STEAM AND ENGINEERING. ESSAY ON STEAM
by Walter, Jacob
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Thomas Allen, Print, 1839. 25th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 173. February 4, 1839. Referred to the select committee upon the subject of steam boilers. [From a Louisville Paper.] Steamboat Explosion. Essay written about the explosion onboard the steamboat General Brown and the government's enacting a law regulating safety valves to steamboat engines. 15 pp. Disbound government document. Chipping and creasing to spine edge, some residue from book binding remains along spine. Browning to page edges, some mild foxing, paper is creased, text is clean and legible. Document in VG condition.. Paperbound. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". U.S. Government Document.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007325
- Title
- STEAM AND ENGINEERING. ESSAY ON STEAM
- Author
- Walter, Jacob
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Thomas Allen, Print
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- Government Document, Steamboat, Boats, Essay
- Bookseller catalogs
- U.S. Government Document; Ships/Boats;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9"
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Princeton, New Jersey
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...