Book Description
Excerpt from Model Engines and Small Boats: New Methods of Engine and Boiler Making; With a Chapter on Elementary Ship Design and Construction While the author deals with only the direct acting screw type of marine engine, and gives di rections for the making of shell and water-tube boilers only, the introduction of the writer's system of. Constructing small steam cylinders without pat terns and castings, and boilers without the use of special tools, will enable one with mechanical ability to apply the methods in a general manner, embrac ing almost any type of model engine and boiler. 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.
