Title: Mechanical Engineering: Railways
Author: J. B. Snell (John B. Snell)
Edition: First edition, 1971
Format: Hardcover, with dust jacket
Publisher: Longman (London)
Series: Industrial Archaeology Series, No. 6 (General Editor: L. T. C. Rolt)
ISBN: 9780582127937 (ISBN-10: 0582127939)
Language: English
Pages: xii + 177, plus 16 plates
Dimensions: About 23 cm (height)
Publication Date: 1971
Genre: Railway History, Engineering History, Industrial Archaeology
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Mechanical Engineering: Railways is volume 6 of Longman’s Industrial Archaeology Series, edited by L. T. C. Rolt and written by John B. Snell. Snell was a railway man who worked with Rolt on the Talyllyn Railway in 1951 and later became managing director of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. The book covers the mechanical engineering of Britain’s railways, concentrating on locomotives of the nineteenth century, and it is illustrated with photographs, diagrams and 16 plates. It is a companion to Bryan Morgan’s Civil Engineering: Railways in the same series. It will interest railway historians and anyone interested in the history of steam locomotives and engineering. This copy is the first edition in its dust jacket, in very good condition.
Title: Mechanical Engineering: Railways
Author: J. B. Snell (John B. Snell)
Edition: First edition, 1971
Format: Hardcover, with dust jacket
Publisher: Longman (London)
Series: Industrial Archaeology Series, No. 6 (General Editor: L. T. C. Rolt)
ISBN: 9780582127937 (ISBN-10: 0582127939)
Language: English
Pages: xii + 177, plus 16 plates
Dimensions: About 23 cm (height)
Publication Date: 1971
Genre: Railway History, Engineering History, Industrial Archaeology
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Mechanical Engineering: Railways is volume 6 of Longman’s Industrial Archaeology Series, edited by L. T. C. Rolt and written by John B. Snell. Snell was a railway man who worked with Rolt on the Talyllyn Railway in 1951 and later became managing director of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. The book covers the mechanical engineering of Britain’s railways, concentrating on locomotives of the nineteenth century, and it is illustrated with photographs, diagrams and 16 plates. It is a companion to Bryan Morgan’s Civil Engineering: Railways in the same series. It will interest railway historians and anyone interested in the history of steam locomotives and engineering. This copy is the first edition in its dust jacket, in very good condition.
