Author: Maw, W.H. & Dredge, J. (ed.). Title: Engineering: an illustrated weekly journal. Vol. LXXX- from July to December, 1905.
Description: London; 1905; Office for Publication and Advertisements; halfcloth with marbled boards; 4o; with a wide range of articles and reviews; relating industrial developments and overlooking innovative projects, machinery, engines, tools, etc.; numerous ills., fig., plates, plans, diagrams, wood engravings; articles/ reviews in this volume i.a. : 10,000-H.-P. compound three-crank tandem rolling-mill engine at the Liège exhibition (constructed by the Société Anonyme, John Cockerill, engineers, Seraing), with double paged enclosure with plans and fig.; Williamsburg Bridge over the east River, New York (Mr. L.L. Buck), with double paged enclosure with plans and fig.; erosive effect of discharge from the Assouan dam, with ill.; the steam-turbine department at the Hartlepool engine works of Messrs. Richardsons, Westgarth and Co., with double paged enclosure with ills.; the launch of H.M. armoured cruiser "Natal" (constructed by Messrs. Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in Furness), with a view of the vessel; Royal train for the Prince of Wales's tour in India (constructed at the Lilloah Works of the East Indian Railway Company), with double paged enclosure with plans and fig.; the New Engineering Works at Huddersfield of Messrs. J. Hopkinson and Co., with double paged enclosure with ills.; the salvage of the dredger "walter Bibby", with ills.; the bridge over the river Zambesi, Rhodesia (designed by Mr. George A. Hobson, London), with ills.; extensive index; double paged enclosures included; XL, 884 pp. Former library copy, with ticket at frontcover and a few stamps on title page and pastedown.
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