TRACTION ENGINE.
FARM ENGINESAND HOW TO RUN THEM
THE YOUNG ENGINEER’S GUIDE
A SIMPLE, PRACTICAL HAND BOOK, FOR EXPERTS AS WELL ASFOR AMATEURS, FULLY DESCRIBING EVERY PART OF AN ENGINEAND BOILER, GIVING FULL DIRECTIONS FOR THE SAFE ANDECONOMICAL MANAGEMENT OF BOTH; ALSO SEVERALHUNDRED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OFTEN GIVEN INEXAMINATIONS FOR AN ENGINEER’S LICENSE, ANDCHAPTERS ON FARM ENGINE ECONOMY, WITHSPECIAL ATTENTION TO TRACTION AND GASOLINEFARM ENGINES, AND A CHAPTER ON
The Science of Successful Threshing
BY
JAMES H. STEPHENSON
And Other Expert Engineers
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING THE DIFFERENTPARTS OF A BOILER AND ENGINE, AND NEARLY EVERY MAKE OFTRACTION ENGINE, WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTINCTIVEPOINTS IN EACH MAKE.
CHICAGO
FREDERICK J. DRAKE & CO.
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1903
BY FREDERICK J. DRAKE & CO.
CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A.
- PREFACE
- BUYING AN ENGINE.
- BOILERS.
- THE SIMPLE ENGINE.
- HOW TO MANAGE A TRACTION ENGINE BOILER.
- HOW TO MANAGE A TRACTION ENGINE.
- HANDLING A TRACTION ENGINE ON THE ROAD.
- POINTS FOR THE YOUNG ENGINEER.
- POINTS FOR THE YOUNG ENGINEER.—(CONT.)
- POINTS FOR THE YOUNG ENGINEER.—(CONT.)
- ECONOMY IN RUNNING A FARM ENGINE.
- ECONOMY IN RUNNING A FARM ENGINE.—(CONT.)
- DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENGINES.
- GAS AND GASOLINE ENGINES.
- HOW TO RUN A THRESHING MACHINE.
- QUESTIONS ASKED ENGINEERS WHEN APPLYING FOR A LICENSE.
- DIFFERENT MAKES OF TRACTION ENGINES.
- INDEX.
PREFACE
This book makes no pretensions to originality. It hastaken the best from every source. The author believesthe matter has been arranged in a more simple and effectivemanner, and that more information has been crowdedinto these pages than will be found within the pages ofany similar book.
The professional engineer, in writing a book for youngengineers, is likely to forget that the novice is unfamiliarwith man