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The science of railways

Title
The science of railways [electronic resource] / by Marshall M. Kirkman.
Author
Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe), 1842-1921.
Publication
New York ; Chicago : World Railway Pub. Co., 1904.

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Description
1 online resource (20 v.) : ill. (some fold.), plans.
Series Statement
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Uniform Title
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Alternative Title
  • 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.
Subject
  • Railroads
  • Transportation > History
Note
  • Vols. 13-20: Supplement to The science of railways.
  • Includes index.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
Contents
v. 1. Railway equipment -- v. 2. Railway organization -- v. 3. Financing constructing and maintaining -- v. 4. Train service -- v. 5. Passenger, baggage, express and mail service --v. 6. Freight business and affairs -- v. 7. Disbursements of railways -- v. 8. Economic theory of rates. Private versus government control of railroads -- v. 9. Fiscal affairs. Collection of revenue -- v. 10. General fiscal and other affairs -- v. 11. Origin and evolution of transportation, or, The genesis of railway carriage -- v. 12. Engineers' and firemen's manual -- v. 13. Building and repairing railways -- v. 14. Locomotive appliances -- v. 16. How oil is used for fuel on locomotives.
OCLC
  • 564383274
  • NCCO2016954
Author
Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe), 1842-1921.
Title
The science of railways [electronic resource] / by Marshall M. Kirkman.
Imprint
New York ; Chicago : World Railway Pub. Co., 1904.
Edition
Rev. and enl. ed.
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Local Note
Reproduced from source library: v. 2-7, 13-16.
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Added Title
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.
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