A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines Upon Railways

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Creator

François Marie Guyonneau de Pambour

Title

A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines Upon Railways

Coverage

Philadelphia

Publisher

Carey & Hart

Date

1840

Description

Guyonneau de Pambour was a French civil engineer who specialized in steam engines. This 1840 translation of an earlier work was a study of steam locomotives in England and his own research on the amount of work that a steam locomotive could do upon a railroad. His work, along with the work of other scientists and engineers would be used by American locomotive designers and engineers to help improve American steam locomotives to meet the unique needs of American railroads.