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Books on Miscellaneous Trades
Barry Lee David, THE ANTIQUE AMERICAN STEAM GAUGE A Collector's Gauge Ref: CHT9203

This book brings together the vast variety of steam gauges used to perform all sorts of tasks and in a variety of forms: both strictly utilitarian and ornately decorate ones. Chapters include: The Gauge Makers; Cleaning and Restoring Steam Gauges; Railway-, Fire Engine-, Portable and Traction engine-, Marine (Nautical) -, Press-, Building-, Steam Car Gauges; Gauge Appliances, Recorders and Gauge Patents. There is also a bibliography and an index.  


Price: £21.95
Barry Lee David, THE ANTIQUE AMERICAN STEAM GAUGE A Collector's Gauge

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Ted Frost, FROM TREE TO SEA. The Building of a Wooden Steam Drifter Ref: CHT9305

2007 reprint of the 1985 edition. Written and illustrated by a shipwright who was apprenticed in 1916. The book covers every aspect of building a wooden steamship from selecting the wood, cutting, steaming and bending it through to stepping the mast. Each aspect of shipbuilding is illustrated with the author's fine drawings which are both technically correct and beautiful. 


Price: £19.95
Ted Frost, FROM TREE TO SEA. The Building of a Wooden Steam Drifter

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Joshua Rose, MODERN STEAM ENGINES Ref: CHT9344

An elementary treatise on the steam engine originally published in 1887 and reprinted here in full. It was a classic in its time and still holds up for dealing with engines designed at the end of the 19th century. It is written in plain language for use in workshops as well as drawing offices giving full explanations of the construction of engines and illustrated with 100s of clear and understandable drawings. 


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Joshua Rose, MODERN STEAM ENGINES

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