Guillemin, A: Chemins de Fer, Vol. 2 -

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Excerpt from Les Chemins de Fer, Vol. 2: La Locomotive, le Mat?riel Roulant, l'Exploitation Un mot sur l'histoire de la locomotive; premiers essais; progr?s et triomphe. L'invention de la locomotive rel?gue au second' plan les anciens modes de transport. Premi?res voitures ? vapeur Cugnot, Robinson, Olivier Evans. Locomotives de Blacket, de Stephenson; la Fus?e. Invention de la chaudi?re tubulaire; Marc S?guin; application du jet de vapeur au tirage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.