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Signal Book United States Army, 1916

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1916

Seller ID: 2280073

Binding: Small Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Ink stamp on front wrapper, ink name and pencil name on front flyleaf, ink crossover on front wrapper verso, front hinge starting, faint stain to top page corner of pages 23-38. 1916 Small Softcover. 64 pp. Personal copy of Camp Lee soldier Candidate F.H. Kelly, 35th Company, 7th Bn. Central Officer's Training School, Camp Lee, Virginia. A U.S. Army handbook on Morse Code and signaling.
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Technical Manual Electrical Fundamentals (War Department TM 1-455)

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1941

Seller ID: 2287626

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Ink name on front wrapper, minor water damage. 1941 Soft Cover. 155 pp. CONTENTS: Electrical Energy; Batteries; Solution of Circuits; Magnetism; Alternating Current; Inductance; Capacitance; Power Equipment; Electrical Measuring Instruments; Appendix I. Electrical Symbols; Appendix II. Summary of Formulas; Appendix III. Mathematical Table of Squares and Square Roots; Appendix IV. Glossary.
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Technical Manual Hand, Measuring, and Power Tools, May 26, 1941 (War Department TM 10-590)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1941

Seller ID: 2287627

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Minor water damage. 1941 Soft Cover. 120 pp. CONTENTS: Section I. General: Employment. Section II. Use and Care of Hand Tools: Hammers; Screw Drivers; Shears, Pliers, and Nippers; Wrenches; Holding Devices; Files and Filing; Hacksaws; Punches and Punching; Chisels and Chipping; Drills and Drilling; Grinding and Sharpening Drills; Counterboring and Counterskinking; Reamers and Reaming; Threads, Taps, and Dies; Threads; Use of Taps; Tapping; Use of Dies; Cutting and Threading Pipe; Driving Rivets; Scrapers. Section III. Use and Care of Measuring Tools: Rules and Scales; Scribers; Squares; Calipe...
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Technical Manual Aircraft Engine Operation and Test (War Department TM 1-408)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1940

Seller ID: 2287634

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

A nice copy. 1940 Stapled Binding. 62 pp. CONTENTS: Control Systems; Operation; Testing; Troubles; Storage and Shipment.
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Supplement Technical Manual Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment, August 1, 1942 (Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, Supplement No. 1, TM 1-411)

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Knollwood Field, N.C., Headquarters, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command: 1942

Seller ID: 2287638

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Ink name on front wrapper, front wrapper faintly foxed. 1942 Stapled Binding. 12 pp. CONTENTS: Master Cylinder Hydraulic Brake Systems.
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Technical Manual Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment, October 20, 1941 (War Department TM 1-411); Plus Supplement No. 1

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1941

Seller ID: 2287637

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Ink name on front wrapper of both volumes, page ridges lightly foxed on Technical Manual Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment, October 20, 1941.. 106; 12 pp. 2 volume set. CONTENTS: Hydraulic Principles; Hydraulic System Units; Airplane Hydraulic Systems; Inspection of Hydraulic Systems; Gases; Fire-Extinguishing Equipment; Flotation Equipment; Oxygen Equipment; Ice Eliminating Equipment; Heating and Ventilating Equipment; Aircraft Parachute Flare; Index. SUPPLEMENT CONTENTS: Master Cylinder Hydraulic Brake Systems.
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Official Guide Book of the Fair, 1933

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, A Century of Progress: 1933

Seller ID: 2298323

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Spine and front wrapper lightly creased, half inch tear along spine base, ink notes on rear of fold-out map. 1933 Soft Cover. 194 pp. Fold-out map, color ads for Firestone and Kraft. CONTENTS: Map of Grounds; Foreword; View of Fair Grounds; Your Book of the Fair; Theme of Fair in Science; A Brief History of a Century of Progress; The Symbol of Arcturus; The Basic Sciences; From Wagons to Wings--Transportation; The Servant that Has Transformed the World--Electricity; Radio and Communications Building and Garden; The Stirring Story of Mankind's Rise--Social Science; Beautiful Homes; The Drama of...
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Fundamentals of Aerodynamics (McGraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering)

By: Anderson, John D., Jr.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill, Inc.: 1991

Seller ID: 2307537

ISBN: 0070016798

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Second edition. No jacket. Ink note on front paste-down endpaper. 1991 Hard Cover. xix, 772 pp. This edition substantially expands the coverage of Viscous Flow and makes the new edition more well-rounded in that the material can now be used not only for standard incompressible and compressible flow courses, but also for courses that emphasize viscous flow. The Second Edition also contains new homework problems, worked examples, expanded coverage of Hypersonic Flow, and other updates throughout.'
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An Introduction to Aerospace Propulsion

By: Archer, R. Douglas; Saarlas, Maido

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New Jersey, Prentice Hall: 1996

Seller ID: 2307535

ISBN: 0131204963

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. No jacket. A very nice copy. 1996 Hard Cover. xvii, 582 pp. A textbook for a two-semester first course in propulsion for engineering majors. Assumes a background in fluid mechanics, including elementary boundary layer theory and thermodynamics; an appendix reviews the necessary one-dimensional steady-flow gas dynamic equations for a perfect gas. Covers the entire range of propulsion systems used in aeronautics and aerospace from piston engines and propellers to rockets. A chapter also considers environmental impacts.
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The Anatomy & Development of the Sports Prototype Racing Car

By: Bamsey, Ian

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Motorbooks International: 1991

Seller ID: 2200667

ISBN: 0879385863

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Minor wear to jacket corners, sticker ghost on rear jacket corner. 1991 Hard Cover. 218 pp. 8vo.Bamsey has tackled this subject with clarity and expertise to reveal fully the technical development of today's World Sports Car Championship contenders. Historical introduction to revolutionary technology design to achieve undreamed-of maximum speeds. New possibilities for increased aerodynamic performance are described and analysed in detail. AND in-depth study of WSCC structural technology and concludes with an introduction to the 3.5 ATMO regulations.
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Putnam's Automobile Handbook: The Care and Management of the Modern Motor-Car

By: Brokaw, H. Clifford; Starr, Charles A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1918

Seller ID: 2292773

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Spine very slightly faded with minimal loss of gilt. 1918 Hard Cover. xiii, 348 pp. CONTENTS: What to do on purchasing a car; Some things to avoid; What an automobile is; What makes the engine go; Equipment and accessories; If well slicked the engine runs; Where lubrication is neglected; Sometimes the car smokes; The carburetor and its failings; Getting the most out of a gallon of gas; Things which make gas bills high; Care of the Tires; Skidding may be minimized; Can't-slip Heels lessen skidding; Avoid newly oiled roads; Watch your brakes; Why the auto steers easily; The elusiv...
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Spanning the Gate: The Golden Gate Bridge

By: Cassady, Stephen

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Mill Valley, California, Squarebooks: 1986

Seller ID: 2295901

ISBN: 0916290360

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Revised edition. A very nice copy. 1986 Large Softcover. 133 pp. The Golden Gate Bridge should never have been built. The waters at the ocean entrance to San Francisco Bay were too menacing; the Gate was too wide to be spanned by a suspension bridge; the costs of so ambitious a project were too high for an economy in the midst of Depression. But impossible odds are fuel for the determination of a visionary engineer like Joseph Strauss, and danger is no more than a welcome companion to the steel-nerved bridgemen who willingly risk their lives to turn dreams such as his into reality. In 1916, th...
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Automatic Train Control Bulletin No. 8: Description of Continuous Inductive Train Control Systems of the Union Switch and Signal Company

By: Committee on Automatic Train Control, American Railway Assocaition

Price: $20.00

Publisher: ., Committee on Automatic Train Control, American Railway Assocaition: 1931

Seller ID: 1826230

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Lightly rubbed. 1931 Trade Paperback. 218 pp. Original wrappers. In-depth description of the devices used by the Union Switch & Signal Company, part of a series released by the American Railway Association. Includes photographs, diagrams, and detailed charts regarding locomotives, gasoline electric motor cars, engine circuits, related apparatus, and signals, with descriptions of over a dozen railroad routes throughout the United States.
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The Curtiss Standard JN4-D Military Tractor Handbook

By: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation

Price: $195.00

Publisher: Buffalo, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation: 1918

Seller ID: 2198471

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Fold-out diagrams included. Faintly stained along spine, owner bookplate on front endpaper, first plate and adjacent page foxed, illustration of airplane affixed to title page. 1918 Hard Cover. 72 pp. A handbook of the workings of the Curtiss Standard JN4-D Military Tractor. Contents include specifications, examination of parts, general construction, flying, landing, tables, and more. Black and white illustrations included.
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Deschanel's Natural Philosophy, Part I: Mechanics, Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics

By: Deschanel, A. Privat; Everett, J.D.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company: 1883

Seller ID: 2267138

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Edges lightly rubbed, front wrapper creased, ink name and date on front endpaper, light pencil marginalia throughout text, pages faintly toned. 1883 Soft Cover. xii, 256 pp. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy. Illustrated by 180 engravings on wood, and one colored plate. CONTENTS: Introductory; First Principles on Dynamics, Statics; Gravity; The Mechanical Powers; The Balance; First Principles of Kinetics; Laws of Falling Bodies; The Pendulum; Energy; Elasticity; Friction; Hydrostatics; Principle of Archimedes; Density and its Determination; Vessels in Communication. Levels.; Capillarit...
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L'Encyclopedie De Diderot Et D'Alembert (Recueil De Planches, Sur les Sciences, Les Arts Liberaux, Et Les Arts Mechaniques, Avec Leur Explication)

By: Diderot, Denis; Veyrier, Henri

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Paris, Henri Veyrier: 1965

Seller ID: 2290882

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Single faint spine crease, wrappers lightly soiled. 1965 Large Softcover. 15 x 10. This particular volume, featuring hundreds of detailed technical drawings, deals with various forms of industry, from tanneries to textiles. It details specifics of setup, equipment, uses, etc. of looms, mills, and other industrial subjects. Includes many fold-out illustrations. Encyclopdie, ou dictionnaire raisonn des sciences, des arts et des mtiers (English: Encyclopedia, or a systematic dictionary of the sciences, arts, and crafts) was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with la...
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Analysis of Aircraft Structures: An Introduction (McGraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering)

By: Donaldson, Bruce K.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill: 1993

Seller ID: 2307541

ISBN: 007017539X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Third printing No jacket. Ink note on front free endpaper. 1993 Hard Cover. xl, 935 pp. The purpose of this text is to provide clear instruction in the fundamental concepts of the theory of structural analysis as applied to vehicular structures such as aircraft, automobiles, ships and spacecraft. It employs three strategies to achieve clarity of presentation all approximations are fully explained, many important concepts are repeated, only essential introductory topics are covered.
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American, British and Continental Pepperbox Firearms

By: Dunlap, Jack

Price: $60.00

Publisher: California, H. J. Dunlap: 1964

Seller ID: 2308221

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed by author with inscription. No jacket. Boards lightly soiled, a few light spots on page ridges, author blurb taped to front paste-down endpaper. 1964 Large Hardcover. 279 pp. CONTENTS: Pepperbox Firearms, a Briefing; The Flintlock Pepperbox; The Darling Pepperbox; The Budding Pepperbox; Rigby Type Pepperboxes; British Shotgun Hammer Pepperboxes; The Allen Pepperbox; Other American Percussion Pepperboxes; British Bar Hammer Pepperboxes; British Pepperboxes by J. R. Cooper; Pepperboxes of Continental Europe; The Sharps Pepperbox; Other American Cartridge Pepperboxes; Lancaster Patent Pist...
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Automotive Encyclopedia: Fundamental Principles, Operation, Construction, Service, and Repair (Instructor's Manual)

By: Gauthier, W. Scott

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tinley Park, Illinois, The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.: 1995

Seller ID: 2295099

ISBN: 156637152X

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Ink stamp on front wrapper verso, a few pages loose but included. 1995 Large Softcover. 346 pp. Automotive Encyclopedia is a complete automotive library in one easy-to-understand volume. In addition to exploring the many sciences involved in vehicle operation, electricity and electronics, hydraulics, pneumatics, etc.this comprehensive textbook details the design, operation, diagnosis, service, and repair of today's cars and light trucks. Automotive Encyclopedias concise presentation gives students a thorough understanding of automotive technology, service, and repair without overwhelming them ...
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Gilbert Weather Bureau (Meteorology) for Boys

By: Gilbert, Alfred C. [Carlton]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Haven, Conn., The A.C. Gilbert Company: 1920

Seller ID: 2308486

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Boards lightly soiled, ink name on front endpaper. 1920 Hard Cover. 84 pp. One of a series of works encouraging young boys to explore engineering, machinery, and science, published by the company famous for the Erector Set. Written by the company's co-founder Alfred Carlton Gilbert, who invented the Erector Set. Each of these books was marketed along with a kit made by A.C. Gilbert Company.
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Steam Generation Steps Ahead

By: Gould, G.B.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Fuel Engineering Company of New York / The Marchbanks Press: 1930

Seller ID: 2289753

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Boards lightly soiled, a few pencil marks on front endpaper and margin of a few pages. 1930 Hard Cover. 102 pp. CONTENTS: Advancing Standards in Steam Generation; RELATION OF PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION TO THE COAL MARKET: Predicting Clinker Trouble; Equipment and Operation Limit Coal Buying; Necessity of Knowing One's Exact Requirements; Elastic Methods and Standards; IMPORTANCE OF SEPARATELY APPRAISING PLANT PERFORMANCE AND COAL VALUES: Conflicting Methods of Coal Valuation; Plant Performance -- the Concealed Influence; Heat Balance Reveals the Truth; COAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH MAY MODIFY PLA...
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz: A Biography

By: Hammond, John Winthrop

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, The Century Co.: 1924

Seller ID: 2306370

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. No jacket. Spine very lightly toned, page ridges very faintly foxed, ink gift note on front free endpaper. 1924 Hard Cover. xi, 489 pp. Steinmetz's work with alternating current influenced use of electric power in the U.S., and electric motors. Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz, April 9, 1865 October 26, 1923) was a German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulatin...
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Up the Infinite Corridor: MIT and the Technical Imagination

By: Hapgood, Fred

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co: 1993

Seller ID: 2203076

ISBN: 0201082934

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A very nice copy. 1993 Hard Cover. xii, 203 pp. In Up the Infinite Corridor, Fred Hapgood explores the mental landscape of engineering a style of thought, a mode of operation, a particular form of creativity that increasingly defines the trajectory of modern life. With the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as his point of reference, Hapgood traces the emergence of the profession from its mud-on-the-boots days preoccupied with canals and roads to its present absorption with cyber-space and micromachines. He also shows the evolution in how engineers are trained, from the appre...
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Endless Voices: The Story of Rochester Tel [Telephone]

By: Howe, F.L.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Rochester, Rochester Telephone Corporation: 1992

Seller ID: 2277938

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Lacks jacket. 1992 Hard Cover. A history of the telephone in Rochester, from the very first phone installation to the modern network.
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A Review of the Report upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River; upon the Protection of the Alluvial Region against Overflow; and upon the Deepening of the Mouths; Based upon Surveys and Investigations Made Under Acts of Congress

By: Humphreys, A.A.; Abbot, H.L.; Abbot, Edwin Hale

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Crosby and Nichols: 1862

Seller ID: 2007202

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First edition - a paperback original. Wrappers lightly toned. 1862 Trade Paperback. 42 pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. A study of characteristics of the Mississippi River related to flooding and flood protection, printed during the American Civil War.
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Model Changes War Style (Blueprint for Victory)

By: Hunt, O.E.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Detroit, Michigan, Department of Public Relations General Motors: 1942

Seller ID: 2206686

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

No publisher date (circa 1940's), edges very minimally rubbed, top page corners very lightly bumped, pencil number to title page. 1942 Stapled Binding. 23 pp. Based on an informal talk by O.E. Hunt, Engineer, General Motors Corporation, at meeting of Automotive Council for War Production, Detroit, Michigan, January 24, 1942.
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The Compleat Collier: Or, The Whole Art of Sinking, Getting, and Working, Coal-Mines, &c. as is now used in the Northern Parts, Especially about Sunderland and New-Castle.

By: J.C.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Wigan, Lancashire, Picks Publishing: 1990

Seller ID: 2203518

ISBN: 0951684310

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

1990 printing of the 1968 third edition. iv, 48 pp. 1990 reissue of the work originally published in 1708. Illustrated with reproductions of engravings throughout.
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Bridges, Canals & Tunnels: The Engineering Conquest of America (The Smithsonian Library)

By: Jacobs, David; Neville, Anthony E.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, American Heritage: 1968

Seller ID: 2262156

ISBN: 0442040407

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

No jacket, endpapers very faintly toned. 1968 Hard Cover. 159 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Heyday of the Canals; Timber Spans and Iron Horses; The Importance of Being Level; And Then Came Steel; The Suspension Spectacle; Portfolio: The Brooklyn Bridge; A Great Time for Doing; In the Age of the Automobile; Appendix: Chronology, Mr. Beach's Pneumatic Secret, The Essentials of Bridge Building, Cause for Celebration, A History in Song, Further Reading, Index.
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Marine Engine and Fire Room Guide

By: Jacobs, Robert H.; Cady, E.L.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Cornell Maritime Press: 1943

Seller ID: 2287391

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

One inch by half inch chip to jacket spine base, multiple tears and chips to jacket edges. 1943 Hard Cover. xii, 740 pp. Includes 242 illustrations. Complete, basic handbook and textbook for the unlicensed personnel of the engine department. An enumeration of the duties of each man and what he is expected to know is followed by discussions on piping, valves, packing, bearings, lubrication, temperature and pressure control equipment.
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Thermodynamic Properties of Steam, Including Data for the Liquid and Solid Phases

By: Keenan, Joseph H.; Keyes, Frederick G.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: 1948

Seller ID: 2308551

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Bookplate ghosting on front endpapers. 1948 Large Hardcover. 89 pp. Rear pocket includes fold-out chart. CONTENTS: Introduction; Bibliography; Symbols Used in Tables: Table 1. Saturation: Temperatures; Table 2. Saturation: Pressures; Table 3. Superheated Vapor; Table 4. Compressed Liquid; Table 5. Saturation: Solid-Vapor; Table 6: Viscosity; Table 7. Heat Conductivity; Table 8. Conversion Factors; Table 9. Thermometer Calibration Formulas; Table 10. Logarithms to the Base 10; Table 11. Logarithms to the Base e.
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