A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF LEVELLING, SHOWING ITS APPLICATION TO PURPOSES OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, &C.: With the Addition of Mr. Law's Practical Examples for Setting Out Railway Curves
by Simms, Frederick W. [Walter]
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Van Nostrand, Publisher, 1870. 158+pp. Brown cloth covers rebacked w/ original spine laid-on; gilt title on spine. Binding soiled w/ wear to extremities. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ three lithograph plates, including two that are folding, and several wood-cuts. 46 pp. publisher's catalog at rear.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- 24384TRC
- Title
- A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF LEVELLING, SHOWING ITS APPLICATION TO PURPOSES OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, &C.: With the Addition of Mr. Law's Practical Examples for Setting Out Railway Curves
- Author
- Simms, Frederick W. [Walter]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- D. Van Nostrand, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- TRANSPORTATION CARS AUTOMOBILES RAILROADS TRAINS RAILWAYS LOCOMOTIVES RAILWAY ENGINEERING ROADS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION LEVELLING LEVELING NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED AUTHORS SIMMS FREDERICK WALTER 1803 1865
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- Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation; Transportation Trains-TRR;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Gilt
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