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A MANUAL OF 



LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING: 



A Practical Text-Book for the Use of Engine Builders, 



Designers and Draughtsmen, Railway 



Engineers, and Students. 



BY 



WILLIAM FRANK PETTIGREW, M.lNST.C.E. 



With a Section on American and Continental Engines, 



BY ALBERT F. RAYENSHEAR, B.Sc., 



Of Her Majesty's Patent Office. 



Contents. Historical Introduction, 1763-1863. Modern Locomotives: Simple. 

 Modern Locomotives: Compound. Primary Consideration in Locomotive Design. 

 Cylinders, Steam Chests, and Stuffing Boxes. Pistons, Piston Hods, Crossheads, and 

 Slide Bars. Connecting and Coupling Bods. Wheels and Axles, Axle Boxes, Hornblocko, 

 and Bearing Springs. Balancing. Valve Gear. Slide Valves and Valve Gear Details. 

 Framing, Bogies and Axle Trucks, Radial Axle Boxes. Boilers. Smokebox, Blast Pipe, 

 Firebox Fittings. Boiler Mountings. Tenders.- Railway Brakes. Lubrication. Con- 

 sumption of Fuel, Evaporation and Engine Efficiency. American Locomotives Con- 

 tinental Locomotives. Repairs, Running, Inspection, and Renewals. Three Appendices. 

 Index. 



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ENGINE-ROOM PRACTICE: 



A Handbook for Engineers and Officers in the Royal Navy 



and Mercantile Marine, Including- the Management 



of the Main and Auxiliary Engines on 



Board Ship. 



BY JOHN G. LIVERSIDGE, 



Engineer, R.N., A.M.I.C.E., Instructor in Applied Mechanics at the Royal Naval 

 College, Greenwich. 



Contents. General Description of Marine Machinery. The Conditions of Service and 

 Duties of Engineers of the Royal Navy. Entry and Conditions of Service of Engineers of 

 the Leading S.S. Companies. Raising Steam Duties of a Steaming Watch on Engines 

 and Boilers. Shutting off Steam. Harbour Duties and Watches Adjustments and 

 Repairs of Engines. Preservation and Repairs of "Tank" Boilers. The Hull and its 

 Fittings. Cleaning and Painting Machinery Reciprocating Pumps, Feed Heaters, and 

 Automatic Feed -Water Regulators. Evaporators. Steam Boats. Electric Light 

 Machinery. Hydraulic Machinery. Air-Compressing Pumps. Refrigerating Machines. 

 Machinery of Destroyers. The Management of Water-Tube Boilers. Regulations for 

 Entry of Assistant Engineers, R.N. Questions given in Examinations for Promotion of 

 Engineers, R.N. Regulations respecting Board of Trade Examinations for Engineers, &c. 



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