Gas Engine Construction, or How to Build a Half-horsepower Gas Engine.
By PARSELL and WEED.
A practical treatise of 300 pages describing the theory and principles of the action of Gas
Engines of various types and the design and construction of a half-horsepower Gas Engine,
with illustrations of the work in actual progress, together with the dimensioned working draw-
ings, giving clearly the sizes of the various details: for the student, the scientific investigator,
and the amateur mechanic. This book treats of the subject more from the standpoint of
practice than that of theory. The principles of operation of Gas Engines are clearly and
simply described, and then the actual construction of a half-horsepower engine is taken up,
step by step, showing in detail the making of the Gas Engine. 3rd Edition.
300 pages
Price
How to Run and Install Two- and Four-Cycle Marine Gasoline Engines. By C. VON CULIN.
Revised and enlarged edition just issued. The object of this little book is to furnish a pocket instructor for the beginner, the busy man who uses an engine for pleasure or profit, but who does not have the time or inclination for a technical book, but simply to thoroughly understand how to properly operate, install and care for his own engine. The index refers to each trouble, remedy, and subject alphabetically. Being a quick reference to find the cause, remedy and prevention for troubles, and to become an expert with his own engine. Pocket size. Paper binding. Price
Modern Gas Engines and Producer Gas Plants. By R. E. MATHOT.
A guide for the gas engine designer, user, and engineer in the construction, selection, purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of gas engines. More than one book on gas engines has been written, but not one has thus far even encroached on the field covered by this book. Above all, Mr. Mathot's work is a practical guide. Recognizing the need of a volume that would assist the gas engine user in understanding thoroughly the motor upon which he depends for power, the author has discussed his subject without the help of any mathematics and without elaborate theoretical explanations. Every part of the gas engine is described in detail, tersely, clearly, with a thorough understanding of the requirements of the mechanic. Helpful suggestions as to the purchase of an engine, its installation, care, and operation, form a most valuable feature of the work. 320 pages, 175 detailed illustrations. Price $2.50
The Modern Gas Tractor. By VICTOR W. PagÉ, M.E.
A complete treatise describing all types and sizes of gasoline, kerosene and oil tractors. Con-
siders design and construction exhaustively, gives complete instructions for care, operation and
repair, outlines all practical applications on the road and in the field. The best and latest
work on farm tractors and tractor power plants. A work needed by farmers, students, black-
smiths, mechanics, salesmen, implement dealers, designers and engineers. 2nd Edition, Re-
vised. 504 pages, 228 illustrations, 3 folding plates. Price
$2.00
Change Gear Devices. By OSCAR E. PERRIGO.
A practical book for every designer, draftsman, and mechanic interested in the invention and
development of the devices for feed changes on the different machines requiring such mechanism.
All the necessary information on this subject is taken up, analyzed, classified, sifted, and con-
centrated for the use of busy men who have not the time to go through the masses of irrelevant
matter with which such a subject is usually encumbered and select such information as will
be useful to them.
It shows just what has been done, how it has been done, when it was done, and who did it.
It saves time in hunting up patent records and re-inventing old ideas.
88 pages. 3rd Edition.
Price
Drafting of Cams. By LOUIS ROUILLION.
The laying out of cams is a serious problem unless you know how to go at it right. This puts you on the right road for practically any kind of cam you are likely to run up against. 3rd Edition. Price
Bevel Gear Tables. By D. AG. ENGSTROM.
A book that will at once commend itself to mechanics and draftsmen. Does away with all
the trigonometry and fancy figuring on bevel gears, and makes it easy for anyone to lay them
out or make them just right. There are 36 full-page tables that show every necessary dimen-
sion for all sizes or combinations you're apt to need. No puzzling, figuring or guessing. Gives
placing distance, all the angles (including cutting angles), and the correct cutter to use.
copy of this prepares you for anything in the bevel-gear line. 3rd Edition.
Price
Hydraulic Engineering. By GARDNER D. HISCOX.
A treatise on the properties, power, and resources of water for all purposes. Including the
measurement of streams, the flow of water in pipes or conduits; the horsepower of falling water,
turbine and impact water-wheels, wave motors, centrifugal, reciprocating and air-lift pumps.
With 300 figures and diagrams and 36 practical tables. All who are interested in water-works
development will find this book a useful one, because it is an entirely practical treatise upon
a subject of present importance and cannot fail in having a far-reaching influence, and for this
reason should have a place in the working library of every engineer. Among the subjects
treated are: Historical Hydraulics; Properties of Water; Measurement of the Flow of Streams;
Flow from Sub-surface Orifices and Nozzles; Flow of Water in Pipes; Siphons of Various
Kinds; Dams and Great Storage Reservoirs; City and Town Water Supply; Wells and Their
Reinforcement; Air-lift Methods of Raising Water; Artesian Wells; Irrigation of Arid Dis-
tricts; Water Power; Water Wheels; Pumps and Pumping Machinery; Reciprocating Pumps;
Hydraulic Power Transmission; Hydraulic Mining; Canals; Ditches; Conduits and Pipe
Lines; Marine Hydraulics; Tidal and Sea Wave Power, etc.
320 pages. Price.
Pocketbook of Refrigeration and Ice Making. By A. J. WALLIS-TAYLOR. This is one of the latest and most comprehensive reference books published on the subject of refrigeration and cold storage. It explains the properties and refrigerating effect of the different fluids in use, the management of refrigerating machinery and the construction and insulation of cold rooms with their required pipe surface for different degrees of cold; freezing mixtures and non-freezing brines, temperatures of cold rooms for all kinds of provisions, cold storage charges for all classes of goods, ice making and storage of ice, data and memoranda for constant reference by refrigerating engineers, with nearly one hundred tables containing valuable references to every fact and condition required in the installment and operation of a refrigerating plant. New edition just published. Price
Inventors' Manual: How to Make a Patent Pay.
This is a book designed as a guide to inventors in perfecting their inventions, taking out their
patents and disposing of them. It is not in any sense a Patent Solicitor's Circular nor a Patent
Broker's Advertisement. No advertisements of any description appear in the work. It is a
book containing a quarter of a century's experience of a successful inventor, together with
notes based upon the experience of many other inventors.
Among the subjects treated in this work are: How to Invent. How to Secure a Good Patent.
Value of Good Invention. How to Exhibit an Invention. How to Interest Capital. How
to Estimate the Value of a Patent. Value of Design Patents. Value of Foreign Patents.
Value of Small Inventions. Advice on Selling Patents. Advice on the Formation of Stock
Companies. Advice on the Formation of Limited Liability Companies. Advice on Disposing
of Old Patents. Advice as to Patent Attorneys. Advice as to Selling Agents.
Assignments. License and Contracts. State Laws Concerning Patent Rights. 1900 Census
of the United States by Counts of Over 10,000 Population. Revised Edition.
Price
Knots, Splices and Rope Work. By A. HYATT VERRILL.
This is a practical book giving complete and simple directions for making all the most useful
and ornamental knots in common use, with chapters on Splicing, Pointing, Seizing, Serving.
This book is fully illustrated with 154 original engravings, which show how each knot,
tie or splice is formed, and its appearance when finished. The book will be found of the greatest
value to Campers, Yachtsmen, Travelers, Boy Scouts, in fact, to anyone having occasion to
use or handle rope or knots for any purpose. The book is thoroughly reliable and practical,
and is not only a guide, but a teacher. It is the standard work on the subject. Among the
contents are: 1. Cordage, Kinds of Rope. Construction of Rope, Parts of Rope Cable and
Bolt Rope. Strength of Rope, Weight of Rope. 2. Simple Knots and Bends. Terms Used
in Handling Rope. Seizing Rope. 3. Ties and Hitches. 4. Noose, Loops and Mooring
Knots. 5. Shortenings, Grommets and Salvages. 6. Lashings, Seizings and Splices. 7.
Fancy Knots and Rope Work. 128 pages, 150 original engravings. 2nd Revised Edition.
Price.
75 cents
Lathe Design, Construction, and Operation, with Practical Examples of
Lathe Work. By OSCAR E. PERRIGO.
A new, revised edition, and the only complete American work on the subject, written by a
man who knows not only how work ought to be done, but who also knows how to do it, and
how to convey this knowledge to others. It is strictly up-to-date in its descriptions and
illustrations. Lathe history and the relations of the lathe to manufacturing are given;
also a description of the various devices for feeds and thread-cutting mechanisms from early
efforts in this direction to the present time. Lathe design is thoroughly discussed, includ-
ing back gearing, driving cones, thread-cutting gears, and all the essential elements of the
modern lathe. The classification of lathes is taken up, giving the essential differences of
the several types of lathes including, as is usually understood, engine lathes, bench lathes,
speed lathes, forge lathes, gap lathes, pulley lathes, forming lathes, multiple-spindle lathes,
rapid-reduction lathes, precision lathes, turret lathes, special lathes, electrically driven lathes,
etc. In addition to the complete exposition on construction and design, much practical
matter on lathe installation, care and operation has been incorporated in the enlarged new
edition. All kinds of lathe attachments for drilling, milling, etc., are described and com-
.plete instructions are given to enable the novice machinist to grasp the art of lathe operation
as well as the principles involved in design. A number of difficult machining operations
are described at length and illustrated. The new edition has nearly 500 pages and 350 illus-
trations. Price.
$2.50
WHAT IS SAID OF THIS BOOK:
"This is a lathe book from beginning to end, and is just the kind of a book which one de-
lights to consult a masterly treatment of the subject in hand."-Engineering News.
"This work will be of exceptional interest to any one who is interested in lathe practice, as
one very seldom sees such a complete treatise on a subject as this is on the lathe."-Cana-
dian Machinery.
Practical Metal Turning. By JOSEPH G. HORNER.
A work of 404 pages, fully illustrated, covering in a comprehensive manner the modern practice of machining metal parts in the lathe, including the regular engine lathe, its essential design, its uses, its tools, its attachments, and the manner of holding the work and performing the operations. The modernized engine lathe, its methods, tools and great range of accurate work. The turret lathe, its tools, accessories and methods of performing its functions. Chapters on special work, grinding, tool holders, speeds, feeds, modern tool steels, etc. Second edition
Turning and Boring Tapers. By FRED H. COLVIN.
There are two ways to turn tapers; the right way and one other. This treatise has to do
with the right way; it tells you how to start the work properly, how to set the lathe, what
tools to use and how to use them, and forty and one other little things that you should know.
Fourth edition
25 cents
Liquid Air and the Liquefaction of Gases. By T. O'CONOR SLOANE.
This book gives the history of the theory, discovery and manufacture of Liquid Air, and
contains an illustrated description of all the experiments that have excited the wonder of
audiences all over the country. It shows how liquid air, like water, is carried hundreds of
miles and is handled in open buckets. It tells what may be expected from it in the near
future.
A book that renders simple one of the most perplexing chemical problems of the century.
Startling developments illustrated by actual experiments.
It is not only a work of scientific interest and authority, but is intended for the general reader,
being written in a popular style-easily understood by every one. Second edition. 365
pages.
Price
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Air-Brake Catechism. By ROBERT H. BLACKALL.
This book is a standard text-book. It covers the Westinghouse Air-Brake Equipment, including the No. 5 and the No. 6 E.-T. Locomotive Brake Equipment; the K (Quick Service) Triple Valve for Freight Service; and the Cross-Compound Pump. The operation of all parts of the apparatus is explained in detail, and a practical way of finding their peculiarities and defects, with a proper remedy, is given. It contains 2,000 questions with their answers, which will enable any railroad man to pass any examination on the subject of Air Brakes. Endorsed and used by air-brake instructors and examiners on nearly every railroad in the United States. Twenty-sixth edition. 411 pages, fully illustrated with colored plates and diagrams. Price
American Compound Locomotives. By FRED H. COLVIN.
The only book on compounds for the engineman or shopman that shows in a plain, practical way the various features of compound locomotives in use. Shows how they are made, what to do when they break down or balk. Contains sections as follows: A Bit of History. Theory of Compounding Steam Cylinders. Baldwin Two-Cylinder Compound. Pittsburg Two-Cylinder Compound. Rhose Island Compound. Richmond Compound. Rogers Compound. Schenectady Two-Cylinder Compound. Vauclain Compound. Tandem Compounds. Baldwin Tandem. The Colvin-Wightman Tandem. Schenectady Tandem. Balanced Locomotives. Baldwin Balanced Compound. Plans for Balancing. Locating Blows. Breakdowns. Reducing Valves. Drifting. Valve Motion. Disconnecting. Power of Compound Locomotives. Practical Notes. Fully illustrated and containing ten special "Duotone inserts on heavy Plate Paper, showing different types of Compounds. 142 pages. Price $1.00 Application of Highly Superheated Steam to Locomotives. By ROBERT GARBE.
A practical book which cannot be recommended too highly to those motive-power men who
are anxious to maintain the highest efficiency in their locomotives. Contains special chap-
ters on Generation of Highly Superheated Steam; Superheated Steam and the Two-Cylinder
Simple Engine; Compounding and Superheating; Designs of Locomotive Superheaters;
Constructive Details of Locomotives Using Highly Superheated Steam. Experimental and
Working Results. Illustrated with folding plates and tables. Cloth. Price
$2.50
Combustion of Coal and the Prevention of Smoke. By Wм. M. BARR.
This book has been prepared with special reference to the generation of heat by the com-
bustion of the common fuels found in the United States and deals particularly with the
conditions necessary to the economic and smokeless combustion of bituminous coal in Sta-
tionary and Locomotive Steam Boilers.
Presentation of this important subject is systematic and progressive. The arrangement of
the book is in a series of practical questions to which are appended accurate answers, which
describe in language free from technicalities the several processes involved in the furnace
combustion of American fuels; it clearly states the essential requisites for perfect combus-
tion, and points out the best methods of furnace construction for obtaining the greatest
quantity of heat from any given quality of coal. Nearly 350 pages, fully illustrated.
Price
$1.00
Diary of a Round-House Foreman. By T. S. REILLY.
This is the greatest book of railroad experiences ever published. Containing a fund of in-
formation and suggestions along the line of handling men, organizing, etc., that one cannot
afford to miss.
Price
. $1.00
Link Motions, Valves and Valve Setting. By FRED H. COLVIN, Associate Editor of "American Machinist."
A handy book for the engineer or machinist that clears up the mysteries of valve setting.
Shows the different valve gears in use, how they work, and why. Piston and slide valves
of different types are illustrated and explained. A book that every railroad man in the
motive-power department ought to have. Contains chapters on Locomotive Link Motion,
Valve Movements, Setting Slide Valves, Analysis by Diagrams, Modern Practice, Slip of
Block, Slice Valves, Piston Valves, Setting Piston Valves, Joy-Allen Valve Gear, Walschaert
Valve Gear, Gooch Valve Gear, Alfree-Hubbell Valve Gear, etc., etc. Fully illustrated.
Price
50 cents
Locomotive Boiler Construction.
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The construction of boilers in general is treated and, following this, the locomotive boiler
is taken up in the order in which its various parts go through the shop. Shows all types
of boilers used; gives details of construction; practical facts, such as life of riveting, punches
and dies; work done per day, allowance for bending and flanging sheets and other data.
Including the recent Locomotive Boiler Inspection Laws and Examination Questions with
their answers for Government Inspectors. Contains chapters on Laying-Out Work; Flang-
ing and Forging; Punching; Shearing; Plate Planing; General Tables; Finishing Parts;
Bending; Machinery Parts; Riveting; Boiler Details; Smoke-Box Details; Assembling
and Calking; Boiler-Shop Machinery, etc., etc.
There isn't a man who has anything to do with boiler work, either new or repair work, who
doesn't need this book. The manufacturer, superintendent, foreman and boiler worker-
all need it. No matter what the type of bioler, you'll find a mint of information that you
wouldn't be without. Over 400 pages, five large folding plates. Price
$3.00
Locomotive Breakdowns and their Remedies. By GEO. L. FOWLER. Revised by Wм. 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.
pages. 8th Revised Edition. Fully illustrated. Price
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 information ever published on
the construction and management of modern locomotives. Specially Prepared Chapters on
the Walschaert Locomotive Valve Gear, the Air-Brake Equipment and the Electric Headlight
are given.
It commends itself at once to every Engineer and Fireman, and to all who are going in for
examination or promotion. In plain language, with full, complete answers, not only 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 "stickers." 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 3 folding plates. 28th Revised Edition. Price.
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