Electricite

1897 · réf. 58530 — New York: Street Railway Publishing Co. 1897. 8vo. 8 268 pp. With 139 text illustrations diagrams photos plates. Blue-green publisher’s cloth embossed ruling on covers gilt lettering on spine patterned endpapers minor light uniform interior toning inner hinges starting minor tear to gutter margin of ffep. still VG- copy w/ ownership markings of Adolf Kuylenstjerne. First edition of this informative Victorian work on powering electric railways trolleys interurbans and heavy railways. Dr. Bell 1864-1923 was an active proponent of the conversion from steam engines to electricity for railways not only for the cost savings but also the increased efficiencies less maintenance and more horsepower. See: Warren Devine Jr. An Historical Perspective on the Value of Electricity in American Manufacturing 1982 pp. 19-20. Street Railway Publishing Co., hardcover