Thomas Curtis Clarke (1827–1901)
Auteur de American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Thomas Curtis Clarke
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Clarke, Thomas
- Date de naissance
- 1827-09-16
- Date de décès
- 1901-06-15
- Lieu de sépulture
- St. John's Cemetery, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
Canada - Lieu de naissance
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
- Études
- Harvard College (BA|1848)
- Professions
- Civil Engineer
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 68
- Popularité
- #253,411
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 8
This summary is divided into 13 chapters; The building of a railway, Feats of railway engineering, American locomotives and cars, Railway management, Safety in railroad travel, Railway passenger travel, The freight -car service, How to feed a railway, The railway mail service, The railway in its business relations, The prevention of railway strikes, The every-day life of railroad men, and Statistical railway studies. Each chapter is authored by a then recognized expert in the field of the chapter title. Each chapter has a byline for the author followed by an outline of chapter contents and each chapter contains illustrations and tables.
While this book is an overview of a technical enterprise it is not a dry read. The attention to detail and the description of events and practices long since vanished from the American scene hold the readers interest. If you know anything of present day railroading just reading the chapter outlines provides an appreciation of how much things have changed. I would recommend this book to anyone desiring a better understanding of the state of 19th Century railroad technology and practice.… (plus d'informations)