Item #40769 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. Zerah Colburn, Alexander Holley.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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. On its completion the authors were requested to publish it. Before publication it was re-written and extended. A work of obvious importance" [Charles Wood, Catalog 43, Lot 481].
OCLC records ten locations under several accession numbers as of March 2025. Item #40769

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