Set, Book

Publication

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Set, Book

Entry/Object ID

1.87.570 a-n

Description

Science of Railways 1903. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8". Description: red hard cover books averaging about 500 pages per book; includes illustrations and engravings and photo portrait of author. Included in set: (a) v.1: Railway Equipment; (b) v. 2: Railway Organization; (c ) v. 3: Financing, Constructing and Maintaining; (d) v. 4: Train Service; (e) v. 5: Passenger, Baggage, Express and Mail Service; (f) v. 6: Freight Business and Affairs; (g) v. 7: Disbursements of Railways; (h) v. 8: Economic Theory of Rates; (i) v. 9: Principles Governing the Collection of Revenue; (J) v. 10: General Fiscal and Other Affairs; (k) v. 12: Engineers' and Firemen's Manual, General Index; (L) Supplement, Building and Repairing Railways; (m) Supplement, Locomotive Appliances; (n) Revision, The Air Brake (1907).

Context

"The Science of Railways." Most volumes are hand inscribed: "H. M. Schlicht, Waseca, Minn." Books in set were reassigned accession numbers in 2009. Formerly 1.87.567+; Volume 11 missing.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Set, Book

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Publication Details

Author

Kirkman, Marshall M.

Publisher

World Railway Publishing Co.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

September 23, 1987

Update Date

November 21, 2024