Steam EnginesABAA
[STEAM ENGINES]. BULLOCK, M[ilan] CBiblio.com
Description of the Bullock Corliss Engine made by M.C. Bullock. . . No. 14. . . ; M.C. Bullock Manufacturing Co. . . Bullock-Corliss Engines specialties: Bullock’s Diamond Prospecting Drills; Lane’s Band Friction Hoists. . . .
189162149Chicago IL: M.C. Bullock Manufacturing Co. Cor. Canal & Washington Streets 1891-1892. Two pieces. 4to. 18; 12 pp. 1st w/ woodcut-engraved plates text diagrams illustrations; 2nd w/ illustrated title woodcut-engravings tables letterhead. First w/ printed tan softcovers lettering front cover illustrated company logo on back cover minor dustsoiling edgewear ownership markings upper fore-edge; 2nd w/ self-printed softcovers company rubber stamps on front minor age-toning still a VG set. First editions thus of these very scarce promotional pamphlets and catalogues for the M.C. Bullock produced Corliss Steam Engines which they first began producing in 1888 with applications of two versions as hoists. The company manufactured a wide range of Bullock-Corliss engines with cylinder sizes ranging from 10 diameter 30 stroke engine up to 32 diameter 72 stroke weighing in at 58000 lbs. Their engines were essential as power plants and were used in such companies as the Allomez Mining Co. Atlantic Mining Co. Tamarack Mining Co. Penn Iron Mining Co. as well as the San Antonio TX Rapid Transit Street Railway Co. Belle City Street Railway Co. in Racine WI and more. Bullock 1838-1899 also expanded his company’s offerings to ice plant machinery a variety of hoisting engines and specialized in producing diamond-tipped drills and boring mining equipment. No copies of either catalogue in Worldcat. M.C. Bullock Manufacturing Co., Cor. Canal & Washington Streets, paperback
Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €
