Farm Engines and How to Run Them
by Stephenson, James H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co. 1910, 2nd edition. (hardcover) 243pp + adverts. Very good. 12mo. Dark-red cloth boards, lettering in black to spine and top board. Simple single-rule boarder blindstamped to top board. Light rubbing to cloth. Spine lightly sunned. Internally bright, tight and clean. B&W diagrams, illus. Full title: "Farm Engines and How to Run Them; the Young Engineer's Guide; A simple, practical hand book, for experts as well as for amateurs, fully describing every part of an engine and boiler, giving full directions for the safe and economical management of both; also, several hundred questions and answers often given in examinations for an engineer's license, and chapters on farm engine economy, with special attention to traction and gasoline farm engines, and a chapter on the Science of Successful Threshing..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121042
- Title
- Farm Engines and How to Run Them
- Author
- Stephenson, James H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick J. Drake & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Keywords
- Farming, Engineering, Farm Implements, Steam Engine
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
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Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.