The railways of America : their construction, development, management, and appliances / by various writers, with an introduction by Thomas M. Cooley.
| Other author | Clarke, Thomas Curtis, 1827-1901. |
| Other author | Cooley, Thomas McIntyre, 1824-1898. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : J. Murray, 1890 (New York : Trow's Print. and Bookbinding Co.) |
| Description | 1 online resource (xxviii, 456 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Supplemental Content | http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&res_id=info:sid/gale:MOME&ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:unknown&rft.artnum=U113024495&req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:ncliveecu |
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| Series | The making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914) Making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914) UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Introduction, by T.M. Cooley.--The building of a railway, by T.C. Clark. [June, 1888]--Feats of railway engineering, by J. Bogart. [July, 1888]--American locomotives and cars, by M.N. Forney. [August, 1888]--Railway management, by E.P. Alexander. [January, 1889]--Safety in railroad travel, by H.G. Prout. [September, 1889]--Railway passenger travel, by H. Porter. [September, 1888]--The freight-car service, by T. Voorhies. [May, 1889]--How to feed a railway, by B. Norton. [August, 1889]--The railway mail service, by T.L. James. [March, 1889]--The railway in its business relations, by A.T. Hadley. [October, 1888]--The prevention of railway strikes, by C.F. Adams. [April, 1889]--The everyday life of railroad men, by B.B. Adams, jr. [November, 1888]--statistical railway studies, by F.W. Hewes.--Index. |
| General note | "With more than 200 illustrations." |
| General note | Reproduction from the The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London. |
| General note | Reprinted from Scribner's magazine. originally published with title: The American railway, New York, 1888. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Learning, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | American railway. |
| Other title | Scribner's magazine. |
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