A practical treatise on rail-roads and interior communication in general : containing an account of the performances of the different locomotive engines at and subsequent to the Liverpool contest : upwards of two hundred and sixty experiments : with tables of the comparative value of canals and rail-roads and the power of the present locomotive engines / by Nicholas Wood.
| Author/creator | Wood, Nicholas |
| Other author | Smith, George W. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st American, from the 2nd English ed. / with corrections, notes, and additions : also, an appendix, containing a detailed account of a number of rail-roads in Europe and in the United States. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Carey & Lea, 1832 ([Philadelphia?] : Griggs & Dickinson, printers). |
| Description | [24], xi, [ix]-598 p., [9] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Publisher's advertising: [24] p., 1st count. |
| General note | Printer's statement from t.p. verso. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Pref. by the American editor signed (p. xi): George W. Smith; introd. to the 1st ed. dated April, 1825; introd. to the 2nd ed. dated February 22, 1831. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Yale University Libraries. |
| General note | Sabin no. 105054. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG06-B184 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |