To view prices and purchase online, please login, or register for an account.
Road Rollers
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Road Rollers
Contributors:
By (Author) Derek A. Rayner
Series:
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Shire Publications
Publication Date:
30th April 1992
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Automotive technology and trades
Dewey:
629.22
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
32
Dimensions:
Width 149mm, Height 210mm
Weight:
100g
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.
