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Norris's Hand-Book For Locomotive Engineers and Machinists

by Norris, Septimus

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Norris's hand-book for locomotive engineers and machinists

by NORRIS, Septimus

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Used - Near Fine

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1864

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Cloth; tight and secure

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Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books

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1864 Civil War RAILROAD Locomotive Engineer Norris Steam Engine Illustrated A rare 1864 printing of 'Norris's Hand-book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists' by Septimus Norris with help from his brother William Norris who was the first to build a locomotive in America and the first engineer to attempt to surmount the Inclined Plane across the Schuylkill. Norris wrote this work as… Read more about this item

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NORRIS'S HAND-BOOK FOR LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS: COMPRISING THE PROPORTIONS AND CALCULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING LOCOMOTIVES, MANNER OF SETTING VALVES, TABLES OF SQUARES, CUBES, AREAS, & C.

by Norris, Septimus

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Used - VG+

Published

1872

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Hardcover

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Easton's Books, Inc.

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Philadelphia, PA: Henry Carey Baird. VG+. 1872. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 302 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

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Norris's Hand-Book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists: Comprising the Proportions and Calculations for Constructing Locomotives, Manner of Setting Valves, Tables of Squares, Cubes, Areas, etc.

by Norris, Septimus

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Used - Good

Published

1853

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Hardcover

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CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB

London (Birr), Ontario, CAN

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Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1853. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Early 1853 printing -- first printing was 1852. Original embossed cloth hard covers with gilt illustration to front and gilt titling to spine. Some edge wear to covers with loss to extremities of spine. Some moderate staining to covers. Pages and edges foxed. Otherwise clean,… Read more about this item

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Norris's Hand-Book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists: Comprising the Proportions and Calculations for Constructing Locomotives, Mannner of Setting Valves, Tables of Squares, Cubes, Areas, &c. &c.

by Norris, Septimus

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Wonder Book

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Henry Carey Baird. Collectible - Acceptable. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1852. 12mo Black cloth hardcover wtih embossed decorations, including golden train. on cover with gold text on spine. 302 pgs. B/W and color illustrations and tables. Fair Ex-library Book. Spine torn. Heavily edgeworn. Binding cracking at p. 24. Writing on endpages. Library mark and tape on spine. Library… Read more about this item