TREATISE ON RAIL-ROADS AND INTERIOR COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL

£500.00

Author: WOOD NICHOLAS
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, HURST, CHANCE AND CO., 1831
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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Description

SECOND EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY WHICH HAS BEEN REBOUND AND HAS A GLASSINE WRAPPER. CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCES OF THE DIFFERENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES AT AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE LIVERPOOL CONTEST: UPWARDS OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EXPERIMENTS: WITH TABLES OF THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF CANALS AND RAIL ROADS: AND THE POWER OF THE PRESENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES. ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.