| Author | Gordon, Alexander, 1802-1868.
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| Title | An historical and practical treatise upon elemental locomotion, by means of steam carriages on common roads / by Alexander Gordon.
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| Published | London : Printed for B. Steuart, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1832.
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| Description | viii, 192 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some folded) ; 23 cm
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| General Note | "Showing the commercial, political, and moral advantages; the means by which an elementary power is obtained; the rise, progress, and description of steam carriages; the roads upon which they may be made to travel; the ways and means for their general introduction"--Title page.
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| Subjects | Automobiles, Steam.
Roads -- Riding qualities.
Steam-engines -- History.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: TJ 705 G662 1832
CA-1905165: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 142689] |
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