Title:Halting High Speed Horses Prefaced with Abstract of High Speed Horses: Presented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology March 2, 1951
Author:Sillcox, L. K.
Publisher:The New York Air Brake Company, New York, 1951
Edition:Unstated
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Good
Dust Jacket:No
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Stapled b & w pictorial wraps, viii + 33 pp. (one side of page only), graphs; a paper presented March 2, 1951 at M.I.T. by L.K. Sillcox, then Executive Vice-President of the New York Air Brake Company. Highly technical, presented when diesel-electric engines were considered new technology and addresses braking issues for both steam locomotives and diesel engines. Wraps are soiled, stain at foot of spine, back lower corner of wrap torn off, last page and back wrap have long crease at lower corner. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 8 oz. Category: Railways; Science & Technology; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 005587.