By ROBERT SCOTT BURN. With about 250 Illustrations. Demy
8vo, cloth, 2s.
"One of the best-considered and most judiciously-illustrated
elementary treatises on Mechanics and Mechanism which we
have met with. The illustrations, diagrams, and explanations
are skilfully introduced, and happily apposite--numerous and
beautifully executed. As a handbook for the instruction of
youth, it would be difficult to surpass it."--_Derby
Mercury._
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Second Edition, Revised by the Author.
THE STEAM ENGINE:
ITS HISTORY AND MECHANISM.
Being Descriptions and Illustrations of the Stationary,
Locomotive, and Marine Engine. By ROBERT SCOTT BURN. Demy
8vo, 200 pp., cloth, 3s.
*.* A most perfect compendium of everything appertaining to
the Steam Engine. Mr. BURN treats his subjects in a
thoroughly practical and popular manner, so that he who runs
may read, and also understand.
"Mr. BURN's History of the Steam Engine treats an
interesting subject in an admirably intelligible manner, and
is illustrated by some excellent Diagrams. This is a book
for the general reader, and deserves a wide
circulation."--_Leader._
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Third Edition, Revised.