"Electrical " found 13 records

Transportation and urban development in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, 1890 - 1915

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1986

Call Number: 388.4 TRA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 388.4 TRA

Place of Publication: Burnaby

Publisher: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1986

Physical Description: 24 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Electric railroads; Local transit; Street-railroads; Transportation

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Notes: Spiral bound, master copy.; Includes 1 copy of distributed version (smaller booklet with clearer photographs); Includes bibliographical references

Pioneer tales of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1987

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection; Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 096928280x

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

Contributor: Sone, Michael

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Corporation of the District of Burnaby

Publication Date: c1987

Physical Description: 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Inscription: "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page

Library Subject (LOC): Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby; Frontier and pioneer life; Biography

Object History: Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.

Notes: "Editor Michael Sone".; Includes index.; 4 copies held: copy 4

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A textbook on steam engineering: elements of electricity and magnetism, dynamos and motors, operation of dynamos and motors, heat and steam, types of steam boilers, boiler details, boiler fittings, combustion, firing, and draft.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: International Correspondence Schools

Publication Date: c1902

Call Number: 621.1 INT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV988.60.4

Call Number: 621.1 INT

Author: International Correspondence Schools

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: International Textbook Company

Publication Date: c1902

Series: I.C.S. text books.

Physical Description: 5 v. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Steam engineering; Engineering

Notes: Includes index.

The story of the B.C. Electric Railway Company

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Ewert, Henry, 1937-

Publication Date: c1986

Call Number: 388.46 EWE Copy 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 092062054X

Call Number: 388.46 EWE Copy 1

Author: Ewert, Henry, 1937-

Place of Publication: North Vancouver

Publisher: Whitecap Books

Publication Date: c1986

Printer: D.W. Friesen & Sons

Physical Description: 336 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Inscription: "R. Salsbury" "1987" [handwritten in blue ink, on the upper right hand corner of the opposite front end paper

Library Subject (LOC): Street-railroads; Electric railroads; Transportation; British Columbia--History

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; 3 copies held : copy 1.

Electric power stations electric railway systems, line and track, line calculations, motors and controllers, electric-car equipment, multiple-unit systems.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: International Correspondence Schools

Publication Date: c1905

Call Number: 625 INT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV991.38.3

Call Number: 625 INT

Author: International Correspondence Schools

Place of Publication: Scranton

Publisher: International Textbook Co.

Publication Date: c1905

Series: I. C. S. Reference Library

Printer: Burr Printing House

Physical Description: 1 volume (various pagings) : ill. : 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Electric power-plants; Electric railroads

Subjects: Transportation

The mechanics' complete library of modern rules, facts, processes, etc.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Edison, Thomas F.; Westinghouse, Charles J.

Edition: Rev. up-to-date ed.

Publication Date: c1900

Call Number: 621.092 EDI

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV011.7.1

Call Number: 621.092 EDI

Edition: Rev. up-to-date ed.

Author: Edison, Thomas F.; Westinghouse, Charles J.

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Laird & Lee

Publication Date: c1900

Physical Description: 588 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.

Inscription: "Henry Love", hand written on inside front cover "H. MOREY & Co. Booksellers & Stationers. NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.", printed on a green sticker inside the back cover

Library Subject (LOC): Mechanical engineering

Names: Love, George Richard; Exworthy, William Albert "Bert"

Object History: Book was the property of George Love and used by him

Notes: "Facts about electricity--How to make and run dynamos--All about batteries, telephones, electric railways and lighting--Engineering explained--Rules for the instruction of engineers, firemen, machinists mechanics, artisans and all craftsmen--Tables of alloy--Useful recipes--Information concerning glass, metal, wood working, leather, artificial ice-making, chemical experiments, glossary of technical terms, etc. etc." --T.p.; "Compiled by Thomas F. Edison A.M., and Charles J. Westinghouse" --T.p.

Photography for young people

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Jenks, Tudor, 1857-1922

Publication Date: 1908

Call Number: 771 JEN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV988.42.25

Call Number: 771 JEN

Author: Jenks, Tudor, 1857-1922

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: F. A. Stokes

Publication Date: 1908

Physical Description: xi, 328 p., 15 plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "L24758/90" [Handwritten text in pencil on back of back cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Photography

Notes: "Author of "electricity for young people"."--title page.

The Art of Railroading

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Alymer-Small, Sidney

Publication Date: 1908

Call Number: 385 ALY

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 385 ALY

Author: Alymer-Small, Sidney

Place of Publication: Chicago, IL

Publisher: Railway Publications Society

Publication Date: 1908

Series: The Prior Self-Educational Railway Series

Printer: Frederick J. Drake & Co.

Physical Description: 924 p. : ill. 6 cm thick

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--Design and construction; Railroads; Electric railroads

Subjects: Transportation

Notes: Electrical Railroading / Electricity as applied to railroad transportation

How it works : dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934

Edition: 8th ed. rev. and enl.

Publication Date: 1907

Call Number: 600 WIL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV983.76.1

Call Number: 600 WIL

Edition: 8th ed. rev. and enl.

Author: Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: T. Nelson & Sons

Publication Date: 1907

Physical Description: xii, [13]-461 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "11964.A. 87"-handwritten in pencil and in blue ink on inside frant cover, crossed out. "487"-hanwritten in pencil on cover page. "xx"-handwritten on cover page, circled. "350"-handwritten on cover page. "The property of / St' Michael's School / Library / Presented by L. G. Tolson, Esq. / No. ___" -printed on sticker on inside fron cover. "L. G. Tolson, Esq." is handwritten. Words are crossed out with black marker. "lola"-hanwritten in link on title page.