A Brief Sketch Of The Plan And Advantages Of A Sectional Floating Dry Dock Combined With A Permanent

by Burgess Dodge Moody Dakin

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New York: Jared W. Bell, 1844. Large folding lithograph broadside, 17.5 x 31 ; original yellow printed covers present but separated, lacking the 32 pages of text originally bound with; waterstains, covers soiled and chipped, a couple small closed tears at folds, but otherwise sound. 4 copies in OCLC From an article in the Mechanics Magazine: The operation of the whole is as follows: - The sections of the dock are hauled out into the river, and water let into

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