WILLIAM FLETCHER’S COMPARISON OF British and American Engines

By Dr. Robert T. Rhode
Published on September 1, 1995

735 Riddle Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45220

In 1904, William Fletcher published English and American
Steam Carriages and Traction Engines
. A master mechanical
engineer, Fletcher designed engines at various times for the
British companies of Clayton & Shuttleworth and Ransomes, Sims,
and Jefferies. His 428-page book (published by Longmans, Green, and

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