1864 Civil War RAILROAD Locomotive Engineer Norris Steam Engine Illustrated

NORRIS, Septimus

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A rare 1864 printing of ‘Norris’s Hand-book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists’ by Septimus Norris with help from his brother William Norris who was the first to build a locomotive in America and the first engineer to attempt to surmount the Inclined Plane across the Schuylkill. Norris wrote this work as a teaching manual to all those who would be interested in the science of mechanics. He discusses:

  • Areas of Circles, Diameters, and Circumferences
  • Boiler Locomotive
  • Elasticity of Cast Iron and Wrought
  • Conic Sections
  • Rods, Cylinders, and Valves of Locomotives
  • Feed Pumps of Locomotives
  • Fractional Parts of an Inch
  • Friction
  • Levers
  • Railways
  • Safety Valves
  • Steam Engine
  • And more!

 

This 1864 edition includes two full page engraved illustrations of a locomotive bullt by the Amoskeac Manufacturing Company and a locomotive built by the Norris brothers for the Syracuse and Utica railroads and numerous mathematical tables throughout!

 

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1864 Civil War RAILROAD Locomotive Engineer Norris Steam Engine Illustrated

 

A rare 1864 printing of ‘Norris’s Hand-book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists’ by Septimus Norris with help from his brother William Norris who was the first to build a locomotive in America and the first engineer to attempt to surmount the Inclined Plane across the Schuylkill. Norris wrote this work as a teaching manual to all those who would be interested in the science of mechanics. He discusses:

  • Areas of Circles, Diameters, and Circumferences
  • Boiler Locomotive
  • Elasticity of Cast Iron and Wrought
  • Conic Sections
  • Rods, Cylinders, and Valves of Locomotives
  • Feed Pumps of Locomotives
  • Fractional Parts of an Inch
  • Friction
  • Levers
  • Railways
  • Safety Valves
  • Steam Engine
  • And more!

 

This 1864 edition includes two full page engraved illustrations of a locomotive bullt by the Amoskeac Manufacturing Company and a locomotive built by the Norris brothers for the Syracuse and Utica railroads and numerous mathematical tables throughout!

 

Item number: #9356

Price: $499

 

NORRIS, Septimus

 

Norris’s hand-book for locomotive engineers and machinists

 

Philadelphia: H.C. Baird, 1864.

 

Details:

  • Collation: Complete with all pages
    • 302, [27]
    • Intext illustrations throughout
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
  • Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 12.5cm)
  • Very rare and desirable

 

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9356

Categories

Americana, American History

Military & War

Authors

NORRIS, Septimus

Printing Date

19th Century

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete