Steam Engines.- [Marshall (W.P.)] Description of the Patent Locomotive Steam Engine of Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Co., first separate edition, 4 large folding engraved plates, illustrations, original cloth, paper label on upper cover, spotted and faded, 1838 § Partington (C.F.) An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine, 8 folding or double-page engraved plates, contemporary half russia, joints split, spine chipped at head, 1822 § Alderson (M.A.) An Essay on the Nature and Application of Steam..., 18 lithographed plates, 5 folding, illustration in text (plate XIX), with issue no.2840 of 'The Globe' dated January 23rd 1812 containing account of Woolf's Patent Steam Engine loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, paper label chipped, 1834, first editions, some spotting and offsetting, all rubbed, 4to & 8vo (3) ⁂ The first was originally published as part of Tredgold's The Steam Engine but then issued separately. The Stephenson Co. patent was taken out in 1833, using six wheels rather than the more usual four and setting the standard of locomotive design for many years.
Steam Engines.- [Marshall (W.P.)] Description of the Patent Locomotive Steam Engine of Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Co., first separate edition, 4 large folding engraved plates, illustrations, original cloth, paper label on upper cover, spotted and faded, 1838 § Partington (C.F.) An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine, 8 folding or double-page engraved plates, contemporary half russia, joints split, spine chipped at head, 1822 § Alderson (M.A.) An Essay on the Nature and Application of Steam..., 18 lithographed plates, 5 folding, illustration in text (plate XIX), with issue no.2840 of 'The Globe' dated January 23rd 1812 containing account of Woolf's Patent Steam Engine loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, paper label chipped, 1834, first editions, some spotting and offsetting, all rubbed, 4to & 8vo (3) ⁂ The first was originally published as part of Tredgold's The Steam Engine but then issued separately. The Stephenson Co. patent was taken out in 1833, using six wheels rather than the more usual four and setting the standard of locomotive design for many years.
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