The Art of Railroading, Vol. 6

Download or read book The Art of Railroading, Vol. 6 written by L. Elliott Brookes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Art of Railroading, Vol. 6: Or the Technique of Modern Transportation; The Prior Self-Educational Railway Series; 20th Century Machine Shop Practice This work has been compiled for the use of Machinists, Engineers and others who are interested in the use and operation of the Machinery and Machine Tools in a modern machine shop, and every effort has been made by the author to deal with the subjects which come within the scope of this work in as practical and non-technical manner as possible. A great number of useful rules, formulas and tables are also given, and which will be found of untold value in connection with the subject matter of the book The author is indebted to the Brown Sharpe Mfg. Co. For many of the illustrations. 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.