The varieties of permanent way, practically used, or tried, on railways up to the present period
By: by William Bridges Adams (to which a Teleford Medal was awarded, session 1856-57) ; and on some recent improvements in the permanent way of railways, by P.M. Parsons, assoc. Inst. C.E. ; with an abstract of the discussion upon both papers ; edited by Charles Manby, F.R.S., M. Inst. C.E., secretary
Contributors: Parsons, P. M. (Percival Moses), author; Manby, Charles, 1804-1884, editor
Series: Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890; Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1857
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Railroad tracks
Notes: Samuel Smiles Collection, [no. 19].

"By permission of the council. Excerpt minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol. XVI, session 1856-57."

Reproduction of the original from the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.

Shelfmark number: [G.L.] I1.845.