Catechism of the locomotive
Matthias N. (Matthias Nace) Forney and Georg Kosak
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. APPENDIX.4. INTRODUCTION.5. PART I. THE STEAM ENGINE.6. PART II. THE FORCES OF AIR AND STEAM.7. PART III. ON WORK, ENERGY, AND THE MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT.8. PART IV. THE SLIDE-VALVE.9. PART V. THE EXPANSION OF STEAM.10. PART VI. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.11. PART VII. THE LOCOMOTIVE BOILER.12. PART VIII. THE BOILER ATTACHMENTS.13. PART IX. THE THROTTLE-VALVE AND STEAM PIPES.14. PART X. THE CYLINDERS, PISTONS, GUIDE-RODS AND CONNECTING-RODS.15. PART XI. THE VALVE-GEAR.16. PART XI. THE VALVE-GEAR. (continued 2)17. PART XII. THE RUNNING GEAR.18. PART XIII. ADHESION AND TRACTION.19. PART XIV. INTERNAL DISTURBING FORCES IN THE LOCOMOTIVE.20. PART XV. MISCELLANEOUS.21. PART XVI. SCREW-THREADS, BOLTS AND NUTS.22. PART XVII. TENDERS.23. PART XVIII. FRICTION AND LUBRICATION.24. PART XIX. COMBUSTION.25. PART XX. THE RESISTANCE OF TRAINS.26. PART XXI. PROPORTIONS OF LOCOMOTIVES.27. PART XXII. DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOCOMOTIVES.28. PART XXIII. CONTINUOUS TRAIN BRAKES.29. PART XXIV. PERFORMANCE AND COST OF OPERATING LOCOMOTIVES.30. PART XXV. WATER-TANKS AND TURN-TABLES.31. PART XXVI. INSPECTION OF LOCOMOTIVES.32. PART XXVII. RUNNING LOCOMOTIVES.33. PART XXVIII. ACCIDENTS TO LOCOMOTIVES.34. PART XXIX. ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES TO PERSONS.35. PART XL. RESPONSIBILITY AND QUALIFICATIONS OF LOCOMOTIVE RUNNERS.[119]36. Plates37. Appendix I.38. Appendix II.39. Appendix III.40. Appendix IV.41. INDEX.42. Transcriber’s Notes