The Slide Valve: Practically Considered

London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1870. Third Edition. Octavo (18.5cm); green cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover, and ruling and decorations blind embossed to covers; 121pp. Previous ownership inked to front endpaper. Modest shelf-wear, tiny loss of cloth to spine ends with traces of amateur repairs, light creases to pages, and crack starting to rear hinge; Good. Technical engineering manual with illustrations throughout, and topics including proportions for single ported slide valves, double and treble ported slide valves, and the speed of the piston and crank pin. [85399].