht, from Glasgow, in Scotland, to Dublin and London / by Geo. Dodd, civil engineer ; illustrated by two elegant engravings of steam-yachts.

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Creator:: Dodd, George, 1783–1827
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: [2], xxv, [3], 280 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Observations upon the Windward coast of Africa : the religion, character, customs &c., of the natives : with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe : and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country : made in the years 1805 and 1806 / by Joseph Corry ; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave trade.

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Creator:: Corry, Joseph
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: xiv, [2],163 p., [9] leaves of plates ([7] folding) : ill., map, 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts