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Railway Machinery A treatise on the mechanical engineering of railways 2 volumes
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Railway Machinery A treatise on the mechanical engineering of railways 2 volumes
Railway Machinery A treatise on the mechanical engineering of railways embracing the principles and construction of rolling and fixed plant. Illustrated by a series of plates on a large scale and by numerous engravings by Daniel Kinnear Clark, Volume First - Text
Measures approx. 15 X 10 inches. Copyright MDCCCLV (1855) 335 pages indexed. BOth covers loose. Mostly text, some drawings.
DIVISION ONE
Part first: Locomotive - Historical progress of the locomotive, physiology of the locomotive, anatomy of the locomotive, tenders
Part second: Carriages and Wagons - Physiological principles, anatomy of the carrying stock
Part Third: Permanent Way
Part Fourth: Resistances of engines and trains
Part Fifth: General Conclusions and practical rules.
DIVISION TWO
Part First: Apparatus for shifting and turning rolling stock and goods (Switching, crossings, turntables, traversers, Wagon Hoists, luggage, lorries, incline gearing
Part Two: Sundry apparatus
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VOLUMES SECOND- PLATES 60 plates, 10 diagram-plates.
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