Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist"
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Faithfully yours
Charles T. Porter
CHARLES T. PORTER
Honorary Member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Author of “A Treatise on the Richards Steam-engine Indicator and the Development and Application of Force in the Steam-engine,” 1874; “Mechanics and Faith,” 1885
REVISED AND ENLARGED
FIRST EDITION FIRST THOUSAND
NEW YORK JOHN WILEY & SONS London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited 1908
Copyright 1908 BY CHARLES T. PORTER
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER AND MOTHER
My Father
Charles T. Porter
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PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF FULL-PAGE HALF-TONE PORTRAITS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
EXPLANATION OF THE ACTION OF THE RECIPROCATING PARTS OF A HORIZONTAL STEAM ENGINE
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
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