Field-book for railroad engineer. Circular and parabolic curves, turnouts, vertical curves, levelling, computing earth-work, transition curves on new lines and applied to existing lines, together with tables of radii, ordinates, long chords, logarithms, logarithmic and natural sines, tangents, etc., and a metric curve table.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV984.58.37
- Call Number
- 625 HEN
- Edition
- 2nd rev. ed.
- Author
- Henck, John B.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1898
- c1854
- Physical Description
- xv; 164 p. : diagr. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented by W.H.T. Twigg BCLS May 17 1934"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Railroad engineering
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Henck, John B. (John Benjamin), 1816-1903.
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Fifty piano pieces without octaves for beginners : op.70
Fifty-two weeks with God :a devout study of the international Sunday School Lessons for 1899 : containing also the text of the lessons together with the titles and golden texts : arranged for the convenience of clergymen, Sunday school teachers, and other Christian students
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.68.1
- Call Number
- 268.6 LIN
- Author
- Linscott, T. S. (Thomas Samuel), 1846-1919
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The Bradley-Garretson Co. (Limited)
- Publication Date
- 1898
- Physical Description
- ix, 120 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "G.B.Salmond Books & Stationery Brantford - ONT." -- stickered on endpaper (front).
"1.00" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front).
"B5" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian education of children
- Sunday schools
- Notes
- Includes biblographical references.
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First steps in the history of our country
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.170.16
- Call Number
- 372.89 MOW
- Author
- Mowry, William A. (William Augustus), 1829-1917
- Mowry, Arthur May, 1862-1900
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Silver, Burdett and Company
- Publication Date
- c1898
- Physical Description
- 315 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Property of the
Town of Millinocket
No. 200" [label pasted on front pastedown. 200 handwritten in pencil]
"S16" [phrase crossed out and handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
"50¢" [handwritten in black pencil on front endpaper]
"Premium Stores
4543 Kingsway
Burnaby 1, B.C., Canada" [stamped in black in on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- United States
- United States--History
- Notes
- Author's given names and dates: Mowry, William A. (William Augustus), 1829-1917
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From manger to throne : embracing a new life of Jesus the Christ and a history of Palestine and its people
Grammar for common schools : to which has been added an appendix on composition for use in Canadian public schools
Gregg shorthand : a light-line phonography for the million
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.34
- Call Number
- 653 GRE
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Author
- Gregg, John Robert, 1867-1948
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Gregg Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- c1893
- c1901
- c1916
- Printer
- Allied Printing
- Physical Description
- 154 p. : ill. : 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Grace Horwood
4304 Oxford St.
Vancouver
B.C." [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"120" [Printed and underlined in blue ink on front endpaper]
"32" [Handwritten and underlined in pencil on front endpaper]
"Miss Grace Horwood
4304 Oxford St.
Vancouver
B.C." [Handwritten in pencil, upside down on front endpaper]
"Grace Horwood
4304 Oxford St.
Vancouver
B.C." [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Shorthand
- Shorthand--Gregg
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Hallowed hymns new and old
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.20
- Call Number
- 783.9 HAL
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Biglow & Main Co.
- Publication Date
- c1890
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) : music ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "C. C. Hockridge
Cedarville
Ont" [handwritten in ink on front pastedown]
"Chas. C. Hockridge"
"C. C. Hockridge
Cedarville
Ont." [handwritten in pencil on first page]
"Chas. C. Hockridge,
General Merchant
Cedarville, Ont." [stamped on first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns, English
- Object History
- Donor's father inscribed his name and address inside book.
- Notes
- With Gipsy Smith special supplement
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The handy reliable cook book : practical and comprehensive manual of commonsense cookery
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.26.104
- Call Number
- 641.59 WAR
- Author
- Warren, Jane
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver, BC]
- Publisher
- Thomson Bros' Bookstore
- Publication Date
- 1892
- Physical Description
- 100 p. , [6p.] : ill. ; 16 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cookbooks--1890-1899
- Candy
- Cake
- Pastry
- Ice cream
- Cooking
- Cookbooks--British Columbia
- Cooking, American
- Fruit--Preservation
- Vegetables--Preservation
- Object History
- Thomson Bros. booksellers, stationers and printers did business in Vancouver at 46 Cordova circa. 1888 and at 108 Cordova when this book was published.
- Notes
- "How to buy, dress, cook, serve and carve every kind of meat, game, fish, fowl and vegetables. Also giving plain directions for preserving, pickling, canning and drying all kinds of berries, fruits, meats, game, etc. and also instruction for making in the best style all varieties of candies, ice creams, cakes and pastry. -- title page
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Heat for advanced students
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.4.28
- Call Number
- 536 EDS
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Author
- Edser, Edwin, -1932
- Contributor
- Bligh, N. M. (Neville Melton), 1890-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- c1936
- c1899
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons
- Physical Description
- v-x, 487 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Nabil Sabbagh" [handwritten in ink] "Student in the Faculty of Sciences"
crossed-out "S17" "S 11" [handwritten in ink]
"ADIB F SABBAGH [INK STAMP] c/o Queen's University"
"Kingston (Ontario)
Canada"
inside front page: "G
"6 Talliha Street, [handwritten in ink]
"Heliopolis" "Electrical Engineering Student" "LEC/571334"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Heat
- Heat--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes indexes.
- Revised by Bligh, N. M. (Neville Melton), 1890-.
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Heroes, hero worship and the heroic in history
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.76
- Call Number
- 824.8 CAR
- Author
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt, Publisher
- Publication Date
- c1892
- Physical Description
- 302, [5] p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W 63", in pen inside front cover, crossed out in pencil
"John Williamson / Vancouver B.C. / 4th Sept 1912", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
"F d grant", handwritten in purple pencil? on front endpaper, crossed out in pencil
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Notes
- frontispiece only
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The high school arithmetic for use in high schools, collegiate institutes and senior forms of public schools
High school history of England and history of Canada
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.72.2
- Call Number
- 971 BUC
- Author
- Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929
- Robertson, W. J.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Copp, Clark Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- xxxviii, 435 p., [9] leaves of plates : geneal. tables, maps ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Hosaho Hodder" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"65" [handwritten in pencil on page after p. 135]
"H. Morey & Co
Booksellers and Stationers
New Westminster, B.C." [stamped in red ink on page after p. 135]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--History
- Great Britain--History
- Notes
- Includes indexes
- "High School History of England by Arabella B. Buckley (Mrs. Fisher) and W. J. Robertson" --t.p.
- "History of Canada by W. J. Robertson" --t.p.
- "Authorized by the Education Department of Ontario" --t.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929
- Author's given name and dates: Robertson, W. J. (William John), 1846-
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Hill's French-English and English-French vest-pocket dictionary
Hints and practical information for cabinet-makers, upholsterers, and furniture men generally : together with a description of all kinds of finishing with full directions therefor, varnishes, polishes, stains for wood, dyes for wood, gilding and silvering, receipts for the factory, lacquers, metals, marbles, etc., pictures, engravings, etc., miscellaneous.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV011.7.3
- Call Number
- 684 PHI
- Author
- Phin, John, 1830-1913
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Industrial Publication
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Physical Description
- 130 p., [16] p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Geo. Love Esq
From
Mrs Brandrith
Burnaby, B.C.
March 22nd 1901", hand written on inside front page in black ink
"H. MOREY & Co.
Booksellers & Stationers.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.", printed on a green sticker inside the back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Furniture finishing
- Cabinetwork
- Wood finishing
- Names
- Love, George Richard
- Exworthy, William Albert "Bert"
- Object History
- Book was the property of George Love and used by him
- Notes
- Attributed to John Phin
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The history of freemasonry in Canada from its introduction in 1749 embracing a general history of the craft and its origin, but more particularly a history of the craft in the province of Upper Canada, now Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada : compiled and written from official records and from mss. covering the period from 1749-1858, in the possession of the author, Volume 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.60.1
- Call Number
- 366.10971 ROB v.1
- Author
- Robertson, J. Ross (John Ross), 1841-1918
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The Hunter, Rose Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Series
- The history of freemasonry in Canada, Vol. 1
- Physical Description
- xxi, 1196 p. : ill. (incl. ports.) maps (some folded) plans, facsims. (some folded) folded tables. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Freemasons--History
- Secret societies--Canada
- Freemasonry
- Notes
- "Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada" with the Arms of the Grand Lodge of Canada -- Front Cover
- "The edition of this work consists of two thousand sets. The number of this set is 29."
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates: Robertson, J. Ross (John Ross), 1841-1918.
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The history of freemasonry in Canada from its introduction in 1749 embracing a general history of the craft and its origin, but more particularly a history of the craft in the province of Upper Canada, now Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada : compiled and written from official records and from mss. covering the period from 1749-1858, in the possession of the author, Volume 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.60.2
- Call Number
- 366.10971 ROB v.2
- Author
- Robertson, J. Ross (John Ross), 1841-1918
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The Hunter, Rose Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Series
- The history of freemasonry in Canada, Vol. 2
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 979 p. : ill. (incl. ports.) maps (some folded) plans, facsims. (some folded) folded tables. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "April 30 1874 / John Leslie St. Clair no 1353 R C Mitters Ont / H M 1895 Prince Ruperts Lodge N 13R M / Z 1883 1884 Prince Ruperts Rct 6 no 52 3R6 / Treasurers King Edward Preceptory / members it & SS Rite 32 April 8th 1887 / at it O M M S Khuram / Grand Masters Manitoba June 1899 June 1903 / Grand Z G C of Canada 1907 & 1908 / Semi Centennial held Toronto Jun 22 1908 / W M St Clair December 27 1878 to Dec 27th 1880" -- handwritten in ink on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Freemasons--History
- Secret societies--Canada
- Freemasonry
- Notes
- "Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada" with the Arms of the Grand Lodge of Canada -- Front Cover
- "The edition of this work consists of two thousand sets. The number of this set is 29."
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates: Robertson, J. Ross (John Ross), 1841-1918.
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues ; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised ; by His Magesty's special command ; appointed to be read in churches.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- International ed.
- Clear-Type ed.
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Call Number
- 220.4 HOL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.44.15
- Call Number
- 220.4 HOL
- Edition
- International ed.
- Clear-Type ed.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- William Collins, Sons, & Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Printer
- Collins' Clear-Type Press
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) ;14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Miss Mary Stobie
Langlo Lees,
Duns
Berwickshire
Scotland" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"Mrs. Stobie
Langton lees
Duns
Berwickshire
Scotland" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"Miss M. Stobie
Langton lees Duns [Duns crossed out]" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf verso]
"Miss Mary Stobie
Ellemford" [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf verso]
"I got this Bible
when Seversteen(?)" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf verso]
"I
the
year
1900" [Handwritten in blue ink on front flyleaf verso]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Bible
- Notes
- "Printed by Royal Authority" -- Title page
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command : appointed to be read in churches
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.140.14
- Call Number
- 220 HOL
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Printer
- J.J. Little & Co.
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (multiple pagings) : maps ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. N.P Nerry, [could also read W.P. Werry]
Cedarvill.
Ont." [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf]
"To Mother:
with best wishes of
Father and Ella,
for a Merry Christmas,
and Happy New Year
Xmax 1899" [Handwritten in black ink on front flylleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
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