A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Formation of Railways: Containing the Most Approved Systems of Excavating, Haulage, Embanking, Permanent Waylaying, Etc. (1848)
A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Formation of Railways: Containing the Most Approved Systems of Excavating, Haulage, Embanking, Permanent Waylaying, Etc. (1848)
Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Formation of Railways: Containing the Most Approved Systems of Excavating, Haulage, Embanking, Permanent Waylaying, &C. &C.; Also, the Method of Estimating the Gross Load and Useful Effect Produced by Mechanical or Other Motive Power Upon a Level, and Upon Any Inclination The object of this Work is to give a practical exposition of that now popular and all-important subject, railways, a medium of internal communi cation which has been brought so rapidly forward to ...
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Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Formation of Railways: Containing the Most Approved Systems of Excavating, Haulage, Embanking, Permanent Waylaying, &C. &C.; Also, the Method of Estimating the Gross Load and Useful Effect Produced by Mechanical or Other Motive Power Upon a Level, and Upon Any Inclination The object of this Work is to give a practical exposition of that now popular and all-important subject, railways, a medium of internal communi cation which has been brought so rapidly forward to its present comparative state of perfection by the united efforts of the British nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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1848, John Weale and Simpkin, Marshall and Company
Publisher:
John Weale and Simpkin, Marshall and Company
Published:
1848
Language:
English
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Good. No Jacket as Issued. Book Third Edition, 1848. Subtitled: "Also the Method of Estimating the Gross Load and Useful Effect Produced by Mechanical or Other Motive Power Upon a Level, and Upon any Inclination". Solidly bound in original green cloth with gold titles. The binding has chipping and slight slant at spine head and edge wear. The contents include "diagrams" and "comprehensive earthwork tables" in nine chapters. The pages show light penciling, smudging and creasing. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York (Astor Place). There is a handwritten number and Mercantile Library stamp on the title page and some of the internal pages and spots of glue residue on the endpapers. There are no other indications of the library's ownership.
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