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THE TEXTILE MILL ENGINE VOLUME 1

Written by George Watkins
Published by David & Charles in 1970
ISBN: 071534983X

THE TEXTILE MILL ENGINE VOLUME 1
Written by George Watkins.
Stock no. 1322492
1st. 1970. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. David & Charles Library of Textile History. ISBN: 071534983X. Spine bumped. Pale page browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge rubbed with a tear to top edge of front panel.

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Front cover

Cover of THE TEXTILE MILL ENGINE VOLUME 1 by George Watkins

Contents

  • Introduction
  • BEAM ENGINES
  • House-Built Single
  • Independent
  • Compounded
  • McNaught
  • Large Examples
  • Pusher Compound
  • Pushers
  • Other Compounds
  • Side Levers
  • VERTICAL ENGINES
  • HORIZONTAL ENGINES
  • Simple Expansion
  • Single Tandem Slide Valve
  • Corliss and Slide Valves
  • Corliss Valves
  • Large Single Tandems
  • Drop Valves
  • TWIN TANDEMS
  • Compound
  • Triple Expansion
  • MODERNISING
  • DESIGN CHANGES
  • Acknowledgements
  • Indexes: Engine Types
  • Makers