The Young Steam Engineers Guide Containing An Investigation Of The Principles Construction And

by Oliver Evans

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2 engraved plates. xii,73, 3 , 83 -139pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, joints cracked but cords holding. Bookplate removed from front pastedown with staining. Rink 2939; Shaw & Shoemaker 6266, 8410; Thomson 17; Hindle, p. 66. Item #369346 Evans was the first American to build steam engines. He was a pioneer in steam engine design, and this book describes his ideas in the early stages of this important 19th-century industry. The plates

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