The Machinery of Western River Steamboats

by International Correspondence Schools, originally published by The Colliery Engineer Company, 1897, International Textbook Company, 1900, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1944.

Reproduced in 2026 by Nation Builder Books, Mebane, NC. 5½ x 8½ photocopied booklet, 68 pages, plus eight fold-out plates. Plus 11 page addendum with one fold-out plate.

 Please note this is a new photoduplicated reproduction, not an original.

This is the complete chapter “Machinery of Western River Steamboats” from A Textbook on Marine Engineering, by International Correspondence Schools.

Contents:

The Engines

Fixed Cut-Off Engines

   The Sweeney Valve Gear

Variable Cut-Off Engines

The Two-Valve Engine

Cams

   Laying Out Cams

Setting the Valves of Lever Engines

   The Fixed Cut-Off Gear

   Setting the Valves of the Sweeney Engine

   Setting the California Cut-Off

   Setting the Rees Cut-Off

   Setting the Valves of the Swain Engine

Valves and Auxiliary Machinery

   The Frisbie Balanced Valves

The Steering Gear

The Feed Apparatus

   The Doctor

   The Closed Feed-Water Heater

The Boilers

   The Flue Boiler

   The Fire-Box Boiler

   The Locomotive Boiler

  The Float Water Gauge

The addendum of 11 pages plus one plate is from the next chapter, “Recent Developments in Marine Engineering,” most of which dealt with refrigeration equipment. The contents offered here are two sections, entitled

Steering Engines

Reversing Gears