Steam: Its Generation and Use

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Title: Steam: Its Generation and Use Author: The Babcock and Wilcox Company Publisher: The Babcock and Wilcox Company, New York Published: 1927 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Edition: 36th edition Number of Pages: 383 Catalogs: Engineering, Mechanical, Vintage Technical Description: 36th edition, third printing, from 1927. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Spine and front board are scuffed and lightly spotted. Corners are bent, and spine ends are crushed. Some fraying at tips and edges. Interior is very clean with no marking, and text-block is secure. Profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams, including photographs of the Babcock and Wilcox manufacturing locations, and buildings throughout the United States using Babcock and Wilcox steam boilers and infrastructure. The Babcock and Wilcox Company, still in existence, was founded in 1867 in Providence, Rhode Island, by partners Stephen Wilcox and George Babcock to manufacture and market Wilcox's patented water-tube boiler. Babcock and Wilcox's list of innovations and firsts include the world's first installed utility boiler (1881); manufacture of boilers to power New York City's first subway (1902); and first pulverized coal power plant (1918). Hardcover, very good condition. 383 pages, large octavo. Show more