Steaming up!: The Autobiography of Samuel M. Vauclain Tapa dura - 1973

Golden West Books, January 1981. Hardcover. Used - Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed.

Golden West Books, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Golden West Books, 1973. Hardcover. Good.

San Marino, Calif.: Golden West Books. AN/NF. 1981. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 0870950444 . Tiny bit of edgewear to dustjacket ; Otherwise like new ; 320 p. .

USA: Golden West, 1981. 1st Edition-3rd Impression . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 319 pages b/w photos - Samuel Matthews Vauclain (May 18, 1856 - February 4, 1940) was an American engineer, inventor of the Vauclain compound locomotive, and president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. He was awarded the John Scott Award and the Elliott Cresson Medal by The Franklin Institute in 1891. He was also awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for arming the United States Army during World War I. Vauclain served an apprenticeship in the machine shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad. When he was 24, he was sent to inspect locomotives at the Baldwin Locomotive Works. In those days, machining was a manual job with the machining done by hammers, files and chisels with the mens' own hands. Vauclain's hands were left in a permanent clutching position from endless hours of chipping and filing metal. He became general foreman of Baldwin's 17th Street Shops in 1883, and quickly moved up through the company, as… Leer más

San Marino: Golden West Books, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Frontis., 320 pp., illus. Reprint of the 1930 edition. Previous owner's label on top of title-page; price-clipped dustjacket has some edgewear and some mild soiling on rear panel. Book is crisp and tight. A very nice copy.