Chapters (22)
- PREFACE_______
- INTRODUCTORY ________
- PART FIRST ______
- PART SECOND ________
- A GOOD FIREMAN.
- WOOD
- CLEAN FLUES.
- PART FIVE _______
- PART SIX ________
- LUBRICATING OIL
- A HOT BOX
- PART SEVEN ________
- A TRACTION ENGINE ON THE ROAD
- SAND.
- TWO WAYS OF READING __________
- INJECTORS
- SIGHT FEED LUBRICATOR
- BOILER FEEDERS
- FORCE FEED OILER
- SPEEDER
- LIFTING JACK
- SOMETHING ABOUT PRESSURE _________
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