Excerpt from The Practical Engineer: Showing the Best and Most Economical Mode for Modeling, Constructing and Working Steam Engines, Written in a Plain, Concise and Practical Style, and Designed Especially for Practical Engineers, Steam-Boat Captains and PilotsHis knowledge of land and stationary engines is quite as extensive as that Of any other persons in general, and he feels therefore confident of the utility of the present work to practical men.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. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.