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  • THE GAS TRAMCAR
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    THE GAS TRAMCAR
    JOHN HANNAVY
    The Gas Tram was a short-lived phenomenon which briefly seemed to herald a new way forward in tramcar design, replacing horses and steam locomotives on the streets with quieter and smoother travel. One of the major advantages of the gas tram, according to those who proposed it, was the low capital cost of the conversion, and all without the need to install the expensive overhea...

    $440.00

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  • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY
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    ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY
    HANNAVY, JOHN
    The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of world photography up to the beginning of the twentieth century. It sets out to be the standard, definitive reference work on the subject for years to come. Its coverage is global – an important ‘first’ in that authorities from all over the world have contributed their expertise and sch...

    $16,500.00

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  • TRANSPORTER BRIDGES
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    TRANSPORTER BRIDGES
    JOHN HANNAVY
    This volume of original and historic photographs captures the story of the ingenious bridges that carried us from the Victorian era into modern times. With their moveable platforms designed to traverse busy waterways, Transporter Bridges served a brief but vital need from the late 19th century into the early 20th. Though many were planned, the huge increase in road transport qu...

    $229.00

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  • THE GAS TRAMCAR
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    THE GAS TRAMCAR
    JOHN HANNAVY
    The Gas Tram was a short-lived phenomenon which briefly seemed to herald a new way forward in tramcar design, replacing horses and steam locomotives on the streets with quieter and smoother travel. One of the major advantages of the gas tram, according to those who proposed it, was the low capital cost of the conversion, and all without the need to install the expensive overhea...

    $549.99

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  • THE GOVERNOR
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    THE GOVERNOR
    JOHN HANNAVY
    A history of the creation and evolution of the mechanism that brought precision to the steam power and changed the world. Power without control is unusable power, and long after the invention of the steam engine, finding ways of applying that power to tasks where consistency was of paramount importance was the 'Holy Grail' which many steam engineers sought to find. It was the c...

    $329.00

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