(SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING) Cutbush James A System of Pyrotech

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(SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.) Cutbush, James. A System of Pyrotechny. Engraved plate. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, joints starting; moderate foxing; early owner's signature on front free endpaper. Philadelphia, 1825

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The first American book on rockets and fireworks, covering both "fire-works for exhibition, and military pyrotechny." The author was a chemistry instructor at West Point; this weighty tome was published posthumously by his widow. Rink 2158.