A practical treatise on locomotive engines
Subtitle: a work intended to show the construction, the mode of acting, and the use of those engines for conveying heavy loads on railways : to give the means of ascertaiming, on an inspection of the machine, the velocity with which it will draw a given load, and the effects it will produce under various circumstances : to determine the quantity of fuel and water it will require : to fix the proportions it ought to have, in order to answer any intended purpose, etc : founded on a great many new experiments, made on a large scale, in a daily practice, on the Liverpool and Manchester, and other railways, with many different engines, and considerable trains of carriages : to which is added, an appendix, showing the expense of conveying goods by locomotive engines on railroads
By: by the Comte F.M.G. de Pambour
Edition: 2nd ed. increased by a great many new experiments and researches.
Publisher: J. Weale
Published: 1840
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 583
Subjects: Locomotives
Work titles: Traité théorique et pratique des machines locomotives