Transcriber's Notes
Blank pages have been deleted. Illustrations may have been moved. The following publishers' errors and inconsistencies were corrected as follows:
- Fig. 59: "Thermo-siphon" was "Thermo-syphon".
- Fig. 150: Second half split off to create Fig. 150b.
- Page viii: "If ignition occurs too" was "If ignition occur too"
- Page 18: "smoke-stack" was "smokestack".
- Page 19: Split illustrations and titled one "Fig. 1a".
- Page 70: Rearranged table.
- Page 83: "sawdust" was "saw-dust".
- Page 83: "9 feet by 15 feet" was "9 feet by 75 feet" (math error).
- Page 92: "crank-shaft" was "crankshaft".
- Page 92: "fly-wheel" was "flywheel".
- Page 105: "thermo-siphons" was "thermo-syphons".
- Page 128: "gas-pipe" was "gaspipe".
- Page 174, 200, 203(2 places): "horse-power" was "horsepower".
- Page 205: "super-heater" was "superheater".
- Page 220: "air-tight" was "airtight".
- Page 239: "superheated" was "super-heated".
- Page 255: "potash" was "postash".
- Page 264: "59 degrees F." was "490 degrees F." (conversion error).
- Page 269: "drum p''" was "drum p'".
- Page 291: Fig. 150 has been split into two figures.
- Page 297: "Stroke" was "Stoke".
- Page 300: "Ziehe was "Zi he".
- Page 301: "Messrs." was "Me rs.".
- Page 323: "FOR" was "FOF".
- Index: "Fire-box" was "Firebox".
- Index: "Governors, ... hit-and-miss" was "hit-and miss".
- Index: "Piston ... crank-shaft" was "crankshaft".
- Advertisements: Chapter header "ADVERTISEMENTS" added.