THE PERMANENT WAY AND COAL-BURNING LOCOMOTIVE BOILERS OF EUROPEAN RAILWAYS; A COMPARISON OF THE WORKING ECONOMY OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN LINES, AND THE PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH IMPROVEMENT MUST PROCEED. WITH FIFTY-ONE ENGRAVED PLATES BY J. BIEN.
New York: Holley & Colburn, 1858. Folio. Bound in attractive modern half brown morocco. Frontis engraving of coal-burning passenger engine; xxiii, Railway Map of Great Britain, 168pp, followed by 49 full-page plates. Fine. "The substance of this work was first undertaken as a private report to a few railway companies..... More
