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The Boy's Book
of Engine Building

How to Make Steam, Hot Air and
Gas Engines and How They Work, Told in
Simple Language and Clear Pictures

Frederick Collins

Lindsay Publications, 2006. Brand new paperback. Reprint of the 1918 Small, Maynard edition. 261 pages.

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.

Contents:

  1. The first steam engines
  2. Two simple steam turbine engines
  3. A simple piston steam engine
  4. A 1/24 HP horizontal steam engine
  5. Making small boilers
  6. Fittings for model engines
  7. A model Atlantic-type locomotive.
  8. A model Atlantic-type locomotive.
  9. Steam, the giant power
  10. A hot air, or caloric, engine
  11. A 1/8 HP gas engine
  12. Useful information.

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