Nicholas Wood Leather 1st US Edition 1831 A Practical Treatise On Rail-Roads

Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, PA 1831.xxiii, 530 pgs. Illustrated. First US Edition Printed from the English 2nd Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown leather with marble paper covered boards. Boards have heavy shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is heavily faded, worn and chipped heavily to the crown) . No ownership marks present. Foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The First US edition printed from the 2nd English Edition of the first comprehensive book on railway engineering. A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads and Interior Communication, in which Wood analysed the various types of 'motive power' then in use: self-acting planes, fixed steam-engine planes, horses and steam locomotives. He was also invited to give evidence before committees of both houses of parliament on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill and then appointed as one of the three judges, along with John Rastrick and John Kennedy, at the subsequent Rainhill Trials of 1829. He republished his book, considerably enlarged by reports and discussion of the trials, as a second edition in 1831. A third edition appeared in 1838. Nicholas Wood Leather 1st US Edition 1831 A Practical Treatise On Rail-Roads Description Up For Sale Today is A Practical Treatise On Rail-Roads, And Interior Communications In General. Containing An Account Of The Performances Of The Different Locomotive Engines At And Subsequent To The Liverpool Contest; Upwards Of Two Hundred And Sixty Experiments; With Tables Of The Comparative Value Of Canals And Rail Roads, And The Power Of The Present Locomotive Engines. Illustrated By Numerous Engravings. by Nicholas Wood Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, PA 1831. xxiii, 530 pgs. Illustrated. First US Edition Printed from the English 2nd Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown leather with marble paper covered boards. Boards have heavy shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is heavily faded, worn and chipped heavily to the crown) . No ownership marks present. Foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The First US edition printed from the 2nd English Edition of the first comprehensive book on railway engineering. Nicholas Wood FGS FRS (24 April 1795 – 19 December 1865) was an English colliery and steam locomotive engineer. He helped engineer and design many steps forward in both engineering and mining safety, and helped bring about the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, holding the position of president from its inauguration to his death. By 1825 he had gained sufficient reputation and expertise in the design and testing of locomotives that in 1825 he was able to publish his influential book A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads and Interior Communication, in which he analysed the various types of 'motive power' then in use: self-acting planes, fixed steam-engine planes, horses and steam locomotives. He was also invited to give evidence before committees of both houses of parliament on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill and then appointed as one of the three judges, along with John Rastrick and John Kennedy, at the subsequent Rainhill Trials of 1829. He republished his book, considerably enlarged by reports and discussion of the trials, as a second edition in 1831. A third edition appeared in 1838. OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. 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