Compound Locomotives (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Compound Locomotives In the preparation of the series of articles which are here collected in book form, the aim of the author was to combine the description of the various forms of compound locomotives which have been actually used, with so much of the theory of the design of compound engines as would seem to be directly applicable to locomotive practice. An effort has been made to present an unprejudiced analysis of each type, and to point out such advantages and disadvantages as are apparently clearly demonstrable, while carefully avoiding matters of individual preference. Free use has been made of all available material, and the authority for data is in general given in the text. The author wishes to specially acknowledge his indebtedness to Engineer ing, and to Mr. Anatole Mallet, civil engineer, Paris, Mr. A. Von Borries, locomotive superintendent of the Hanover Rail road, Messrs. Henry and Baudry, of the Paris, Lyons 8: Mediterranean Railway, and Mr. G. Du Bousquet, of the Northern Railway of France, for courteously supplying him with information concerning their designs. 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.