Steam Locomotive Boiler Part 1 – 60 pages of great 1941 information! -- Reprint

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Locomotive Boilers, Part 1, ICS # 1967A, Edition 1
, by J.W. Harding, originally published by International Correspondence Schools / International Textbook Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1941. Reproduced by Nation Builder Books, Mebane, NC, 2021, 5½ x 8½ photocopied booklet, 60 pages plus one fold-out plate.
Please note this is a new photoduplicated reproduction, not an original.
How does exhaust steam create a draft?  What is the purpose of the diaphragm, the table plate, and the damper? What relation should the net internal gas area bear to the grate area? What are the names of the sheets and courses that comprise the boiler shell. To what area is the term “breaking zone” applied? Define a triple-riveted, double-welt butt joint.
If you can answer all these questions, maybe you don’t need this book. But if you’re of the growing number of live steam enthusiasts looking for information to help you design, build and run a steam engine locomotive, then you will love this book. And be sure to look for our two dozen other reproduced books from this ICS series on steam railroading as taught and practiced in the 1930s and 1940s.
The contents include:
Construction and details. Boiler shell. Construction of boiler shell. Lap joints. Details of lap joint. Butt joints. Details of butt joint. Back head. Dome course and roof sheet. Door hole. Throat sheet and side sheets. Smoke Box and first course. Tube sheets tubes and flus. Minimum net gas area. Grate area through tubes and flus. Foundation ring. Smoke Box details. Finding height of table plate. Smokestack. Netting. Exhaust pipe. Diameter of nozzle. Draft. Action of exhaust in producing draft. Blower. Firebox. Parts of fire box. Firebox sheets. Grates. Staying Firebox to boiler shell. Necessity for staying. Stay bolts. Application of staybolts. Renewal of locomotive fire boxes. Manner of renewal. Order of operations. Expansion of Firebox sheets. Space between diaphragm plate and back of Stack. Space between front edge of draft sheet and Smoke Box front. Space below table plate. Difference in expansion. Effect of expansion. Breaking Zone. A drafting of steam locomotives. Master mechanics locomotive front end arrangement recommended practice 1906 revised 1936. Analysis of Smoke Box and fire box design. Space between front flue sheet and diaphragm plate. Space between diaphragm plate and back of Stack. Space between front edge of drift sheet and Smoke Box front. Space below table front. Design of brick Arch. Recommended design of Smoke Box details. Exhaust stand. Exhaust nozzles. Exhaust nozzles spreader. The blower. Design and application of draft sheet. Deflecting plate and bottom of Smoke Box. Construction of Stack exhaust stand and nozzle for assembly of Smoke Box details. Typical recommended Arrangement. Points to be observed and assembly of Smoke Box details. Test for steam leaks. test purposes. Test for air leaks. Discussion of the drafts. Drafts of most significance. Plotting of draft curves. Analysis of the draft curve. Necessary amount of draft. Locomotive and fuel performance tests to determine advantages do to redrafting. Standing tests. Dynamometer car tests. Conclusion. Road tests without dynamometer car observation test. Examination questions.