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Excerpt from Locomotives of 1907The railway service of the United Kingdom was never more efficient than at the present time, and, speaking generally, it would be difficult to find a strict parallel for it in any other part of the world. The weight of the trains comprising the most important passenger services and the average speeds at which they are run, have both had an upward tendency, and the demand for locomotives capable of hauling these ...

Excerpt from The Locomotive Simply Explained: A First Introduction to the Study of the Locomotive EngineTo many the sight has but a momentary interest which vanishes as soon as the train is lost to View, whilst on others the effect is to awaken in their minds a desire to know more about the construction of the engine and the principles which govern its working.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and class...

Excerpt from The Locomotive Simply Explained: A First Introduction to the Study of the Locomotive EngineTo many the sight has but a momentary interest which vanishes as soon as the train is lost to View, whilst on others the effect is to awaken in their minds a desire to know more about the construction of the engine and the principles which govern its working.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and class...

It has been said, with truth, that an inherent love of things mechanical finds a more or less definitive place in the character of every Englishman..." So begins The MotorCyclist's Handbook, a wonderful text from 1911 that describes in detail the operation of early motorcycles. Created by Charles S. Lake columnist for The Model Engineer magazine, the book was an instant classic. Today it is just as readable and in some fashion in even more enj...

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It has been said, with truth, that an inherent love of things mechanical finds a more or less definitive place in the character of every Englishman..." So begins The Motor Cyclist's Handbook, a wonderful text from 1911 that describes in detail the operation of early motorcycles. Created by Charles S. Lake, who wrote weekly columns in The Model Engineer magazine, the book was an instant classic. Today it is just as readable. Lavishly illustrate...