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A Memoir of John Elder, Engineer and Shipbuilder, Glasgow.

Name: A Memoir of John Elder, Engineer and Shipbuilder, Glasgow.
Author: Rankine, W. J. MacQuorn.

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Second edition. 8vo. pp. [viii], 89; port. frontis., one plate of Elder’s grave; very good in contemporary black morocco, gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed and scuffed. A presentation copy, inscribed by the subject’s widow “Mr. John Cossar from Mrs. Elder 12th Novr/84”.

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A biography, first published in 1871, of the Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder John Elder (1824 -1869), who developed the compound engine that greatly improved the efficiency of steamships.

Author Rankine, W. J. MacQuorn.

Date 1883

Binding Contemporary black morocco, gilt

Publisher Glasgow, printed at the University Press by Robert MacLehose

Condition See description

Pages [viii], 89

Price: £125.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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