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Title: Farm Engines and How to Run Them: The Young Engineer's Guide

Author: James H. Stephenson

Release date: October 2, 2013 [eBook #43867]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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TRACTION ENGINE.

FARM ENGINES AND HOW TO RUN THEM
THE YOUNG ENGINEER’S GUIDE

A SIMPLE, PRACTICAL HAND BOOK, FOR EXPERTS AS WELL AS FOR AMATEURS, FULLY DESCRIBING EVERY PART OF AN ENGINE AND BOILER, GIVING FULL DIRECTIONS FOR THE SAFE AND ECONOMICAL MANAGEMENT OF BOTH; ALSO SEVERAL HUNDRED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OFTEN GIVEN IN EXAMINATIONS FOR AN ENGINEER’S LICENSE, AND CHAPTERS ON FARM ENGINE ECONOMY, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO TRACTION AND GASOLINE FARM ENGINES, AND A CHAPTER ON
The Science of Successful Threshing

BY
JAMES H. STEPHENSON
And Other Expert Engineers

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF A BOILER AND ENGINE, AND NEARLY EVERY MAKE OF TRACTION ENGINE, WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTINCTIVE POINTS IN EACH MAKE.

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CHICAGO
FREDERICK J. DRAKE & CO.
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1903
BY FREDERICK J. DRAKE & CO.
CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A.