NOBEL OIL COMPANY -- DVADTSATIPIATILETIE TOVARISHCHESTVA NEFTIANOGO PROIZVODSTVA BR. NOBEL 1879-1904.
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(TWENTY-FIVE YEAR JUBILEE OF THE BROTHERS NOBEL OIL COMPANY 1879-1904.) ST. PETERSBURG: R. GOLIKE AND A. VIL'BORG, 1904. Two color-printed maps, one large folded in its pocket. 22 plates on thick paper with tissue guards. Original two-tone green cloth, ca 322 x 240 mm. Dedication in ink from Emanuel Nobel to Sven Almqvist.
Generally good condition, some scuffing to the spine and some dent marks around the edges. Two color crayon marks to the back side.
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Engineer Sven A Almqvist
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The receiver of the book, Sven A Almqvist (1840-1931), was one of the most influential engineers and constructors of his time and had an important role in the regeneration of the Swedish commercial and military fleet. As head of the design office at Motala mekaniska Verkstad (Motala engineering company) he had many dealings with the Nobel companies in Russia. Amongst the projects he designed and built in 1878, together with Ludvig Nobel (father of Emanuel and brother to Alfred and Robert) the world’s first oil tanker, Zoroaster.