Front matter
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Plate II.

LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE. By The Grant Locomotive Works, Paterson, New Jersey. Scale, ³⁄₈ in. = 1 foot.
Plate III.

PLAN OF AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE. By The Grant Locomotive Works, Paterson, New Jersey. Scale, ³⁄₈ in. = 1 foot.
CATECHISM OF THE LOCOMOTIVE

BY MATTHIAS N. FORNEY, Mechanical Engineer.
Will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, on receipt of price $2.50.
FREDERICK KEPPY, Scientific Book Publisher,
No. 38 STATE STREET, BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by THE RAILROAD GAZETTE, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.