Report on the engineering trades of South Africa. / By Ben H. Morgan ... With numerous tables, appendices, and reproductions of special plans, drawings, and photographs
1902, First Edition. London : Published by P.S. King & Son, for the National Industrial Association. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #388413
Physical description: xv, 196 pages illustrations, plates (some folded, including plans, diagrams) tables 26 cm. Notes: Lettered: South African trade. Engineering report.
"Erratum" slip attached to p. 26. Contents: Introduction. -- Packing. -- Prices. -- Labour. -- Preferential tariffs. Advertising. -- Permament trade commissioner. -- Methods of business. -- The shipping question. -- Docks and harbours. -- Railways. -- Coal and coal mining and mining machinery. -- Gold mining and gold-mining machinery. -- Steam engines. -- Steam boilers. -- Pumps. -- Electrical mining, tramway, and lighting machinery. -- Pipes and flanges. -- Agricultural implements and machinery. -- Traction engines and heavy motor vehicles. -- Structural work in iron and steel. -- Municipal engineering. -- Machine tools and appliances. -- Sugar machinery. -- Miscellaneous machinery, appliances, etc. -- Appendices: I. Customs tariffs. II. General railway and freight classification of goods. III. Railway charges, regulations, and distances. IV. Freight charges and shipping regulations. V. Scale of commission charges. VI. Weights and measures. VII. South African journals.
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources South Africa Transvaal.
Industries South Africa Transvaal. Engineering South Africa Transvaal.
Economic history.
Engineering. Industries.
Mines and mineral resources. Engineering Transvaal (South Africa)
Mines and mineral resources Transvaal (South Africa). Transvaal (South Africa) Economic conditions. South Africa Transvaal. Transvaal (South Africa) Industries.
Transvaal (South Africa) Economic conditions.
Transvaal (South Africa) Industries.
Price: €125.00