Author: PEARCE, THOMAS
Title: The Locomotive. Its Failures and Remedies
Description: Wolverhampton: Thomas Pearce, 1896. 3rd Edition. Green/gilt illustrated hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 96pp + plates. 16 2-page plates, 4 loose fold-out diagrams. Wonderful stuff! Example: "But would you not use tallow in a hot box? No, an engineman could not use a worse thing. If he has not already got a hot box, and uses tallow, he will very soon have one.".. Worn condition. Cover rubbed. Fep missing. Inner hinges cracked. Fold-out diagrams detached and soiled .

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