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Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to light and power plants

Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · 1899 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.] · 108 pictures

An 1899 technical manual by Robert Henry Thurston, published in New York by John Wiley & Sons, explaining simple and compound stationary steam engines to engineers and operators of light and power plants. Engravings show named commercial engines in side elevation and cut-open section, with lettered part keys, heavy flywheels, governors, valve gear and riveted bedplates rendered in fine line hatching against white grounds.

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