Model Engine-Making (eBook)

In Theory and Practice

J. Pocock (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
192 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62636-610-7 (ISBN)

Infos

First published in 1888 for beginners, Model Engine-Making is a fascinating and comprehensive guide to building your first steam engine. While steam is no longer the most important power of the day, this book remains a fascinating in-depth resource for those with either a theoretical or practical interest in building and using small steam engines. Included within this book are over 100 detailed diagrams drawn by the author to illustrate the process of building each engine, including:A simple single-action oscillating cylinder engineMore complex horizontal and vertical slide-valve enginesLaunch, marine, and locomotive enginesAnd finally, even a model boiler!Whether you are a model engine aficionado or love learning about the history of steam engines, this long-standing classic should be in your library.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.6.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Modellbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: 33 34 • 36th • 4-inch • Amateur • Boiler Design • Boilers • books on 4-inches • books on boiler designs • books on boilers books on locomo • books on castings • books on combustions • books on cylinders • books on diameters • books on drills • books on engine buildings • books on fittings • books on foundries • books on guides • books on handbooks • books on hattons • books on lathes • books on model engineerings • books on model engineers • books on models • books on pistons • books on rockets • books on scrapers books on steam boilers • books on screws • books on steam-engines • books on steels • books on taps • books on whitworths • books on workshops • Castings • Combustion • Cylinder • DIAMETER • drills • engine building • filed • Fittings • Foundry • four-inch • Guides • Handbook • Hatton • Heywood • Horizontal • lathe • Locomotives • Machine Shop • Machining • machinist • model engineer • Model Engineering • Models • one-inch • Oscillating • piston • rockets • scrapers • Screws • stationary • steam boiler • steam engine • steam-engine • steel • TAPS • tubal cain • two-inch • U-Tube • Valves • Vertical • Whitworth • Workshop
• ISBN-10: 1-62636-610-1 / 1626366101
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62636-610-7 / 9781626366107