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Building Simple Model Steam Engines
Tubal Cain
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Description for Building Simple Model Steam Engines
Paperback. The sheer simplicity of miniature oscillating steam engines has an enduring fascination for all marine and model engineers. This book shows how to build four model steam engines and features designs and plans that even a beginner will be able to follow. Num Pages: 112 pages, 49 scale plans & drawings; 8 b+w photographs. BIC Classification: TRF; WDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
There is a fascination about the simple oscillating steam engine which attracts even the builders of true-scale, exact-to-prototype quadruple expansion marine engines! It may be their sheer simplicity of mechanism, it may be memories of childhood days when Father Christmas put one in the stocking, or it may just be the fun of seeing the machine work. This book describes the making of four such models: Polly - a vertical steam plant. Elizabeth - a horizontal steam power plant. Hercules - a working model steam crane. Jenny Wren - a miniature vertical steam engine. The author built ... Read more
There is a fascination about the simple oscillating steam engine which attracts even the builders of true-scale, exact-to-prototype quadruple expansion marine engines! It may be their sheer simplicity of mechanism, it may be memories of childhood days when Father Christmas put one in the stocking, or it may just be the fun of seeing the machine work. This book describes the making of four such models: Polly - a vertical steam plant. Elizabeth - a horizontal steam power plant. Hercules - a working model steam crane. Jenny Wren - a miniature vertical steam engine. The author built ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Special Interest Model Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
155g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854861047
SKU
V9781854861047
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Tubal Cain
Tubal Cain was the pen name of engineer and craftsman Tom Walshaw, the writer of many best-selling home workshop and model engineering guides.
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