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Haldane, J. W. C : Steamships and Their Machinery, from First to Last: With Many Plates and Other Illustrations

E. and F. N. Spon, London, England, 1893

Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. 6 3/4" x 8 3/4." 532 pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations, complete. Thirty-four additional pages of advertisements for books on similar subjects in the back. Index also in the back. Former owner's signature handwritten in black ink on front free endpaper: "Triste S. Brinton[?]." Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Chip in lower-right corner of front free endpaper. The last two leaves are loose, which includes the back free endpaper and two pages of ads. Slight wear to the head of the spine. There is a split along the front joint measuring about 1 1/2" from the bottom. Excerpt from the Preface: "The very high appreciation of my book on 'Civil and Mechanical Engineering' by readers of all classes has encouraged me to prepare another upon 'Steamships and their Machinery, from First to Last.' This treatise is based upon the Author's practice, since 1852, in the Works of Messrs. Denny, Neilson & Co., and Tod & Macgregor, of the Clyde, and Laird Brothers, of Birkenhead, etc.; also as a Consulting Engineer since 1873. Its object has been to describe in a simple, unconventional, and readable manner, the latest phases of Marine Engineering and its surroundings in all departments. Its contents, therefore, include chapters upon Works and their Machinery--Shipbuilding--Design and Construction of Engines and Boilers: also Auxiliaries for hoisting, steering, refrigerating, electric lighting, etc. Chapter XXIX contains a sketch of life on board an ocean racer while 'Breaking the Record,' and other Notes; and Chapter XXX a few concluding remarks of a general character.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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