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Model Engines and Small Boats, by Nevil Monroe Hopkins, originally published by D. Van Nostrand Co.., New York, NY, 1898. Republished by Lindsay Publications, Bradley, IL, 2004. 5½ x 8½ softcover, 74 pages. ISBN 1-55918-319-5. Please note this book is new, not used. It is a reprint, not an original. You get a quality reprint of what seems to be a very hard-to-find and therefore expensive book from 1898. And it's a neat little book that will show you how to build small working engines with hand tools. I haven't read every page, but what I've seen, I like. Nowhere do I see the need for a lathe or a milling machine. You need a hacksaw, vise, files, drills, and other hand tools. You need to know how to soft solder, although if I were to build any boiler I wouldn't consider anything less than silver solder for strength and melting point. You get many drawings, but they're not dimensioned. The author assures us that they were made from working drawings and, therefore, each part is seen in relative size. You could probably blow them up with a copy machine or scanner to desired size. You don't need a lathe to build an engine. So even if you haven't acquired one yet, you can still have fun building little machines that actually run, and can power a small boat. Sounds like a great place to start. Although there are better nuts-and-bolts engine books out there, I knew from the minute I opened this book that it had to be reprinted it. Get a copy. I think you'll like it. * New methods of cylinder making * The model reversing screw-engine * U.S. media (book rate) mail is $3.95. PLEASE NOTE that our experience over the 2004-5 holiday season was that an alarming number of books took over four weeks to be delivered to states west of the Mississippi River. We think?and hope?this probably has something to do with homeland security rather than any sudden deterioration of postal service, but we really do not know. All we know for certain is that we do NOT want to deal with a number of inquires and complaints about ?Where?s my books?? when there is NOTHING we can do after we hand the package to the postal clerk and have the receipt in hand. If you want to use media (book rate) mail please wait at least four weeks before you contact us to inquire about the whereabouts of your book. And note that all we?ll be able to tell you is the date we mailed it from the Post Office. We will NOT be able to tell you where the book is, or when the Post Office is going to deliver it. The history of industrial, transportation, and agricultural development From Steam Engines . . . to Spacecraft (please look at our rules and privacy policy) |
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