Farm Engines and How to Run Them: A Simple, Practical Handbook for Experts and Amateurs

Facsimile ed. of an illus. guide from 1903 which will intrigue history buffs, small-scale farmers, & armchair gardeners alike. This classic, comprehensive handbook was referred to by young engineers as they prepared for their licensing exams. In addition to several hundred Q&A that were given as part of many exams, this book describes every part of a farm engine & boiler, giving complete directions for the safe & economical mgmt. of both. Includes chap. on farm engine economy, with special attention to traction & gasoline farm engines, & a chapter on the science of successful threshing. Includes precision artwork & cutaway illus. showing the different parts of a boiler & engine, & nearly every make of engine -- incl. Case, Nichols & Shepard, & Buffalo Pitts.