THE LOCOMOTIVE, IT'S FAILURES AND REMEDIES BY: THOMAS PIERCE

FEATURES:  THE LOCOMOTIVE, IT'S FAILURES AND REMEDIES BY: THOMAS PIERCE

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A) CONDITION BOOK: GOOD/FAIR - HARD BOUND

B) CONDITION DUST JACKET: ABSENT

C) FIRST EDITION 13TH PRINTING [CIRCA 1895] -  PIERCE PUBLISHING 1908

D) NOTE:  LOVELY GUILT EMBOSSED DECORATION OF A LOCOMOTIVE ON A FRONT BOARD.  AUTHOR EXPLOITS A QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT.  PIERCE SEEKS TO INSTRUCT READERS ABOUT THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. UNCOMMON.  102 PAGES + DIAGRAMS.

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BOOK GRADING CATEGORIES:

FINE

VERY GOOD

GOOD

FAIR

POOR
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THE LOCOMOTIVE, IT'S FAILURES AND REMEDIES BY: THOMAS PIERCE

axle back gear back lap back port bar back quarter beat blow in forward boiler bottom back bottom centre broken cause chimney close connecting-rod cylinder defective end on bottom engine Exhaust Open fore gear forward gear front end front lap front port bar gland hand inch inside lap of left lap of right left piston left valve left-hand back left-hand front left-hand valve open lever in back lever in forward middle gear moving Open to Exhaust Open to Lead Open to Steam pipe position pull put the lever quadrant block Ques right back port Right big end RIGHT FORWARD right front right piston right valve right-hand back right-hand big end right-hand crank right-hand front right-hand valve open sheave Shut Open shut the valve side rod slide spindle stand Steam Open steam port stop strap stroke Suppose tell think is blowing top back top centre train

 

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