Excerpt from The Practical Engineer: A Treatise on the Subject of Modeling, Constructing and Running Steam Engines; Containing, Also, Directions in Regard to the Various Kinds of Machinery Connected With Steam PowerThe author of this work has had experience in practical engineer ing, extending through many years, in various places, and with almost every description of engines. His sources of knowledge are therefore extensive, and the results of his information are given in the pages of this work in a plain, concise and practical style. He has been employed in constructing and working at engines of various kinds, in Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, and New Albany, Ind.; and was for some length of time a practical engineer in running the Ohio and Tennessee rivers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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