OIL TANK STEAMERS : THEIR WORKING AND PUMPING ARRANGEMENTS THOROUGHLY EXPLAINED
by WHITE, CAPTAIN HERBERT JOHN
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
GLASGOW, UK: JAMES BROWN & SON. BOUND IN CRISP AND CLEAN BROWN CLOTH WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES TO FRONT BOARD AND SPINE, THIS HARDCOVER 1925 THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED IS VG. V1/212pp WITH PREFACES BY AUTHOR, 43 CHAPTERS WITH NUMEROUS PHOTOS AND DIAGRAMS. A MINE OF INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF THE OIL TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY. SUBJECTS INCLUDE: TANK CLEANING, PUMPING AND PIPE LINES, FEXIBLE HOSES, FLASH POINTS, TANKER WITH ENGINES AMIDSHIPS, MEASUREMENT OF TANKS, WATER BALLASTING, ARRANGEMENT OF TANKS WITH COFFERDAMS & PUMPROOMS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF CARGO, FIRE CAUSES, HINTS ON GAS, TANK CONSTRUCTION , AND MUCH MORE . Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 1925.
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- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002200602
- Title
- OIL TANK STEAMERS : THEIR WORKING AND PUMPING ARRANGEMENTS THOROUGHLY EXPLAINED
- Author
- WHITE, CAPTAIN HERBERT JOHN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Publisher
- JAMES BROWN & SON
- Place of Publication
- GLASGOW, UK
- Date Published
- 1925
- Pages
- 212
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- OIL TANK STEAMERS" BY CAPTAIN HERBERT JOHN WHITE, 8vo HARDCOVER THIRD EDITION REVISED 1925, PUBLISHED BY JOHN BROWN & SON IN GLASGOW/. CONDITION VG
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Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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