Norris's hand-book for locomotive engineers and machinists
de NORRIS, Septimus
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
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1864 Civil War RAILROAD Locomotive Engineer Norris Steam Engine Illustrated
A rare 1864 printing of 'Norris's Hand-book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists' by Septimus Norris with help from his brother William Norris who was the first to build a locomotive in America and the first engineer to attempt to surmount the Inclined Plane across the Schuylkill. Norris wrote this work as a teaching manual to all those who would be interested in the science of mechanics. He discusses:
· Areas of Circles, Diameters, and Circumferences
· Boiler Locomotive
· Elasticity of Cast Iron and Wrought
· Conic Sections
· Rods, Cylinders, and Valves of Locomotives
· Feed Pumps of Locomotives
· Fractional Parts of an Inch
· Friction
· Levers
· Railways
· Safety Valves
· Steam Engine
· And more!
This 1864 edition includes two full page engraved illustrations of a locomotive bullt by the Amoskeac Manufacturing Company and a locomotive built by the Norris brothers for the Syracuse and Utica railroads and numerous mathematical tables throughout!
Item number: #9356
Price: $499
NORRIS, Septimus
Norris's hand-book for locomotive engineers and machinists
Philadelphia: H.C. Baird, 1864.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 302, [27]
o Intext illustrations throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 12.5cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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- Librería
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 9356
- Título
- Norris's hand-book for locomotive engineers and machinists
- Autor
- NORRIS, Septimus
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth; tight and secure
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- H.C. Baird
- Lugar de publicación
- Philadelphia
- Fecha de publicación
- 1864
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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- 1864 Civil War RAILROAD Locomotive Engineer Norris Steam Engine Illustratedrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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