1884 Roper’s Young Engineer’s Own Book - STEAM Engines - ORIGINAL 1884, US $150.00 – Picture 0

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1884 Roper’s Young Engineer’s Own Book - Steam Engines - Original 1884

US $150.00

Mebane, North Carolina, United States
Jan 31st

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The Young Engineer's Own Book, Containing an explanation of the principle and theories on which the steam-engine as a prime mover is based, by Stephen Roper. Published by Edward Meeks, Philadelphia, Penn., 1884. 3 1/2 x 6 in leather wraps, 365 pages + 72 page catalog of other technical books offered by Meeker in back. This ORIGINAL book from 1882 is in fair condition. The covers are heavily edgeworn, and the front cover is almost entirely detached, literally hanging by a thread. The binding of the textblock is intact, all pages present, clean, free of marks, but yellowing and becoming brittle. Subtitled "Including the modeling, constructing, running and management of steam engines and steam boilers. With illustrations by Stephen Roper, Engineer." Here is about one third of the Table of Contents: The Steam-Engine; Steam-Engines; Horse-Power of Steam-Engines; Table showing the Factor of Horse-Power for Different Piston Speeds, Pressures, and Diameter of Cylinders; Economy and Waste In The Steam-Engine; Difference Between Condensing And Non-Condensing Engines; Design Of Steam-Engines; Portable And Semi-Steam-Engines; Small Steam-Engines; Traction Steam-Engines; Proportions of Steam-Engines; Fly-Wheels; The Steam-Piston; SNIP Knocking In Steam-Engines; What Should The Young Engineer Be?; What Should The Young Engineer Know?; The Young Engineer Should Practise Economy; What Tools Should the Young Engineer Have?; Conversation Between the Young Engineer and His Employer; The Steam-Engine Indicator; How To Adjust The Indicator; The Pantograph, Or Lazy Tongs; The Planimeter; The Vacuum—Its Effect On The Working of the Steam-Engine and as a Condition of Economy.

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Seller Notes	“This ORIGINAL book from 1882 is in fair condition. The covers are heavily edgeworn, and the front cover is almost entirely detached, literally hanging by a thread. The binding of the textblock is intact, all pages present, clean, free of marks, but yellowing and becoming brittle.”