Item #22992 Oliver Evans, A Chronicle of Early American Engineering. Greville Bathe, Dorothy Bathe.
Oliver Evans, A Chronicle of Early American Engineering
Oliver Evans, A Chronicle of Early American Engineering
Oliver Evans, A Chronicle of Early American Engineering

Oliver Evans, A Chronicle of Early American Engineering

Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1935.

First Edition. Hardcover. Good. One of 500 copies printed. 9.25" x 11", xviii, 362 pp, with index and illustrations. Front hinge cracked after title page, corners bumped, light soiling to lower corner of front board. Binding otherwise sound, text clean. "A pioneer in the fields of automation, materials handling and steam power, Evans was one of the most prolific and influential inventors in the early years of the United States. He left behind a long series of accomplishments, most notably designing and building the first fully automated industrial process, the first high-pressure steam engine, and the first (albeit crude) amphibious vehicle and American automobile" (wiki).

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