Excerpt from A Manual of Steam Engineering: Comprising Instructions, Suggestions and Illustrations for Progressive Steam Engineers, Concerning the Application to Modern Daily Practice of the Approved Theory of Steam Engineering HE object sought in presenting this. Volume to steam engineers and others interested in steam engineering is to provide a convenient and reliable reference book, containing data wanted in every-day practice, arranged in con venient form, with sufficient explana tion _to render the matter both interest ing and instructive. 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.