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A treatise upon elemental locomotion, and interior communication : wherein are explained and illustrated, the history, practice, and prospects of steam carriages, and the comparative value of turnpike roads, railways, and canals : with plates and an appendix / by Alexander Gordon.

LIBRA 621.1 G654
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gordon, Alexander, 1802-1868.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Transportation.
Steam-carriages.
Roads.
Railroads--Early works to 1850.
Railroads.
Physical Description:
xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 344 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; cm
Edition:
Third edition, containing a supplement wherein are given rules and tables, and the description of an improved road-surveying instrument for determining the comparative values of different roads.
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for T. Tegg & Son, 1836.
Notes:
Goldsmiths' Library's copy imperfect: p. iv-vii wanting.
OCLC:
17430655

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