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Compend of mechanical refrigeration and engineering : a comprehensive digest of general engineering and thermodynamics for the practical use of ice manufacturers, cold storage men, contractors, engineers, brewers, packers, and all other users of refrigeration in the various industries, also students of refrigeration in connection with engineering
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2338
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.92.1
- Call Number
- 621.56 SIE
- Edition
- 7th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Nickerson & Collins
- Publication Date
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 598 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- notations and scribbles throughout margins and text
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery
Complete practical railroading : a complete series of text-books on modern railway transportation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4957
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.45
- Call Number
- 385 NAT
- Contributor
- International School of Engineering
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- International School of Engineering
- Publication Date
- c1911
- Printer
- Allied Printing
- Physical Description
- 492 p., xix : ill. : 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Trainmen--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Trainmen
- Railroads--Design and construction
- Railroads
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- "A series of text books prepared especially and exclusively for instruction on locomotive engineering by motive power superintendents, master mechanics, traveling engineers and mechanical experts associated with the International School of Engineering" -- Title page
- "Locomotive boilers and engines, their construction, care, operation and management, firemen's duties, heat, fuel combustion, injectors, lubrication, and the setting of valves. Also complete description of walschaert and other valve gears, their defects and how to remedy them" -- Title page
- Includes index.
The arithmetic of electricity: a manual of electrical calculations by arithmetical methods, including numerous rules, examples, and tables in the field of practical electrical engineering and experimenting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2026
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 3d ed., rev.
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1891
- Call Number
- 537.02 SLO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.71
- Call Number
- 537.02 SLO
- Edition
- 3d ed., rev.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1891
- Physical Description
- iii-viii; 138 p. : ill. , tables ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "Chas. W. Davies"
- "43 Duke Street"
- "Halifax N.S."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electricity
- Electricity--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates : Sloane, T. O’Conor (Thomas O’Conor), 1851-1940.
A textbook on steam engineering: arithmetic, mensuration and use of letters in formulas, principles of mechanics, machine elements, mechanics of fluids, strength of materials.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary427
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.60.5
- Call Number
- 621.1 INT
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- International Textbook Company
- Publication Date
- c1902
- Series
- I.C.S. text books.
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Steam engineering
- Arithmetic
- Mechanics
- Notes
- Includes index.
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.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary426
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.60.4
- Call Number
- 621.1 INT
- 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.
BCIT 5th class power engineering (boiler endorsement) correspondence mode
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5592
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 621.1 BCI
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver]
- Publisher
- BCIT
- Publication Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 3 volumes : illustrations + 1 academic supplement (38 pages) ; 28 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Power (Mechanics)
- Steam power plants
- Heating plants
- Pressure vessels--Standards
- Steam-boilers
- Notes
- Prepared by Power Engineering Training Systems.
- "The material in this series is aligned with Fifth class syllabus, dated July 31, 2002".
- "This curriculum is endorsed by the Canadian Institute of Power Engineers (IPE)"--T.p. verso.
- Book 1. -- Low pressure boiler components & operation -- book. 2. -- Elements of human comfort in facility operation -- book 3. -- Basic physical science, safety & regulation for facility operation.
Brick engineering : physical properties of brick and brickwork, volume 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7362
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV018.11.30
- Call Number
- 693.2 LEN
- Author
- Lent, L.B.
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Publisher
- Common Brick Manufactures' Association of America
- Publication Date
- c1929
- Physical Description
- 92 p. : ill ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bricklaying
- Notes
- "By Major L. B. Lent Chief Engineer." -- title page
Electrical engineering for electric light artisans and students : embracing those branches prescribed by the syllabus ussyed by the City and Guilds Technical Institute.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2027
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.72
- Call Number
- 538 SLI
- Edition
- New ed.
- Place of Publication
- London ; New York
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and co.
- Publication Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- viii p., 1 l., 850 p. incl. illus., diagrs. fold. diagrs. 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electrical engineering
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Authors' given names and dates : Slingo, W. Sir, (William), 1855-1935. Brooker, Arthur
The elements of civil engineering, prepared for students of the International correspondence schools, Scranton, Pa.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3718
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.302
- Call Number
- 624 INT
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Scranton
- Publisher
- Colliery Engineer Co.
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Printer
- Burr Printing House
- Physical Description
- iv, 1103-1597, xi : ill. : 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Civil engineering
- Notes
- Volume 5 of 12
- "Water-wheels, hydraulic machinery, water supply and distribution, irrigation, with practical questions and examples" -- Title page
- Includes index.
The elements of electrical engineering : a first year's course for students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2028
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Sewell, Tyson
- Edition
- 6th revised ed.
- Publication Date
- 1915
- Call Number
- 621.3 SEW
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.73
- Call Number
- 621.3 SEW
- Edition
- 6th revised ed.
- Author
- Sewell, Tyson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Crosby Lockwood and Son
- Publication Date
- 1915
- Physical Description
- 450 p. : illus. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electrical engineering
The elements of mechanical engineering, volume 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary332
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.5
- Call Number
- 621 INT v. 6
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Scranton
- Publisher
- The Colliery Engineer Co.
- Publication Date
- 1897
- Printer
- Burr Printing House
- Physical Description
- i, 383 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Mechanical engineering
- Notes
- "Answers to questions" -- Title page
- "Prepared for students of the International Correspondence Schools Scranton, Pa." -- Title page
The elements of mechanical engineering, volume III
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary331
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.4
- Call Number
- 621 INT v.3
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Scranton
- Publisher
- The Colliery Engineer Co.
- Publication Date
- 1897
- Printer
- Burr Printing House
- Physical Description
- iv, 1215-1762, xii : ill. : 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Mechanical engineering
- Notes
- "Prepared for students of the International Correspondence Schools Scranton, Pa." -- Title page
- "Machine design, dynamos and motors" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Handbook of engineering fundamentals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3615
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV998.23.4
- Call Number
- 620 ESH
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Publication Date
- 1936
- Printer
- Braunworth & Co., Inc.
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "G. H. Cordy: Oct. 1936" [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf[
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Engineering--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Engineering
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: Eshbach, Ovid W. (Ovid Wallace), 1893-1958
- Includes index.
Heritage Park for the Burnaby Centennial Committee- Contract 3- Engineering plans
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11673
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 architectural drawings : blackline prints with hand col. annotations (red pencil) ; 56 x 93 cm + 1 architectural drawing : blackline print mounted on foamcore ; 89 x 57 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two sets of architectural drawings of Heritage Park for the Burnaby Centennial Committee with consulting notes and specifications by S.P.Slinn & Co. Ltd. Consulting Engineers. Job No. 7105. Site Plan (M-1) ; Mechanical Floor Plan of Buildings (M-2); Specifications & Details (M-3) a…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 architectural drawings : blackline prints with hand col. annotations (red pencil) ; 56 x 93 cm + 1 architectural drawing : blackline print mounted on foamcore ; 89 x 57 cm
- Material Details
- Scales differ
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two sets of architectural drawings of Heritage Park for the Burnaby Centennial Committee with consulting notes and specifications by S.P.Slinn & Co. Ltd. Consulting Engineers. Job No. 7105. Site Plan (M-1) ; Mechanical Floor Plan of Buildings (M-2); Specifications & Details (M-3) and one extra copy of Site Plan- Contract 3- M1 (mounted).
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.9
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Transcribed Title
- Blue stamp on drawing reads: "Received / Jul 5 1971 / Building Inspector's / Office"
- Stamp reads: "Approved July 23, 1971"
The industries of the world : a complete course of technical engineering for the manufacturer, operative and all persons engaged of interested in trade and commerce, Division 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary570
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.28.6
- Call Number
- 600 WYL
- Contributor
- Wylde, James
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- London Pub. and Print. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- 2 v.,fronts., illus., plates, ports., diagrs.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Technology
- Industrial arts
- Notes
- This division contains p. 465-667 of v.2
- Contributor's contribution: "Edited by James Wylde"
The "mechanical world" pocket diary and year book for 1915 : a collection of useful engineering notes, rules, tables and data
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7007
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV018.11.7
- Call Number
- 620.1 EMM
- Place of Publication
- Manchester
- Publisher
- Emmott & Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- [1915]
- Physical Description
- 439 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Mechanical engineering
- Notes
- "TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION" -- title page
Modern engineering practice : a reference library on electricity, steam, refrigeration, gas engines, marine and locomotive work, pattern making, founding, machine design, shop practice, tool making, forging, drawing, heating, ventilation, plumbing, carpentry, etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3695.1
- Call Number
- 621 GUN vol.II
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- American School of Correspondence
- Publication Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 422 p. : illus. , plates, diagrs. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Engineering
Modern engineering practice : a reference library on electricity, steam, refrigeration, gas engines, marine and locomotive work, pattern making, founding, machine design, shop practice, tool making, forging, drawing, heating, ventilation, plumbing, carpentry, etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1463
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3695.2
- Call Number
- 621 GUN vol. IV
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- American School of Correspondence
- Publication Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 490 p. : illus. , plates, diagrs. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Engineering
Vancouver Engineering Works Boiler
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription473
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large boiler loaded on a railway cart along with a large crate, piles of logs, and a cask. The cart is seen on a wood plank boardwalk, behind which is a view of an inlet. The area appears to be an industrial loading dock. Large stacks of wood planks can be seen to the left. The …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large boiler loaded on a railway cart along with a large crate, piles of logs, and a cask. The cart is seen on a wood plank boardwalk, behind which is a view of an inlet. The area appears to be an industrial loading dock. Large stacks of wood planks can be seen to the left. The boiler may be used for a steam donkey. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Vancouver Engineering Works- Boiler."
- Subjects
- Public Services - Public Works
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV978.14.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Vancouver Engineering Works Boiler
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription474
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large boiler with a pile of logs beside it. The boiler may be used for a steam donkey. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Vancouver Engineering Works - Boiler."
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large boiler with a pile of logs beside it. The boiler may be used for a steam donkey. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Vancouver Engineering Works - Boiler."
- Subjects
- Public Services - Public Works
- Accession Code
- HV978.14.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph