First published in London by John Williams, Library of Science and Art, in 1837. xxxii, 108 p. + plates. 29 cm. 65 + 12 b&w plates at rear, many of which fold out.Blue cloth with brown and gold plate. A collection of working plans and practical details of construction in the public works of the most celebrated engineers, comprising tunnels and tunnel fronts - turnpike road bridges - occupation bridges in embankments and in cuttings - ornamental bridges, with various designs for iron rails and framing - viaducts of several descriptions - retaining walls - culverts - sidings - cuttings and embankments - permanent ways - chairs, blocks, &c. - cuttings in rock, and undersetting - aqueducts - turn-tables - cranes, and railway depots, with sheds, &c. on the several railways, canals, and other public works throughout the kingdom; as the London and Birmingham - Great Western - Greenwich - Midland Counties - North Union - Leeds and Selby - Grand Junction - Slamannan, and Wishaw and Coltness Railways; and the Elegant Aqueduct of the Lancaster Canal, over the River Lune.

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Titel

Railway Practice. First Series. A Reproduction of the Copy in the British Library

Verlag

Archival Facsimiles Limited, Alburgh

Ver�ffentlichungsdatum

1987

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

1852970138

ISBN-13

9781852970130

Bindung

Hardcover

Zustand

Near fine

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140pp + 63 plates + 15 pull-out charts, 280 x 225mm Only 12 years after the inaugural run of Stephenson s No 1 Locomotion this volume, describing the development of the railways, first appeared in print. It covers bridge and viaduct construction and is extensively illustrated with 78 plates

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