On the steam engines in Cornwall : historical statement of the improvements made in the duty performed by the steam engines in Cornwall from the commencement of the publication of the monthly reports
1969, Facsimile reprint. Truro : Bradford Barton. Fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-nicked, somewhat edge-rubbed, dust-dulled & price-clipped dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #229342
Physical description: [4], vii, [3], 152 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Notes: Erratum: at foot of p. vii. Folding plate included in the pagination. First published 1839. Original title: Historical statements of the improvements made in the duty performed by the steam engines in Cornwall, from the commencement of the publication of the monthly reports...by Thomas Lean and brother. Facsimile reprint of 1st ed., London : Simpkin, Marshall, 1839. Subject: Steam-engines - England - Cornwall. Technological innovations - Steam engines. Mining engineering - England - Cornwall - History - Sources. Other names: Lean, Joel (1779- 1856). British Association for the Advancement of Science. Other titles: Lean's historical statement of the steam engines in Cornwall, Steam engines in Cornwall, Historical statement. Genre: Illustrated.
Price: €21.00