The Rudiments of Mineralogy; A Concise View of the General Properties of Minerals - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE POPULAR WORKS OF MICHAEL REYNOLDS. (Known as "the Engine Driver's Friend"). Locomotive-Engine Driving LOCOMOTIVE-ENGINE DRIVING: A Practical Manual for Engineers in charge of Locomotive Engines. By Michael Reynolds, Membt: of the Society of Engineers, formerly Locomotive Inspector L. B. and S.C.R. Sixth Edition. Including a Key To The Locomotive Engine. With Illustrations and Portrait of Author. Crown 8vo, 45. 6d. cloth. "Mr. Reynolds ias supplied a want, and has supplied it well. We can confidently recotnroec' the book, not only to the practical driver, but to everyone who takes an interest in the performing uf locomotive engines."--The Engineer. "Mr. Reynolds has opened a new chapter in the literature of the day. Of the practical uti£:r f Mr. Reynolds's book we have to speak in terms of warm commendation."--Athenaeum. "Evidently the work of one who knows his subject thoroughly."--Railway Service Gasettt. "Were the cautions and rules given in the book to become part of the every-day working d our engine-drivers, we might have fewer distressing accidents to deplore."--Scots ma ft. The Engineer, Fireman, and Engine-Boy. THE MODEL LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, FIREMAN, and ENGINE-BOY. Comprising a Historical Notice of the Pioneer Locomotive Engines and their Inventors, with a project for the establishment of Certihcates of Qualification in the Running Service of Railways. By Michael Reynolds, Author of Locomotive-Engine Driving." With numerous Illustrations and a fine Portrait of George Stephenson. Crown 8vot 4s. 6d. cloth. "Prom the technical knowledge of the author it will appeal to the railway man of to-day more forcibly than anything written by Dr. Smiles.... The volume contains information of a technical kind, and facts that every driver should be fami...