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Excerpt from Model Engine Construction: With Practical Instructions to Artificers and Amateurs Having had some experience in the construction of model steam-engines, I publish this work for the purpose of giving a few practical instructions to Artificers, but more especially to Amateurs who wish to make a working model steam-engine, provided they be supplied with the proper tools, and only know how to set about it. I commence by enumerating the necessary tools, giving the average price of a few of them, take up the boilers and their fittings, with engine details, show how to work up the separate parts from their castings, fit these together, and erect a horizontal engine and test it under steam. All this is minutely described, as it forms the groundwork for the construction of all the other engines. I next give examples of the different types of engines, Stationary, Locomotive, and Marine, as well as how to make a carriage and a model railway. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.