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Caxton and the art of printing : James Watt and the steam engine
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James Watt and the steam engine : the memorial volume prepared for the Committee of the Watt centenary commemoration at Birmingham 1919
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WATT, James
Manuscripts
Collection consists mainly of correspondence from the period 1910-14, beginning when Oddie initiated his campaign for governor and ending when he was about to terminate his administration. The correspondence is arranged in 19 boxes in alphabetical order by author. There are also 6 boxes and 4 rolls of Nevada State papers, almost entirely copies of legislative bills for the year 1873, and a small number of documents from other years. Subjects include: mining, politics, and government in Nevada (including divorce laws), women's rights, the financial panic of 1907, the Progressive party, and the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915.
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Steam engines - Engine generators
Manuscripts
Approx. 35 items: letters, reports, memos, legal documents, handwritten notes and other material related to purchase and installation of steam engines and engine generators at the Times building, 1933 - 1935. Major items: multi-page (in tan binder) 6/26/1933, "Proposal from Skinner Engine Co." ; cover letter and multi-page report, "Study of cost of generated power & light versus cost of purchased power & light for proposed Los Angeles Times building," 4/21/1930 ; 32-pp. booklet, "Skinner guaranteed saving contract" (1928) ; etc.
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