Description and condition:

Black boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 348pp, index, b/w illustrations.

Good to very good with light soiling to fore edge and indentations to back board, else nice clean pages. In good dustcover with a tiny closed tear and indentations to the back, now protected.

Contents:

Why use steam?; burning the fuel; raising steam; using the steam; transmitting the power; the locomotive as a vehicle; the steam locomotive at work; brakes; designing a steam locomotive.