LOCOMOTIVE BREAKDOWNS AND THEIR REMEDIES. By Geo. L. FOWLER
Revised by Wm. W. Wood, Air-Brake Instructor. Just issued. Revised
pocket edition.
It is out of the question to try and tell you about every subject that is covered in this
pocket edition of Locomotive Breakdowns. Just imagine all the common troubles
that an engineer may expect to happen some time, and then add all of the unexpected
ones, troubles that could occur, but that you have never thought about, and you will
find that they are all treated with the very best methods of repair. Walschaert
Locomotive Valve Gear Troubles, Electric Headlight Troubles, as well as Questions
and Answers on the Air Brake are all included. 312 pages.
8th Revised Edition. Fully illustrated.
$1.00
LOCOMOTIVE CATECHISM. By ROBERT GRIMSHAW.
The revised edition of “Locomotive Catechism," by Robert Grimshaw, is a New Book
from Cover to Cover. It contains twice as many pages and double the number of
illustrations of previous editions. Includes the greatest amount of practical informa-
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Specially Prepared Chapters on the Walschaert Locomotive Valve Gear, the Air-
Brake Equipment and the Electric Head Light are given.
It commends itself at once to every Engineer and Fireman, and to all who are going in
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all the questions asked by the examining engineer are given, but those which the
young and less experienced would ask the veteran, and which old hands ask as "stick-
It is a veritable Encyclopedia of the Locomotive, is entirely free from mathematics, easily understood and thoroughly up-to-date. Contains over 4,000 Examination Questions with their Answers. 825 pages, 437 illustrations and three folding plates. 28th Revised Edition.
$2.50
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTOR AND REFERENCE BOOK FOR LOCOMOTIVE
FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS. By Chas. F. LOCKHART.
An entirely new book on the Locomotive. It appeals to every railroad man, as it
tells him how things are done and the right way to do them. Written by a man who
has had years of practical experience in locomotive shops and on the road firing and
running. The information given in this book camot be found in any other similar
treatise. Eight hundred and fifty-one questions with their answers are included,
which will prove specially helpful to those preparing for examination. Practical
information on: The Construction and Operation of Locomotives; Breakdowns and
their Remedies; Air Brakes and Valve Gears. Rules and Signals are handled in a
thorough manner. As a book of reference it cannot be excelled. The book is divided
into six parts, as follows: 1. The Fireman's Duties. 2. General Description of the
Locomotive. 3. Breakdowns and their Remedies. 4. Air Brakes. 5. Extracts
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368 pages. 88 illustrations. Price
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PREVENTION OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, OR SAFETY IN RAILROADING.
By GEORGE BRADSHAW.
This book is a heart-to-heart talk with Railroad Employees, dealing with facts, not
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photographs and drawings showing the safe and unsafe methods of work. No vision-
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Every railroad employee who reads the book is a better and safer man to have in
railroad service. It gives just the information which will be the means of preventing
many injuries and deaths. All railroad employees should procure a copy; read it,
and do your part in preventing accidents. 169 pages. Pocket size. Fully illustrated
Price
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TRAIN RULE EXAMINATIONS MADE EASY. By G. E. COLLINGWOOD.
This is the only practical work on train rules in print. Every detail is covered, and puzzling points are explained in simple, comprehensive language, making it a practica. treatise for the Train Dispatcher, Engineman, Trainman, and all others who have to do with the movements of trains. Contains complete and reliable information of the Standard Code of Train Rules for single track. Shows Signals in Colors, as used on the different roads. Explains fully the practical application of train orders, giving a
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$1.25 THE WALSCHAERT AND OTHER MODERN RADIAL VALVE GEARS FOR
LOCOMOTIVES. By WM. W. Wood.
If you would thoroughly understand the Walschaert Valve Gear you should possess a
copy of this book, as the author takes the plainest form of a steam engine—a stationary
engine in the rough, that will only turn its crank in one direction and from it builds
up—with the reader's help—a modern locomotive equipped with the Walschaert
Valve Gear, complete. The points discussed are clearly illustrated; two large folding
plates that show the positions of the valves of both inside or outside admission type, as
well as the links and other parts of the gear when the crank is at nine different points
in its revolution, are especially valuable in making the movement clear. These employ
sliding cardboard models which are contained in a pocket in the cover.
The book is divided into five general divisions, as follows: 1. Analysis of the gear.
2. Designing and erecting the gear. 3. Advantages of the gear. 4. Questions and
answers relating to the Walschaert Valve Gear. 5. Setting valves with the Wal-
schaert Valve Gear; the three primary types of locomotive valve motion; modern
radial valve gears other than the Walschaert; the Hobart All-free Valve and Valve
Gear, with questions and answers on breakdowns; the Baker-Pilliod Valve Gear; the
Improved Baker-Pilliod Valve Gear, with questions and answers on breakdowns.
The questions with full answers given will be especially valuable to firemen and engi-
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Third Revised
Edition. Price
$1.50 WESTINGHOUSE E-T AIR-BRAKE INSTRUCTION POCKET BOOK. By
Wm. W. WOOD, Air-Brake Instructor.
Here is a book for the railroad man, and the man who aims to be one. It is without
doubt the only complete work published on the Westinghouse E-T Locomotive Brake
Equipment. Written by an Air-Brake Instructor who knows just what is needed. It
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Contains examination questions and answers on the E-T equipment. Covering what
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$1.50 MACHINE-SHOP PRACTICE
AMERICAN TOOL MAKING AND INTERCHANGEABLE MANUFACTURING.
By J. V. WOODWORTH.
A "shoppy” book, containing no theorizing, no problematical or experimental devices,
there are no badly proportioned and impossible diagrams, no catalogue cuts, but a
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$4.00 MACHINE-SHOP ARITHMETIC. By COLVIN-CHENEY.
This is an arithmetic of the things you have to do with daily. It tells you plainly about: how to find areas in figures; how to find surface or volume of balls or spheres; handy ways for calculating; about compound gearing; cutting screw threads on any lathe; drilling for taps; speeds of drills; taps, emery wheels, grindstones, milling cutters, etc.; all about the Metric system with conversion tables; properties of metals; strength of bolts and nuts; decimal equivalent of an inch. All sorts of machine-shop figuring and 1,001 other things, any one of which ought to be worth more than the price of this book to you, and it saves you the trouble of bothering the boss. 6th edition. 131 pages. Price
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The only work published that describes the Modern Shop or Manufacturing Plant
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THE WHOLE FIELD OF MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS
COVERED BY MR. HISCOX'S TWO BOOKS
We publish two books by Gardner D. Hiscox that will keep you from "inventing" things that have been done before, and suggest ways of doing things that you have not thought of before. Many a man spends time and money, pondering over some mechanical problem, only to learn, after he has solved the problem, that the same thing has been accomplished and put in practice by others long before. Time and money spent in an effort to accomplish what has already been accomplished are time and money LOST. The whole field of mechanics, every known mechanical movement, and practically every device is covered by these two books. If the thing you want has been invented, it is illustrated in them. If it hasn't been invented, then you'il find in them the nearest things to what you want, some movements or devices that will apply in your case, perhaps; or which will give you a key from which to work. No book or set of books ever published is of more real value to the
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$2.50 MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS AND NOVELTIES
OF CONSTRUCTION. By GARDNER D. Hiscox.
This is a supplementary volume to the one upon mechanical movements. Unlike the
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and descriptions of many combinations of motions and of mechanical devices and
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MACHINE-SHOP TOOLS AND SHOP PRACTICE. By W. H. VANDERVOORT.
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THE MODERN MACHINIST. By JOHN T. USHER.
This is a book showing, by plain description and by profuse engravings made expressly
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There is nothing experimental or visionary about the book, all devices being in actua)
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“ SHOP KINKS." By ROBERT GRIMSHAW.
A book of 400 pages and 222 illustrations, being entirely different from any other book on machine-shop practice. Departing from conventional style, the author avoids universal or common shop usage and limits his work to showing special ways of doing things better, more cheaply and more rapidly than usual. As a result the advanced methods of representative establishments of the world are placed at the disposal of the reader. This book shows the proprietor where large savings are possible, and how products may be improved. To the employee it holds out suggestions that, properly applied, will hasten his advancement. No shop can afford to be without it. It bristles with valuable wrinkles and helpful suggestions. It will benefit all, from apprentice to proprietor. Every machinist, at any age, should study its pages. Fifth edition. Price
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THREADS AND THREAD CUTTING. By COLVIN and STABEL.
This clears up many of the mysteries of thread-cutting, such as double and triple threads, internal threads, catching threads, use of hobs, etc. Contains a lot of useful hints and several tables. Third edition. Price
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ECONOMICS OF MANUAL TRAINING. By Louis ROUILLION.
The only book published that gives just the information needed by all interested in Manual Training, regarding Buildings, Equipment, and Supplies. Shows exactly what is needed for all grades of the work from the Kindergarten to the High and Normal School. Gives itemized lists of everything used in Manual Training Work and tells just what it ought to cost. Also shows where to buy supplies, etc. Contains 174 pages, and is fully illustrated. 2d edition. Price.
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MODERN SUBMARINE CHART.
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PRACTICAL PATTERN MAKING. By F. W. BARROWS.
This book, now in its second edition, is a comprehensive and entirely practical treatise
on the subject of pattern making, illustrating pattern work in both wood and metal,
and with definite instructions on the use of plaster of paris in the trade. It gives
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.scribes the tools, both those for the bench and the more interesting machine tools;
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The book closes with an original and practical method for the inventory and valua-
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PERFUMES AND COSMETICS, THEIR PREPARATION AND MANUFACTURE.
By G. W. ASKINSON, Perfumer.
A comprehensive treatise, in which there has been nothing omitted that could be of
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other toilet articles are given, also a detailed description of aromatic substances; their
nature, tests of purity, and wholesale manufacture, including a chapter on synthetic
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in Perfumery. 13. Directions for Making the Most Important Essences and Extracts.
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