Live auction - Lot 264
[Engineering]
Improvements on steam engines; consisting of an improved piston and valve [...].
Nottingham, S. Bennett, 1834
Hammer price: €
250
€ 100 / 200
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Lot description
8vo: 16 pp.; 1 pl. (ms. annotations on p. 3).
Sewn, under mod. cloth folder.
Rare pamphlet describing the designs for Hall's (1781-1863) famous invention of the surface condenser for which he produced in 1831 the first of a series of patents which led to its development.
Ref. Kress 28499.