The science of railways
By: by Marshall M. Kirkman
Edition: Rev. and enl. ed.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Publisher: World Railway Pub. Co.
Published: 1904
Place of publication: New York; Chicago
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Railroads; Transportation; History
Other titles: Railway equipment.; Railway organization.; Financing constructing and maintaining.; Train service.; Passenger, baggage, express and mail service.; Freight business and affairs.; Disbursements of railways.; Economic theory of rates.; Private versus government control of railroads.; Fiscal affairs.; Collection of revenue.; General fiscal and other affairs.; Origin and evolution of transportation, or, The genesis of railway carriage.; Engineers' and firemen's manual.; Building and repairing railways.; Locomotive appliances.; How oil is used for fuel on locomotives.
Notes: Vols. 13-20: Supplement to The science of railways.

Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Railway equipment; title: v. 2. Railway organization; title: v. 3. Financing constructing and maintaining; title: v. 4. Train service; title: v. 5. Passenger, baggage, express and mail service; title: v. 6. Freight business and affairs; title: v. 7. Disbursements of railways; title: v. 8. Economic theory of rates. Private versus government control of railroads; title: v. 9. Fiscal affairs. Collection of revenue; title: v. 10. General fiscal and other affairs; title: v. 11. Origin and evolution of transportation, or, The genesis of railway carriage; title: v. 12. Engineers' and firemen's manual; title: v. 13. Building and repairing railways; title: v. 14. Locomotive appliances; title: v. 16. How oil is used for fuel on locomotives.