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Title: The evolution of the steam locomotive (1803 to 1898)

Author: George Augustus Nokes

Release date: May 2, 2024 [eBook #73518]

Language: English

Original publication: London: The Railway Publishing Co, 1899

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE EVOLUTION OF THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE (1803 TO 1898) ***

AN ENGLISH TEN-WHEELER,
DESIGNED BY MR H. A. IVATT, LOCO. SUPT.
BUILT AT THE G.N.R. LOCOMOTIVE WORKS,
DONCASTER

THE EVOLUTION
OF THE
STEAM  LOCOMOTIVE.

(1803 TO 1898.)

BY
G. A. SEKON

Editor of the “Railway Magazine” and “Railway Year Book,”
Author of “A History of the Great Western Railway,” &c., &c.

London:
THE RAILWAY PUBLISHING CO., Ltd.,

79 to 83, Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, E.C.
1899.