Sexton's Pocket-Book for Boiler-Makers and Steam Users e-bog

This vintage book contains a handbook of useful information originally designed for inspectors, surveyors, engineers, factory foremen, and the general steam-using public. With information on everything from repairing boilers to general advice, this profusely illustrated volume will appeal to modern readers with a practical interest in steam power and collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "e;Accidents Through Bad Workmanship"e;, "e;Angle-Iron Rings"e;, "e;Areas of Circles"e;, "e;Cambers, Templates of"e;, "e;Care of Boilers"e;, "e;Caulking"e;, "e;Circumferences of Circles"e;, "e;Iron Rings"e;, "e;Cones, Templates of"e;, "e;Countersinking"e;, "e;Curves of Steam Chests"e;, "e;Cylindrical Boilers"e;, "e;Decimal Equivalents to the Divisions of an Inch"e;, et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metalworking.