Trade Catalog Mining (1 results)

First edition. Oblong quarto (12 x 9 1/4 inches). [40] pp. and with numerous very high quality engravings of men and machinery throughout. Publisher's pale yellow wrappers with the front cover bearing an image of en working a mine and the back with an image of a rock drill. Very old central fold (perhaps for mailing), front cover with three old and small taper repairs. A very clean copy of this scarce trade catalog. OCLC only locates one copy.The Rand Drill Company, established in the 1870s by brothers Jasper and Addison Rand and the first to see the benefits of Ingersoll's pneumatic drill, became a significant name in the development and manufacturing of pneumatic drills and other mining equipment. Simon Ingersoll was an American inventor who created the steam-powered percussion rock drill, which replaced the hand drill and was a major advancement in the mining and construction industries. Simon Ingersoll founded Ingersoll Rock Drill Company in 1871 in New York, and in 1888, it combined with Sergeant Drill to form Ingersoll Sergeant Drill Company. In 1905, Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company merged with the Rand Drill Company to form the mega-corporation Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll himself died penniless.