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Frank Reade and His Steam Horse

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By Luis Senarens
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A resourceful teenage inventor builds and explains a steam-powered mechanical horse, detailing its boiler, valves, flues, clockwork fittings, and the steam-driven articulation that propels its limbs. The text foregrounds technical description and demonstrations of features such as lighting, exhaust routing, ash removal, hoof design, and reversing motion, together with asserted performance and endurance. Practical assembly and testing scenes alternate with plans to recruit a hardy companion for upcoming travels, combining hands-on engineering detail with brisk action and preparations for further adventures.

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Title: Frank Reade and His Steam Horse

Author: Luis Senarens

Release date: August 6, 2015 [eBook #49638]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Notes:

The Table of Contents was created by the transcriber and placed in the public domain.

Images for some complicated pages are included, and the formats of the digital versions of those pages were simplified for improved legibility.

Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end.