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Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 General Remarks on the Motion of Machines

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05707.05 Author/Creator: Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Pamphlet signed Date: circa 1838 Pagination: 115 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

Manual on machines with equations and illustrations throughout. Handwritten notes throughout. Also one sheet of handwritten notes tipped in between pages 40 and 41. Signed by Halleck in pencil on pages 1 and 53. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.01-.07.

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

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