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Everds, John The Spectacular Trains; A History of Rail Transportation Northbrook, Illinois, USA Hubbard Press 1973 0833100181 / 9780833100184 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket Ex-Library John Everds PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATIONS "As early as 1705 Thomas Newcomen, a blacksmith from Dartmouth, England, built a stationary steam engine to pump water from coal mines. The Scottish engineer, James Watt, greatly improved on Newcomen's design in 1769. He fitted the engine with a cylinder and steam was injected into the cylinder to drive a wheel. In the same year [1769] in France Captain Nicholas Cugnot constructed the FIRST steam-powered vehicle to travel on land.... Richard Trevithick, produced the FIRST steam locomotive to ride on rails. His locomotive, Newcastle, built in 1805, was the FIRST to have wheels flanged on the inside to cling to rails..." Very good black color pictorial hardcover. Slight wear, usual ex-library markings, stamps, labels. 1973, 4to, 64pp. Price:
6.49 CAD
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Everds, John The Spectacular Trains; A History of Rail Transportation Northbrook, Illinois, USA Hubbard Press 1973 0833100181 / 9780833100184 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Fair Ex-Library John Everds PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATIONS "As early as 1705 Thomas Newcomen, a blacksmith from Dartmouth, England, built a stationary steam engine to pump water from coal mines. The Scottish engineer, James Watt, greatly improved on Newcomen's design in 1769. He fitted the engine with a cylinder and steam was injected into the cylinder to drive a wheel. In the same year [1769] in France Captain Nicholas Cugnot constructed the FIRST steam-powered vehicle to travel on land.... Richard Trevithick, produced the FIRST steam locomotive to ride on rails. His locomotive, Newcastle, built in 1805, was the FIRST to have wheels flanged on the inside to cling to rails..." Very good black color pictorial hardcover. Some wear, ex-library markings. Mylar jacket cover 64pp. Price:
13.95 CAD
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