Transcriber's Notes
Waldemar Kaempffert translation
Blank pages have been deleted. Illustrations may have been moved. The following publishers' errors and inconsistencies were corrected as follows:
Fig. 59: "Thermo-siphon" was "Thermo-syphon".
Fig. 150: Second half split off to create Fig. 150b.
Page viii: "If ignition occurs too" was "If ignition occur too"
Page 18: "smoke-stack" was "smokestack".
Page 19: Split illustrations and titled one "Fig. 1a".
Page 70: Rearranged table.
Page 83: "sawdust" was "saw-dust".
Page 83: "9 feet by 15 feet" was "9 feet by 75 feet" (math error).
Page 92: "crank-shaft" was "crankshaft".
Page 92: "fly-wheel" was "flywheel".
Page 105: "thermo-siphons" was "thermo-syphons".
Page 128: "gas-pipe" was "gaspipe".
Page 174, 200, 203(2 places): "horse-power" was "horsepower".
Page 205: "super-heater" was "superheater".
Page 220: "air-tight" was "airtight".
Page 239: "superheated" was "super-heated".
Page 255: "potash" was "postash".
Page 264: "59 degrees F." was "490 degrees F." (conversion error).
Page 269: "drum p''" was "drum p'".
Page 291: Fig. 150 has been split into two figures.
Page 297: "Stroke" was "Stoke".
Page 300: "Ziehe was "Zi he".
Page 301: "Messrs." was "Me rs.".
Page 323: "FOR" was "FOF".
Index: "Fire-box" was "Firebox".
Index: "Governors, ... hit-and-miss" was "hit-and miss".
Index: "Piston ... crank-shaft" was "crankshaft".
Advertisements: Chapter header "ADVERTISEMENTS" added.
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