AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN RAILWAY PRACTICE IN THE ECONOMICAL GENERATION OF STEAM, INCLUDING THE MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION OF COAL-BURNING BOILERS, COMBUSTION, THE VARIABLE BLAST; VAPORIZATION, CIRCULATION, SUPERHEATING, SUPPLYING AND HEATING FEED WATER, ETC., AND THE ADAPTATION OF WOOD AND COKE-BURNING ENGINES TO COAL-BURNING; AND IN PERMANENT WAY INCLUDING ROAD-BED, SLOEEPERS, RAILS, JOINT FASTENINGS, STREET RAILWAYS, ETC., ETC. WITH SEVENTY-SEVEN PLATES, ENGRAVED BY J. BIEN.
New York: D. Van Nostrand. London: Sampson Low. . . 1861. Folio, original publisher's cloth, stamped in blind. Faded gilt spine title. Illustration frontis, unpaginated full-page plates 14, [xiii]-xiv, [15]-192 numbered pages, plus plates as issued. with occasional pagination errors. Owner identification stamp on title page. Very Good. Item #40999
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