Editorial Column for the French Railway Travelling and Mining School

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Title:
Editorial Column for the French Railway Travelling and Mining School
Description:
The first part of the article compares railways in the United States and France in areas of luggage checking, ticketing, rail stations, passenger seating, car heating, wheel construction, and the smoothness of the ride. The second part of the article describes changes to the Imperial Mining School in Paris, and compares it to the Freiburg Mining School.
Creator:
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
Date:
July 3, 1870
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 14 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Benjamin Smith Lyman Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
Railroad engineering
Railroad travel
École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris
Technische Universtät Bergakedemie Freiberg
Extent:
5 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums190-b014-i033
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Place of origin:
Murree (Pakistan)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums190-b014-i033