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THE DIESEL IMPACT ON BRITISH RAIL
Written by R.M. Tufnell.
Stock no. 1829048
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Few people's work can have had such a profound effect on the railways of Britain as that of Dr Rudolf Diesel. In a period of little more than eleven years, his engine revolutionised the nature of British Rail. This book relates the whole story of the changeover, describing the failures as well as the outstanding successes. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. ix and 184 pages including index. ISBN: 0852984383. Spine rubbed at top & tail with small split to either side at base of spine. Spine is lightly faded. Corners lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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A HISTORY OF ENGINEERING METROLOGY
Written by Kenneth J. Hume.
Stock no. 2137373
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth with purple title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0852984480. Light browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and unevenly faded; especially faded to spine and edges.

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150 YEARS OF UNINTERRUPTED PROGRESS IN RAILWAY ENGINEERING
Written by R.C. Bond; O.S. Nock.
Stock no. 2125554
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. A James Clayton Lecture. ISBN: 085298328X. SIGNED by authors to title page. Some scuffing and creasing to corners.

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BRITISH STEAM ON THE PAMPAS
Written by D.S. Purdom.
Stock no. 1815702
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition.

The Locomotives of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. 118 pages including index. ISBN: 0852983530. Fading to spine.

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WATER PIPELINE SYSTEMS
Written by D.S. Miller.
Stock no. 554980
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 2nd International Conference. ISBN: 0852989210. A very small amount of ink annotation.

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