Pocket Companion For Locomotive Engineers And Firemen

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Excerpt from Pocket Companion for Locomotive Engineers and Firemen: Containing General Rules and Suggestions for the Management of an Engine Under All Circumstances This little work is designed for Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. It is written with a view of aiding, in a spirit of earnest sympathy, those desirous of fully understanding and mastering their responsible vocation. While there are not many works that explain, plainly and thoroughly, and with freedom from unnecessary technicality, the management of the locomotive, it is true that in no other branch of mechanical industry is a correct knowledge of principles and details more important. Indeed, the possession of such a knowledge is an indispensable requisite to the man who is daily intrusted with the safety of human life and property. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.