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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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