A Guide to Model Engines - A Collection of Vintage Articles on the Design and Construction of Steam Engines and Beam Engines - Softcover

Various

 
9781447424734: A Guide to Model Engines - A Collection of Vintage Articles on the Design and Construction of Steam Engines and Beam Engines

Synopsis

This vintage book is a collection of vintage articles on the design and construction of steam engines and beam engines. Highly detailed and full of useful tips, this volume will appeal to the serious model enthusiast with an interest in steam power, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “My Adventures with a Hot-Air Engine”, “On Setting Out Spiral Gears”, “Motor Cycle Engine as Gas Engine”, “A Well-made Horizontal Engine and Boiler”, “A Model Non-conducting Beam Engine”, “The Beam”, “The Bearing”, “The Crank and Crankshaft”, “The Flywheel”, “The Gear Wheel”, “The Driving Gear”, “The Connecting-Rod”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on model building.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9781447424796: A Guide to Model Steam Engines - A Collection of Vintage Articles on the Design and Construction of Steam Engines

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  1447424794 ISBN 13:  9781447424796
Publisher: Read Books, 2011
Softcover