The steam engine . familiarly explained and illustrated; with an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement; its application to navigation and railways; with plain maxims for railway speculators. By the Rev. Dionysius Lardner ... Illustrated by engravings and woodcuts.
Dionysius Lardner (1793-1859)
Category
Books
Date
1836
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3113013
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 379, [1] p., [13] plates . ill.., port. . 12mo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: "The Library, Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire".. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf binding over marbled boards; spine gilt; gilt leather spine label; sewn on five raised bands; marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Dionysius Lardner (1793-1859)