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.

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Title

The coal viewer and engine builder's practical companion (Cass library of railway classics)

Publisher

A. M. Kelley

Publication Date

1970

Language

English

ISBN 10

0678051046

ISBN 13

9780678051047

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

2nd.

Condition

Very Good

Weight

28 ounces

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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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