Beautiful Engines : Treasures of the Internal Combustion Century
by Stan Grayson - Lenoir, Otto and Langden plus 33 others. 112 pages with 156 color and bw photos. The human stories behind the development of the internal combustion engine are combined with full-color photographs in this coffee-table book to present the beauty of the engines themselves. In addition to the portrait-quality photographs, line drawings, cutaways, and clear text describe how each engine works and its primary uses. The fascinating histories of the engineers and inventors who built these pioneering machines-stories of fame and fortune and tragedy and ruin-are also told. Key stationary and marine engines from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom are shown in addition to famous U.S. engines from such manufacturers as International Harvester and Fairbanks-Morse.
Farm Motors by Brownlee J. Davidson, Leon Wilson Chase, Nathaniel Tripp, J. Brownlee Davidson - Beginning with a brief but fascinating course on "the animal as motor," Davidson and Chase explain how consumption of energy (in the form of grain and other foods) results in the production of carbon dioxide and other products of combustion, which, in turn, results in mechanical energy. Using the mechanics of the horse as a springboard, Farm Motors launches into a thorough yet accessible seminar on energy and its sources, the law of transformation of energy, prime movers (such as heat engines) versus electrical motors, and more.
Steam and Stirling: Engines You Can Build provides direction for the experienced and instruction for the novice in the fast-growing ranks of Amateur Machinists. The projects presented have been built by men from all walks of life and were designed by hobbyists from an equally broad span of devotees who enjoy model engineering as a fascinating and extremely satisfying past time.
Steam & Stirling Engines You Can Build Book 2 by Live Steam Magazine Relaxation is found in many forms. While some find it in the wide open spaces of the great outdoors, others are discovering it measured in thousandths and tens of thousandths of an inch in cozy home workshops.
Power from Steam - A History of the Stationary Steam Engine by Richard L. Hills Photographs and drawings of now lost examples make this a valuable volume for anyone interested in the development of steam power from it's early beginnings as an interesting phenomena for the inquiring mind, through to its essential part of todays world, providing power everywhere. This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.
Steam-Engine Design Inside this unusual volume, you'll learn some of the secrets gained over decades of experience in steam engine design - secrets that are all but forgotten now.
STEAM TRACTORS Full Steam Ahead: J. I. Case Tractors and Equipment 1842-1955. Chronicles many of the early design and developmental stages of some of Case's most popular equipment, including farm machinery, threshing machines, steam engines, gas tractors, and Case cars. Discusses prototype testing, component selection, engine design, and sales data, and includes some 700 color and b&w photos.
Beautiful Engines : Treasures of the Internal Combustion Century
Farm Motors
Power from Steam - A History of the Stationary Steam Engine