2009-04
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/31/2009
Accounts Ledger Book, 280+ pp., 6-1/2" x 14," covers loose, interior tightly bound, np., 1855. VG. As is typical, there are thousands of line entries for a metal shop, "fix door spring," "mend iron to rim," and make lynch pin." The most intriguing entries however are "Balloon - Wibur Steple(sp?)," displays a schematic of measurements, apparently metal strips for a balloon (p274). Then on a full page, "Balloon 63 feet in diameter," has 11 columns of measurements with a conclusion, "twenty one strips and it will be sixty three feet in circumference." Also incidental to the accounts, is an unnumbered page, "Lightening Rods," continues with five rules for installation.
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