Synopsis
"The beam engine, invented to pump water out of mines by Newcomen in the reign of Queen Anne, was later made rotational and used as a source of power for an incredible variety of purposes, as this book seeks to show. The Industrial Revolution depended utterly upon it and many hundreds of examples remained in constant use until the time of the Second World War, when lack of available labour and the requirement for scrap metal practically annihilated the type. The author has traced those that remain and seeks to record them as portraits in iron, with some details of the history and the fascinating variety of design which characterise these great and highly individual monsters."
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The Beam Engine
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Senecio, 1982
ISBN 10: 0906831024
ISBN 13: 9780906831021
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Card Covers. Condition: VG. 1st. Heavily illustrated and reasonably technical history of the beam engine and its variations. 136pp. VG copy in slightly worn card covers. Seller Inventory # 025694
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The Beam Engine: A massive chapter in the History of Steam
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THE BEAM ENGINE: A massive chapter in the History of Steam
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Senecio Publishing Company Ltd Little Clarendon Street Oxford, 1982
ISBN 10: 0906831024
ISBN 13: 9780906831021
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Senecio Publishing Co Ltd in 1982, here is the first softback printing of T.E.Crowley's THE BEAM ENGINE: A massive chapter in the History of Steam. 136 pages, supreme illustrations throughout, orange pictorial card covers the book is in good condition with some minor light dusty staining to the card covers and outside page edges. The book has been sourced from the home of a pipe smoker and so it may or may not retain a slightly smoky aroma which can be easily removed. Seller Inventory # 9850
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THE BEAM ENGINE: A massive chapter in the History of Steam
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Senecio Publishing Company Ltd Little Clarendon Street Oxford, 1982
ISBN 10: 0906831024
ISBN 13: 9780906831021
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Senecio Publishing Co Ltd Oxford in 1982, here is the scarce first softback printing of T.E.Crowley's THE BEAM ENGINE: A massive chapter in the History of Steam. 136 pages, superb informative illustrations throughout, orange pictorial card covers the book is in near fine condition. The book was sourced from the home of a pipe smoker and so it may or may not retain a slight smoky aroma that can be easily removed. Seller Inventory # 9849
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