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Road Rollers
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Road Rollers
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Derek A. Rayner
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| Series | Shire Library |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:32 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 149 |
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| Category/Genre | Automotive technology and trades
Road and motor vehicles |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780747801535
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| Classifications | Dewey:629.22 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Shire Publications
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| Publication Date |
30 April 1992 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Well-surfaced roads are essential to a growing industrial nation and, as roadmaking in Britain improved from the late eighteenth century, heavy rollers hauled by men or horses were used to compact the surface. Steam power was first used to propel road rollers in the 1860s and thereafter there was rapid development, in parallel with that of the traction engine. This book outlines the development of steam rollers, with some technical details, and illustrates the different types.
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