TRACTION ENGINES WORTH MODELLING
Written by W.J. Hughes
Published by Percival Marshall And Co Ltd.
in 1950
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- TRACTION ENGINE
- MODELS
TRACTION ENGINES WORTH MODELLING
Written by W.J. Hughes.
Stock no. 1827475
1st.
1950.
Hardback.
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.
Front cover
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