Power distribution for electric railroads.
by [RAILROADS -- ELECTRICITY]. BELL, Louis
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Street Railway Publishing Co., 1897. 8vo. [8], 268 pp. With 139 text illustrations, diagrams, photos, plates. Blue-green publisher’s cloth, embossed ruling on covers, gilt lettering on spine, patterned endpapers (minor light uniform interior toning, inner hinges starting, minor tear to gutter margin of ffep.), still VG- copy, w/ ownership markings of Adolf Kuylenstjerne. First edition of this informative Victorian work on powering electric railways, trolleys, interurbans, and heavy railways. Dr. Bell (1864-1923) was an active proponent of the conversion from steam engines to electricity for railways, not only for the cost savings, but also the increased efficiencies, less maintenance, and more horsepower. See: Warren Devine, Jr., An Historical Perspective on the Value of Electricity in American Manufacturing (1982), pp. 19-20.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58530
- Title
- Power distribution for electric railroads.
- Author
- [RAILROADS -- ELECTRICITY]. BELL, Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Street Railway Publishing Co.,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1897.
- Keywords
- Railroads, Railways, Alternative Energy, Electrical Engineering, Electricity, Interurbans, Inter-Urban, Trolley, Trolleys, Electrical Power, Machinery, Engineering, Dr. Louis Bell, Technology, 19th-century Imprints, Victorian
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