Product Description
Robert Fulton's 1796 first edition examines canal engineering, inland transportation, aqueduct construction, bridge building, river diversion, and specialized canal boats during the early Industrial Revolution.
Bound with Observations on the Various Systems of Canal Navigation, the volume also contains discussion of cast iron railroads, wheel-boats, and steamboat concepts intended for American waterways.
The engraved plates illustrate canal systems, structural engineering, and transportation machinery associated with late eighteenth-century infrastructure development.
Very Good.
Professionally restored full leather binding remains tight and secure with mild rubbing and corner wear; pages clean and complete without major loss; engraved plates sharp throughout.
(4to), single volume.
Collation: xvi, 144 pp.
; [7], 2-104 pp.
Illustrations: 21 engraved plates.
First edition.
Item number 50460.
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