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 classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.