A Manual of the Steam-Engine. for Engineers and Technical Schools; Advanced Courses., in Two Volumes: Part I. Structure and Theory; Part II. Design, Construction, and Operation of the Steam-Engine.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1900. Fifth Edition. Half-Leather. Good / No Jacket. Item #2330469
Fifth revised edition of first volume, fourth revised edition of second volume. Boards and edges rubbed with a few spots on spine of first volume, stains along margins of some pages (most noticeably index of second volume), joints just beginning to split.
xxi, [1], 1017, [1], xv; xxiii, 957, xvi pp. Fold-out illustrations and tables. The author was a specialist in iron, steel, and steam engines, and the first professor of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He continued to experiment and record important data in the field during his time there, and is an important figure in the history of technology and thermodynamics.
Price: $250.00