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The science of railways

Kirkman, Marshall Monroe, 1842-1921 · 1904 · New York, Chicago, The World Railway Publishing Company · 1 picture

A 1904 railway engineering textbook by Marshall Monroe Kirkman, published in New York and Chicago by the World Railway Publishing Company for general readers and railroad men. The single picture is a decorative engraved frontispiece-style vignette showing an enthroned robed figure beside a standing attendant, with small figures and billowing smoke or cloud at the lower corners, giving a designer a classical allegorical emblem for industry or progress.

Railroads · Transportation

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