Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from International Library of Technology: A Series of d104books for Persons Engaged in the Engineer'ng Professions and Trades or for Those Who Desire Information Concerning Them; Fully Illustrated and Containing Numerous Practical Examples and Their Solutions
This volume is devoted to the Westinghouse air-brake and air-signal systems. It treats of the automatic brake system with all its improvements. The combined straight-air and automatic brake for engines and tenders, the schedule 0, or high-pressure, control apparatus for the control of heavy freight trains on grades, the high-speed brake and the air signal system. Great pains have been taken to treat the subject from the standpoint of the men who handle the brakes, and everything that will affect the operation of the air or air-signal systems has been carefully considered. The defects and their remedies are treated in such a manner as to cover every case likely to arise. This work should prove invaluable to all persons interested either directly or indirectly in the operation, care, or maintenance of the Westinghouse air-brake system. The method of numbering the pages, cuts, articles, etc. Is such that each subject or part, when the subject is divided into two or more parts, is complete in itself; hence, in order to make the index intelligible, it was necessary to give each subject or part a number. This number is placed at the top of each page, on the headline, opposite the page number; and to distinguish it from the page number it is preceded by the printer's section mark Consequently, a reference such as 16, page 26, will be readily found by looking along the inside edges of the headlines until 16 is found, and then through 16 until page 26 is found. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
