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Moderne Technik : Die wichtigsten Gebiete der Maschinentechnik und Verkehrstechnik ; allgemeinverständlich dargestellt und erläutert durch zerlegbare Modelle / unter Metarbeit von Regierungsbaumeister B. Albrecht, Ingenieur H. Hagmann, Regierungsbaumeister C. Klug, Ingenieur M. Prüssing, Dipl. Ing. P. Reiniger, Postrat E. Schewe, Prof. Dr. W. Strecker, Admiralitätsrat G. Wislicenus, Regierungsrat Dr. A. Witt ; herausgegeben von Ingenieur H. Blücher. Modellatlas.

Accession number
PML 84861
Published
Leipzig ; Wien : Bibliographisches Institut, 1912.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Chase, 1985.
Notes
Published in two volumes, Textband and Modellatlas. The Textband is lacking.
"Mit 1391 Abbildungen im Text und 15 zerlegbaren Modellen"--t.p.
The colored plates are composite sectional models, each accompanied by a leaf with descriptive letterpress. They have a series of flaps attached which, when opened, gradually reveal the inner workings of fifteen complex machines, representing the latest technological advances used in transportation and industrial manufacturing of the early 20th century.
"DM 680-" and "L240"--upper fly-leaf in pencil.
"thnys RF/Ooi 2/18"--lower fly-leaf in pencil.
Laid in three leaves from a French model book, "Une merveille du génie français. Notre 75, par un artilleur", published by Librairie Aristide Quillet, Éditeurs, Paris, 1915: Plate and text of "Char d'Assaut 18 HP type Renault", and plate of "Canon Français de 75 m/m".
Description
19 leaves of text, 15 leaves of plates : col. ill. (lithographs) ; 34 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Mrs. Edward Chase.
Binding
Publisher's 1/2 bound brown cloth with brown paper covers.
Classification
Department