L. J. MAXSE.


[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
Foreword[v]
Preface[ix]
I.Being Mainly Historical[1]
II.Armoured Trains[39]
III.Mechanical Miscellanea[51]
IV.The Graze-Fuse[75]
V.Care of the Cartridge Case[83]
VI.Gunnery and Projectiles (Rudimentary Notes and Notions)[93]
VII.The Crewe Tractor[127]
VIII."Hullo! America"[135]
IX.The Art of Drop-Forging[139]
X.1914-1918 Passengers and Goods[153]
XI.Indispensable[176]
XII.L'Envoi[200]
APPENDIX A
The System of Control applied to the Armoured Trains manufactured in Crewe Works[211]
APPENDIX B
Explanatory of the Gauge[212]
APPENDIX C
The Thread-Miller, and the "Backing-off" Lathe, as applied to Shell Manufacture[215]


[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

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C. J. Bowen-Cooke, Esq., C.B.E., Chief Mechanical Engineer, London and North-Western Railway[Frontispiece]
Armoured Train[45]
Various Types of Artificial Limbs[68]
The Protector, or Mine-sweeping, Paravane[70]
Gauges made at Crewe and used for the Manufacture of Graze-Fuses[78]
Reversible Mechanical Tapping Machine for Fuse Caps Designed at Crewe[78]
The Graze-Fuse, shewn in section[80]
Rolling out Dents in 4·5-inch Fired Cartridge Case[89]
"Patriot."—A Typical Example of the "Claughton" Class of 6´ 6´´, Six Wheels Coupled Express Passenger Engine with Superheated Boiler; Four h.p. Cylinders, 15-3/4´´ bore x 26´´ stroke; Boiler Pressure, 175 lbs. per sq. inch; Maximum Tractive Force, 24,130 lbs.; Weight of Engine and Tender in Working Order, 117 tons[99]
6-inch Shell Manufacture in the New Fitting Shop, Crewe Works[112]
A Crewe Tractor in Road Trim[130]
A Crewe Tractor as Light-Railway Engine on Active Service[130]
Limber Hooks: Illustrating Duplex Method of Drop Forging[145]
Trunnion Brackets for 6-inch Howitzer Gun, Drop Forgings[145]
The 4-ton Drop Hammer[148]
Naval Gun weighing 68 tons. A Typical Instance of War-time Traffic[173]
Breakdown Crane and Lifting Tackle for Shipping Small Goods Engines[178]
An Overseas Locomotive Panel "Severely Wounded"[178]
Type of Overhead Travelling Crane, Built at Crewe and Supplied to the Overseas "Rearward Services"[180]
"We, the Working Men of Crewe, will do all that is Humanly Possible to Increase the Output of Munitions, and Stand by our Comrades in the Trenches"[186]
London and North-Western Railway War Memorial, Euston[210]
Manufacture of a Hob-cutter, in "relieving" or "backing-off" lathe[Appendix C]