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Two separate mid-19th century technical volumes concerning the history and operation of steam engines. The first volume is Robert Scott Burn, The Steam-Engine, Its History and Mechanism: Being Descriptions and Illustrations of the Stationary, Locomotive, and Marine Engine. London: H. Ingram and Co., 1854.
The second volume is William John Macquorn Rankine, A Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers. London: Charles Griffin and Company, 1866. Third edition, revised. Both volumes contain numerous engravings and technical illustrations.
Condition report:
Both volumes show significant signs of age and shelf wear. The Burn volume (1854) exhibits wear to the extremities of the cloth boards and some foxing to the internal leaves, particularly the frontispiece and title page. The Rankine volume (1866) has more pronounced condition issues, including a split to the cloth at the head of the spine and a large area of discolouration or staining to the front board. There is significant foxing and toning throughout the text block of the Rankine volume. Neither volume contains a dust jacket.
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