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This 246-page book shows you how to make steam, hot air, and gas engines and how they work. Instructions are written in simple language and include clear pictures. Open the book and the first thing yo…
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This 246-page book shows you how to make steam, hot air, and gas engines and how they work. Instructions are written in simple language and include clear pictures. Open the book and the first thing you see is a photo of a very fine live steam model of an American locomotive built by a 17-year-old.
Any boy can build simple engines and have fun running them. That means you can, too. And here's a slow paced — remember this is for boys — and easy to read text that will show you the fundamentals.
Chapters include: the first engines, two simple steam turbine engines, a simple piston steam engine, a 1/24 hp horizontal steam engine, making small boilers, fittings for model engines, a model Atlantic type locomotive, steam — the giant power, a hot air or caloric engine, a 1/8 hp gas engine, and more.
This book also shows you how to make the patterns for the castings. It suggests taking the patterns to a foundry to have them cast in brass or iron, but if you poured the castings yourself you could claim you built the entire engine. Assuming no boy would have a metal lathe, it is recommended having the cylinder bored by a machinist.
If you've already built the Gingery/Lewis Atkinson Differential engine, then this 1918 book might be a bit tame for you. But if you're just starting out, there are some projects here to try. It's fun reading for anyone with 10W-30 in his veins (or sloshing around in his head), and it's a great gift for a young man.
Fun reading. Informative. Simple.