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The conquest of nature

Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-, Williams, Edward Huntington, 1868-1944, joint author · 1911 · New York and London, The Goodhue company · 29 pictures

A popular survey of industrial arts and machinery written by Henry Smith Williams and his brother Edward, published in 1911 by the Goodhue Company for general American and British readers. Halftone photographs show dynamos, armatures, coils, turbines and steamships, often several plates grouped on one page with small numbered keys, giving designers sharp mechanical forms in soft sepia tone.

Industrial arts · Machinery

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0