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TRACTION ENGINES WORTH MODELLING

by W.J. Hughes

Published by Percival Marshall And Co Ltd.. 1st. 1950

Very good condition. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams.

Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and margins. Else contents clean. Musty odour present.

Stock no. 1827475

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Contents

  • CHAPTER ONE Introduction
  • CHAPTER TWO General Construction of the Prototypes
  • CHAPTER THREE General Arrangement
  • CHAPTER FOUR Gearing
  • CHAPTER FIVE Springing
  • CHAPTER SIX Wheels, Brakes and Tender
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Steering: Pumps
  • CHAPTER EIGHT General Construction of a Model
  • CHAPTER NINE Building Wheels
  • CHAPTER TEN Boiler and Hornplates
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN Cylinders
  • CHAPTER TWELVE The Marshall 7-n.h.p. General Purpose Traction Engine
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Allchin 7-n.h.p. Traction Engine, No. 3251, Royal Chester
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Marshall Compound Five-ton Tractor
  • CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Aveling & Porter Compound Steam Roller
  • CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Fowler B.6 "Big Lion" Road Locomotive
  • CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The "Farmer's Engine" of 1849
  • CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Road Locomotive Society: Other Acknowledgements
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • BLUE-PRINTS OF TRACTION ENGINES

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