Transportation

A Deep Water Voyage

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Paul Eve Stevenson



Narrative of a fascinating long distance journey by sail that charts a deep water voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to Calcutta. Stevenson…

When Railroads Were New

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Charles Frederick Carter



This history of American railroads originated as a series of articles in Railroad Man's Magazine before being compiled into a book in 1909. …

The Romance of Modern Locomotion

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Archibald Williams



In the following pages we shall peep into the history of typical companies in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere; consider the …

Railroads from the Investor's View Point

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Federal Securities Corporation



This small booklet was written in 1921 as a guide for Americans interested in investing in railroad securities. The majority of the book is …

The Western Boundary, and Other Essays

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Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf Von Moltke



Moltke’s The Western Boundary was originally published in the journal Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift in 1841. The essay came in the wake of ca…

Lecture on Artificial Flight

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William G. Krueger



Lecture on artificial flight given on request of the Academy of Natural Sciences on August 7, 1876 in San Francisco, California by William G…

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