Old Stationary Engines

D W Edgington

• 01 april 2004
• 9780747805946

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The author describes the evolution of the first practical stationary engines and illustrates some of the many designs, with notes on their important features and information on the better-known manufacturers.

The author describes the evolution of the first practical stationary engines and illustrates some of the many designs, with notes on their important features and information on the better-known manufacturers.

Colour photographs and archive illustrations depict engines produced by well-known manufacturers such as the Associated Manufacturers’ Company, Lister, Petter and Wolseley, and those of lesser-known makers such as Morton and Naylor.

This is the ideal introduction to these fascinating machines.