(RAILROADS) Specification of John Birkinshaws Patent for an

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(RAILROADS.) Specification of John Birkinshaw's Patent for an Improvement in the Construction of Malleable Iron Rails. Large folding plate, separations at folds and archival tape repairs on verso. 14, 8, [2] pages. 8vo, disbound; inked library stamps on title page. Newcastle, England: Edward Walker, 1824

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Birkinshaw invented the wrought iron rails which made railroads viable. This edition not on WorldCat. No copies of any edition noted at auction since 1960.