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KÂ- MONDO / KAPANDJI MORHANGE

69 - [RAILWAYS – TRACTION]. Thomson-Houston Monthly Bulletin.
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Description
[RAILWAYS – TRACTION]. Thomson-Houston Monthly Bulletin. Paris, Printed by Bardinet [managed by Ch. Seyer], 15 July 1894 – January 1912. 60 bulletins bound in a single In-4 volume, fawn half-basane, ribbed spine, with the bulletin’s header ‘Thomson-Houston’ pasted onto the front cover. 1,366 pp., numerous black-and-white illustrations. A small tear in the margin of issue 74. A rare collection comprising the issues devoted to electric traction (railways, trams), totalling 60 of the 188 issues published. Contains the following issues: 4, 6, 8, 10, 17, 24, 33, 43, 49, 55, 61, 62, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 80, 82, 83, 85, 88, 90, 93, 94, 99, 101, 104, 112, 113, 123, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 137, 141, 147, 148, 150, 161, 163, 165, 170 and 185. The Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston, founded in 1893 following an agreement with the American Thomson-Houston Electric Company, merged in 1903 with the Compagnie Générale Électrique to form the Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston (CFTH). It was one of the key players in the boom in electricity in France during the Belle Époque. An interesting documentary source, in good condition.
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