Beyse, A(ugust) W(ilhelm). Description of the railway construction on piles according to the rapid construction system in America, whose construction time and costs are very low compared to the construction method followed so far in Europe. 2 Bl., 20 pp. With 1 folded lithographic plate by H. Straub, Karlsruhe. 26 x 21 cm. Semi-line d. Z. (slightly toasted, slightly tanned at the upper edge and Vdeckel with stronger kink track) with library sign. Karlsruhe, C. Macklot, 1842. Engelmann p. 39. Haskell 1880. 9 pp. 398. Hoeltzel p. 53. Ottley 422, 2040, 2526 and 2528. – Very likely a German adaptation of Joseph Cowdin's "Description and statistics giving the square miles of territory and the population of each state in Europe and America..." (London 1842). "The colonel Cowdin seems to be first the steam to the To have used rams. With its 'Brother Jonathan' steam ramp, which was first used in railway buildings in America, two piles can be struck at the same time. The frame consists of two ordinary larger artificial frames, which are movable on a rail track." (Darmstaedter p. 421). – Title with 2 old bible stamps, rear mirror with delivery stamp. Paper browned and sticky.