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Excerpt from Practical Instructions Relating to the Construction and Use of the Steam Engine Indicator, Vol. 1<br><br>The purpose of this book is to enable the engineer of ordinary ability to understand: First, The design, construction, and use of the Crosby Steam Engine Indicator. Secondly, To make suitable preparation for applying it to a steam engine, including the mechanism for operating the paper drum. Thirdly, To take diagrams, read them intelligently, and, after some experience, deduce from them such information as to the working of an engine, as a good instrument skilfully applied and handled is capable of revealing to the studious and observing mind.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.