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Clark, D. Kinnear : An Elementary Treatise on Steam and the Steam-Engine, Stationary and Portable (Being an Extension of the Elementary Treatise on Steam of Mr. John Sewell); With Numerous Illustrations

Crosby Lockwood and Company, London, England, 1879

Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover. Impressed lettering and decorations on front cover. 4 1/4" x 7." 344 pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations, complete. Thirty-two additional pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Front and back endpapers also have ads printed on them. A couple former owners' inscriptions handwritten in black ink are in the top margin by "Jenkin Reese" and "E. J. Lowes." Pages are very clean and intact. Cracking along the spine. Covers are clean and intact overall but there is glue repair at the spine. Excerpt from the Preface: "Much of what was, in the original book ... has been replaced by matter more directly interesting to the steam-engineer. The mechanical theory of heat is explained and exemplified, and the heat of combustion is given for various combustibles. An extended notice of peat as fuel has been supplied; and new chapters on steam, steam-boilers, and stationary and portable steam-engines added. ... The compound engine is also discussed, in addition to the various classes of single-cylinder engines; and the most recent recorded performances of portable engines are presented to the reader, together with a summary amount of that nearly forgotten class of labouring machines--the traction-engine.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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