Development of the locomotive engine  -  Sinclair, Angus

a history of the growth of the locomotive from its most elementary form, showing the gradual steps made toward the developed engine, with biographical sketches of the eminent engineers and inventors who nursed it on its way to the perfected form today ...

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KORTE INHOUD

First published in 1907, this work remains the best single source on the development of steam locomotives for those interested in their inner workings and technical specifications. Most of the more recent offerings on the subject are primarily nostalgic picture books celebrating the outward design of the great engines of the past. Sinclair spent half a lifetime operating locomotives before beginning a new career as a railway journalist which brought him in contact with the prime movers of the golden age of ...
1970 Taal: Engels zie alle details...
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Non-fictie > Vervoer en transport >> Trein, tram, bus

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1970 Uitgever: M.I.T. Press 708 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0262190680 ISBN-13: 9780262190688