Up-To-Date Air-Brake Catechism : A Complete Study... (Trains, Railways)
New York, NY: Norman W. Henley & Co., 1899. Hardcover. title continues ... A Complete Study of the Air-Brake Equipment, Including the Latest Devices and Inventions Used, All Troubles and Peculiarities of the Air Brake, and a Practical Way to Find and Remedy Them Are Explained ; Containing Nearly 1000 Questions with Their Answers, Intended as Examination Questions for Engineers and Firemen, as Well as all Other Practical Railroad Men. Maroon cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-1/4 inches [18.4 cm] tall), pp. (1-17), 18-230, (vii) ads, (viii) blank, floriated endpapers, illustrated with two fold-out plates and 40 line drawings. Volume with light wear and rubbing to covers, p.o. name in pencil to 3rd fep and some faint pencil scribbles to bottom cover, plate B with a one inch stub tear. At Least Very Good. Item #2649
A nice copy of a once very heavily studied and important part of any steam locomotive.
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