[Crocker, William]:

HOW TO BURN COAL IN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.

New York: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas, 1857. Disbound, 39pp, lightly foxed. Frontis engraving of a locomotive manufactured by the Taunton Locomotive Manuf. Co., in Massachusetts. Three full-page engravings of parts of locomotive. Good+. Crocker's Preface explains his endorsement of the Dimpfel boiler, which is "adapted to the use of bituminous or anthracite coal or wood." Crocker was evidently president of the Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Co. The text provides much technical information on the functioning of locomotives. FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker, BRE, NUC. Item #16967

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