Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal, Conducted By Zerah Colburn. de Colburn, Zerah, 1832-1870, editor - 1867: Vol. III. From January to June 1867... [&] Vol. IV, July to December 1867.

London, Office, 37 Bedford Street, Strand, W.C., 1867. Also includes Vol. IV, July to December 1867. Zerah Colburn was an American engineer specialising in steam locomotive design as well as a technical journalist and publisher. This volume reports on and illustrates the engineering marvels of his era. It includes double-page spreads of The General Plan of the Paris Exposition; St Pancras Station, the largest single-span roof of iron; Roebling's suspension bridge at Cincinnati; 12 views of the Central Pacific line in California. New locomotives, steamships, bridges, and devices of all sorts are shown in sharp, clear engravings. Proposes a tunnel to France and other impossible ideas. Hard Cover. vii, 682; vii, 606 pages; illustrations; 34.5 cm. Very Good, rebound with new leather spine & corners. Stock#LL001/h.