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Railways Barlow, Peter A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and other Materials. With Rules for Application in Architecture, the Construction of Suspension Bridges, Railways, etc. With an appendix on the power of locomotive engines (...) With 7 folded, additionally etched plates in copperplate engraving. London, Weale, 1837. XII, 492 pp. 8°. Marbled paper. Contemporary bibliographic half-leather binding with gold-stamped ornamentation. Title page; the covers bound in stone-marmorised paper; the endpapers in plain light blue painted paper (the covers with white labels glued on, slightly rubbed). Fourth, substantially expanded edition of this work of significance in the history of technology, including for the first time an appendix on locomotive construction. - Poggendorff I, 102. - DSB I, 459f. - This edition is very rare, both on the open market and in institutional collections. Not held by the British Library; no records of it appearing at auctions since 1915. – Peter Barlow (1776–1862) made important contributions to empirical strength of materials, mostly based on experiments he carried out at the Woolwich Dockyard and the Arsenal. - This fourth edition (first published in 1817 under the title ‘Essay on the Strength and Stress of Timber’, with further editions in 1824 and 1826) contains, for the first time on pp. 465–92 the appendix ‘On the Power of Locomotive Engines…’, which is of note for the history of locomotive construction. The world’s first railway line was not opened until 1825. - Provenance: Royal Danish Garrison Library; in its original binding and bearing two old stamps from this institution on the title page, as well as a more recent deaccession stamp on the back endpaper. - The first few pages, the edges and some of the plates are slightly foxed at the margins; overall, a well-preserved copy. Fourth, significantly expanded edition of this historically significant work, featuring for the first time a pioneering appendix on locomotive construction. - Poggendorff I, 102. - DSB I, 459f. - This edition is very rare, both on the open market and in institutional collections. Not in the British Library, and we have been unable to trace it at auction since 1915. - Peter Barlow (1776–1862) made important contributions to the empirical study of the strength of materials, largely based on experiments he conducted at the Woolwich shipyard and in the Arsenal. - This fourth edition (first published in 1817 under the title ‘Essay on the Strength and Stress of Timber’, with further editions in 1824 and 1826) contains, for the first time on page 1. 465–92, the appendix ‘On the Power of Locomotive Engines…’ appears for the first time, which is of note for the history of locomotive construction. The world’s first railway line was not opened until 1825. - Provenance: Royal Danish Garrison Library, ex-library copy with a gilt spine imprint and two old stamps from this institution on the title page, as well as a more recent ex-library stamp on the rear endpaper. - The first few leaves, the edges and some of the plates are slightly foxed at the margins; overall, a well-preserved copy. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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