Warning: nitpicking ahead <g>.
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Roy C. Lackey wrote:
It's unclear what type of clothing he wore as an engineer, but I
infer that he wore suits then as well, because he mentions putting on his coat (159), and the weather was not cold.
But it was raining; and Weer goes on to talk about "coats and hats and galoshes," so presumably that's the kind of coat Weer has in mind.
--Adam