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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.
“Noname” was used by the publisher for several different authors, and the author of this work is Harry Enton.
Punctuation has been made consistent.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typos have been corrected.