Railroad Curves and Earthwork
by Allen, Frank C
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- Hardcover
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York and London: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. NONE [NONE] 1951, 7th edition, revised. (hardcover) xiii, 235, diagrams (4). Very good. 16mo. Written specifically for engineering students, this has been used as a reference by many civil engineers in practice. Railroads, curves, turnouts, earthwork. Published in 1931, this is the seventh edition, revised, reprinted in 1951. Black leather or possibly faux, gilt title stamped to spine. Light wear. Stained edges. While there is a name penned (neat and small) to the front free endpaper, else is clean and bright. Very nice copy of this claasic work. C. Frank Allen, S. B. Member of the Society of Civil Engineers Professor of Railroad Engineering in the Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology..
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- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130214
- Title
- Railroad Curves and Earthwork
- Author
- Allen, Frank C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. NONE
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Keywords
- Railroads, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Railways
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