ON THE ECONOMICAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF RAILWAYS IN COUNTRIES WHERE SMALL RETURNS ARE EXPECTED AS EXEMPLFIED BY AMERICAN PRACTICE; THE PRINCIPLES TO BE OBSERVED IN THE LAYING-OUT, CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF RAILWAYS IN NEWLY-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ON THE CONSTRUCITON OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY (ROCKY MOUNTAI DIVISION ) DURING THE SEASON OF 1884
Publication date: 1886
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
AbeBooks seller since July 2, 1996
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 85.00
Quantity: 1 available
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London 1886. first edition. Octavo. pp. 54-195 plus appendix, discussion, correspondence, 4 foldout engraved plates and 8 text woodcut illustrations. Removed from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Vol. LXXXV and rebound in later wraps. VG . no ownership marks.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- ON THE ECONOMICAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF RAILWAYS IN COUNTRIES WHERE SMALL RETURNS ARE EXPECTED AS EXEMPLFIED BY AMERICAN PRACTICE; THE PRINCIPLES TO BE OBSERVED IN THE LAYING-OUT, CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF RAILWAYS IN NEWLY-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ON THE CONSTRUCITON OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY (ROCKY MOUNTAI DIVISION ) DURING THE SEASON OF 1884
- Author
- Gordon, Robert; James Robert Mosse; Grandville Carlyle Cuningham
- Publication year
- 1886
- Condition
- VG
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since July 2, 1996
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