Methods of Engine and Boiler Making
with a chapter on
Elementary Ship Design and Construction
by Nevil Monroe Hopkins
From the Preface--While the author deals with only the direct-acting screw type of marine engine, and gives directions for the making of shell and water-tube boilers only, the introduction of the writer's system of constructing small steam cylinders without patterns and castings, and boilers without the use of special tools, will enable one with mechanical ability to apply the methods in a general manner, embracing almost any type of model engine and boiler. It will be observed on reading the following descriptions of engines, boilers, and hulls that no combination of the three is adhered to or directed, allowing the reader full choice in the matter as regards class of steamer and the type of its machinery. A chapter on elementary boat design is given, followed by a system of hull-construction, using wooden ribs in combination with cardboard plating, which has given entire satisfaction under trying circumstances. Should any of the readers of this little volume acquire a fondness and develop a talent for any of the more advanced engineering vocations, or derive any useful information from its pages, the time expended in its preparation will be, to say the least, far from unprofitably spent.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.--OSCILLATING ENGINES, Single-acting
Engines, Double-acting Engines,
CHAPTER II.--THE SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, New Method of Cylinder-making, The Model Reversing Screw-engine,
CHAPTER III. MODEL BOILERS, The Shell Boiler, The Water-tube Boiler,
CHAPTER IV.--SHIP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, Elementary Designing, Hull Construction.
CHAPTER II.--THE SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, New Method of Cylinder-making, The Model Reversing Screw-engine,
CHAPTER III. MODEL BOILERS, The Shell Boiler, The Water-tube Boiler,
CHAPTER IV.--SHIP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, Elementary Designing, Hull Construction.
