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CURR (JOHN) The Coal Viewer, and Engine Builder's Practical Companion, FIRST EDITION, Sheffield, John Northall, for the Author, 1797
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CURR (JOHN)
The Coal Viewer, and Engine Builder's Practical Companion, FIRST EDITION, woodcut ornament on title and at end, 5 folding engraved plates, one-page transcription of Curr's drawing and notes on his "machine for opening doors underground" loosely inserted, contemporary calf, gilt arms on sides, rebacked in morocco gilt, rubbed [Kress B3373; Ottley 172], 4to, Sheffield, John Northall, for the Author, 1797
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John Curr (c.1756?-1823), manager of the Duke of Norfolk's collieries in Sheffield, describes the use of a colliery railway system, and provides information on the Newcomen steam engine.
Provenance: Beriah Botfield (1807-1863), gilt arms on covers. Botfield bequeathed his collection to the library of the Marquesses of Bath and Longleat, and it was transferred to the ownership of Lord Alexander Thynne, son of the fourth Marquess in 1911.
