Newcastle: printed by Preston & Heaton, 1821, portrait frontis (laid down on second blank), 140 pages (first two leaves blank), ex-library with stamps to title page (recto and verso), bound in library cloth. Manuscript biographical notes to first blank, press cuttings to second. Includes Martin's 'Method of Ventilating Coal-Pits', 'Scheme for Raising the Wreck of the Royal George' and 'Method of Extinguishing Fire in Ships at Sea'.