Railways - Traction Engines and Steam

Applied Thermodynamics For Engineering Technologists Eastop, T D and McConkey, A 738 pages; black and white drawings; original dust cover; average copy, some wear; Longmans; 1963. (Discusses heat engine cycle, steam plant and engine, steam turbines, gas turbines, combustion, refrigeration, heat transfer and reciprocating internal-combustion engines.) TES54288 $18.00

Drilling And Grinding Molloy, E 104 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; tables; original dust jacket; ex- institutional library but average copy, some wear; George Newnes; 1941. (A guide for machine operators, setters and charge hands and covers micrometers, clipers, drills. Drilling, grinding, grinding machines and centreless grinding.) TES28347 $18.00

Heat Engines Ripper, William 354 pages; drawings; graphs; plans; name or signature; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Longmans; 1912. (Covers all aspects of steam generation, plus internal combustion – steam engine, side valve, valve gear, cranks and crank shaft, condensors, governors, compound engines, boilers, furnaces and steam turbine.) TES29290 $55.00

Stationary Steam Engines Hayes, Geoffrey 32 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Shire; 1995. (A good general account of how a steam engine works, engine developments, valves and valve gear and boilers.) TES55205 $12.00

Steam For Industrial Processing And Power Molloy, E 112 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; George Newnes Ltd; 1941; reprinted. (Covers process steam installations, turbine and condensing-plant maintence, reducing valves and desuper heaters, water treatment and colorifiers and water heaters.) TES45222 $22.00

Steam On The Waitemata Stewart, W W 64 pages; black and white photographs; map; coloured drawings; plans; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; A H & A W Reed; 1972. (An excellent account of the history of steam ferries that plyed the Waitemata Harbour of Auckland. Liberally illustrated with the author’s paintings and photographs.) TES43189 $20.00

Steam On The Waitemata Stewart, W W 64 pages; black and white photographs; coloured paintings; maps; original dust cover; Mint copy; AH & AW Reed; 1972. (A Bill Stewart classic about the Auckland ferries with lovely paintings and text interspersed with humorous yarns.) TES55207 $32.00

Technology Of Heat Baker, H Wright 428 pages; drawings; graphs; name or signature; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Longmans, Green & Co; 1956. (Covers the workings of compressions, steam engines and turbines, internal combustion engines, gas turbine, refrigeration and heat pumps.) TES38357 $35.00

The Amateurs Workshop – Revised edition Bradley, Ian 266 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Model & Allied Publications; 1976; revised edition. (Covers all aspects of machinery in an amateur workshop, the type of machinery to obtain and how to get the best out of them together with ideas on good workshop practice.) TES38359 $35.00

The Novice’s Workshop Bradley, Ian and Hallows, Norman 236 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Model Aeronautical Press; 1967. (A comprehensive account of setting up a home workshop and the tools and equipment necessary to build locomotives.) TES38361 $28.00

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The Pictorial History Of Steam Power Van Riemsdijk, J and Brown, Kenneth 192 pages; coloured and black and white photographs and drawings; plans; original dust jacket; Gallery Press; 1984; 2nd edition. (Steam for pumping, rotative engines, railways, sea, land, in the factory, for electricity generation and boilers and accessories all covered.) TES37219 $45.00

The Pictorial History Of Steam Power Van Riemsdijk, J and Brown, Kenneth 192 pages; coloured and black and white photographs and drawings; plans; original dust jacket; from an institutional library but mint copy; Gallery Press; 1984; 2nd edition. (Steam for pumping, rotative engines, railways, sea, land, in the factory, for electricity generation and boilers and accessories all covered.) TES56295 $25.00

The Power Of Steam – An Illustrated History of the World’s Steam Age Briggs, Asa 208 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Michael Joseph; 1982. (A study of the use of steam, in industry, transport, agriculture, and other unusual uses that demonstrate the power of the steam engine.) TES51279 $35.00

The Water Joey Anderson, Mona 120 pages; black and white photographs; faded original dust jacket, otherwise fine copy, near mint; A H & A W Reed; 1976. (A nostalgic look at traction engines and old wheat mills in Canterbury, and the men and women who served them. Good stories about the men who operated traction engines.) TES53321 $38.00

Thermodynamic Properties Of Steam Keenan, Joseph H and Keyes, Frederick G 100 pages; folded graphs; hard cover; average copy, some wear; Wiley, New York; 1936 (Deals with temperature scale, vapour pressure of liquid water and ice, properties of water vapour, liquids and viscosity and heat conductivity of water vapour.) TES22277 $25.00

Traction Engines Bonnett, Harold 32 pages; black and white photographs; drawing; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Shire; 1985. (A good general account of portables, traction engines, steam rollers, showman’s engines, steam plough, and road locomotives.) TES55202 $12.00

Welding And Cutting Oates, J A 94 pages; drawings; plans; card covers; average copy, some wear; MAP; 1963; reprint. (A practical handbook describing the welding and cutting of metals by oxy-acetylene and metallic arc process.) TES38367 $15.00

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