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Fifth Edition. — New York: John Wiley & sons, 1907. — 1027 p. This edition has been revised by the author to include the latest developments of steam and electric locomotives. The development of the steam locomotive includes the balanced four-cylinder compound and the steam superheater. The principle of compounding has been described in full as applied to locomotives both in the United States and foreign countries, involving the use of two-, three-, and four-cylinder engines. A chapter has been devoted to foreign-built compound engines, some types being described which are not modern, because they show the efforts put forth at their respective periods to improve the compound locomotive, and they form part of the evolution of the compound engine. The rapid development of the electric locomotive, and its use on trunk-line operations, require the treatment of the construction and operation of the electric locomotive in great detail, together with the apparatus essential to the generating and transmitting of the current which operates the locomotive. The principles of the generating and translating apparatus and the method of application are explained. The systems of construction and

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Author

Reagan H.C.

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Technology, Stem