This book is a classic, loaded with photos, drawings and engravings of engines, and all the components that go into IC engine construction. You even get info. on propellers for marine engines and use of steam engine indicators on IC engines. Also included is an illustrated chapter on converting coal into producer gas. The last chapter is a great research tool. You get the dates, numbers and inventor names of several thousand engine patents granted between 1875 and 1910. You get NO details however. This can be useful if you are researching the output of a particular inventor, say, Diesel. Great book. Loaded with rare information of all
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