A catechism of the steam engine in its various applications to mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture. With practical instructions for the manufacture and management of engines of every class
John Bourne's question-and-answer manual on the steam engine, published by D. Appleton in New York in 1864 for engineers, mechanics, and engine-room hands. The wood-engraved figures are sectional and elevation drawings of cylinders, valves, governors, and boilers, hatched and shaded to show cut metal, usable as line diagrams of machine parts and hatching patterns.
