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The coal viewer and engine builder's practical companion (Cass library of railway classics) - Hardcover
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1970 reprint (A. M. Kelley) of a 1797 treatise by John Curr who designed the first "cast iron railroad," a railway system which could accommodate flat-tire vehicles capable of being used apart from the railway. This book devotes a section to the railroad and is considered the first engineering work on railway track. The remainder of the book contains an extremely detailed description of the Newcomen pumping engine. With elaborately detailed foldout diagrams of the mechanical devices. 96 pages.
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- PublisherA. M. Kelley
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0678051046
- ISBN 13 9780678051047
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages96
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The coal viewer and engine builder's practical companion (Cass library of railway classics)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. Very good hardcover, as pictured. 1970 reprint of the 1797 second edition, with all manner of Curr's inventions and innovations in the creation of a "cast iron rail road" to accomodate vehicles capable of being used apart from the railway. It is the earliest known engineering work on railway track. This reprint is published as the Cass Library of Railway Classics No. 4. Fold out diagrams. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 225230
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The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 96pp, folding diagrams, tables, d/w sl worn at edges, previous owner's address label on half-title page. Facsimile reprint of original 1797 edition on the author's cast iron railway and Newcomen pumping engine with new introduction by Charles Lee. Seller Inventory # 009152
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