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1907 JOHN K. BARTON. Internal Combustion Engines. Year Before Model-T Released.
1907 JOHN K. BARTON. Internal Combustion Engines. Year Before Model-T Released.
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A very nicely preserved first edition of Barton's classic work on internal combustion engines for Naval use. This was the technologically that was brought over into the automobile industry, leading to the release of the Model T the following year [1908].
Barton, John K. Internal Combustion Engines: An Elementary Treatise on Gas, Gasoline, and Oil Engines for the Instruction of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy by John K. Barton Commander, U.S. Navy Head of Department of Marine Engineering and Naval Construction. Annapolis. The United States Naval Institute. 1907. 135pp.
A very good copy in cloth. Generally solid, pages are generally bright with some light toning. An early label has been removed from the pastedown.
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