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The Portable Steam Engine by W.D. Wansbrough
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Subtitled, "Its Construction and Management A Practical Manual for Owners and Users of Steam Engines Generally".
A reprint of a book published in 1911 at the heyday of portable engine construction.
Chapters include:
- The Evolution of the Portable Steam Engine
- The Portable Steam Engines of To-Day
- Some Standard Types of Single Cylinder Engines
- The Compound Portable Engine
- Some Special Types of Portable Engines
- Practical Hints on Use and Management
- The Slide-Valve and its Action
- The Index Diagram
Some of the makers that are covered include:
- Trevithick
- Tuxford
- Ransomes
- Dean
- Cambridge
- Hornsby
- Bach
- Garrett
- Clayton
- Robey
- Marshall
- Brown & May
- Clayton & Shuttleworth
- Davey Paxman
- Wm. Foster.
The book covers the theory and design of steam engines with reference to valves gear setting and indicator diagrams.
Code No. 005033, 168 pages, ISBN 1857610679, $44.00
This item is listed under the following subjects:
Steam
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