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The model steam engine. How to buy, how to use and how to construct it. By a “Steady Stoker”. Twentieth thousand.
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Steady Stoker [pseud.]
Title
The model steam engine. How to buy, how to use and how to construct it. By a “Steady Stoker”. Twentieth thousand.
Date 1875
date QS:P571,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 120 × 180 × 10 mm (4.72 × 7.08 × 0.39 in)
British Library
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C188a586
Place of creation London: Houlston and Sons, Paternoster Square. London [J] & W. Rider, Printers, 14 Bartholomew Close. 96p.
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Text sewn on two sawn-in cords. Yellow paper over boards. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. The upper endpaper is missing. The small square bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the upper pastedown. The frontispiece is captioned: “Fig. 1. Working model of Chaplin’s Ten-Ton Crane. - See page 54.” The lower cover has lists a couple of books in the series: “Houlston & Wright’s Popular Scientific Works.” The upper cover depicts a model steam engine. Above and below the illustration are: “/ One Shilling./ The Model/ Steam Engine/ How to buy, How to use,/ and how to make it./ London: Houlston & Wright, Paternoster Row/” the model engine emerges from a tunnel. On the wheel cowling of the engine are the words: “By a Steady Stoker.” The word: “Stephenson” is on the smoke box. The spine has the title along its length. A paddle steamer is on water in the background. This book acquired with the generous assistance of the British Library Collections Trust.

Another copy (probably) of this work, 1868, is at British Library shelf mark 8765aaa9.
References The Library of the late Robin de Beaumont. Bonhams Auction Catalogue [online sale of 31 January 2024.] Lot 189.
Source/Photographer British Library
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