The American Well Works Encyclopedia Of Machinery, Etc. Manufactured By Them

CHAPMAN, M. T. [PRESIDENT]

Publication: Privately printed for The American Well Works, 1892, N P Aurora, Illinois

First edition. 8vo. Maroon colored linen covers, all edges tinted in red, 448 pp., numerous black & white illustrations, testimonials, tables, diagrams, maps, price lists, figure number index, and an alphabetical index.

Sections are provided on hydraulic well machinery, hydraulic drilling machinery, hydraulic well sinking process, lightning driller equipment and attachments, boring drills, drilling rigs and derricks, feed grinders, boilers and engines, pumping engines for a number of applications, block and tackle, boring bits, iron body valves, piping, vises, etc.

On page 161 through and inclusive of page182 is the Wind Mill Department that features the Chapman Wind Mill that is adaptable for many applications. This includes homes, farms, railroads, villages, ranches, businesses, etc.

The company was founded in Aurora, Illinois in 1868. It produced pumping, sewage treatment, and water purification equipment. The company was purchased by Keene Corporation in 1967 and McNish Corporation in 1984. The name was then changed to AmWell, a company in operation today.

A splendid, elaborate, and very informative total catalogue that is lightly rubbed along the spine with minor wear to the top edge of the rear cover else a near fine bright tight copy. Housed in a leather clamshell case with titles stamped in gilt on the front panel and spine.