Excerpt from Gas Engine Construction: A Practical Treatise Describing the Theory and Principles of the Action of Gas Engines of Various Types and the Design and Construction of a Half Horse Power Gas Engine To any who may think it is necessary to have a complete machine shop at one's disposal in order to construct one of these engines, we need only say that this original engine was built, and all the photos of the work made at Schroon Lake, in the heart of the Adirondacks. 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.