Online Catalogue last updated 15th of September 2008
"A practical treatise describing the theory and principles of the action of gas engines of various types and the design and construction of a half horse power gas engine with illustrations of the work in actual progress, together with dimensioned working drawings giving clearly the sizes of the various details for the student, the scientific investigator and the amateur mechanic."
It's not the greatest engine construction book, but it's the only one around. And this 1900 how-to book is definitely worth having. You'll be shown how to build a one-lung engine sporting a 2 1/2" bore and 4" stroke with a pair of nasty looking 14" flywheels.
You get all the info from foundry patterns, to making tooling for lathe set-ups, to machining the oilers, bearings. carburettor, hot-flame igniter and all the rest.
You get page after page of photographs of main bearings being drilled, side rods being turned, exhaust valve casings being bored, and more.
Chapters include how the gas engine works, the four classes of engines, design of a small gas engine, patterns, special tools, cylinder, piston, connecting rod, bearings, side rods, bed plate, fly-wheels and shaft, cylinder head, inlet valve, exhaust valve, clave gearing, governor, igniter and electrical connections, assembling, regulating and starting, carburetters, engine details & their design, and a bibliography.
Build an engine. Scale these plans down for a small lathe. Scale them up if you can lift the castings.
Code No. 001732, 296 pages, $34.00