Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room. Useful to Engineers, Firemen & Mechanics, relating to steam generators, pumps appliances, steam heating, practical plumbing, etc.

Illustrated. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Cover shows wear. Corners bumped and exposed, some scuffing on front and rear boards. Binding loose at interior hinges. Green floral pastedowns/endpapers. Prior ownership information stamped on endpapers. Contains green and black frontispiece depicting Richard Trevethick and a boiler. The volume is copiously illustrated with diagrams. Contains instructions on tools, the firing of steam boilers, boiler repair and inspection, water heaters, steam pumps, the chemistry of the furnace, pipes and tubes, fuel oil, useful tables, and accidents and injuries. The author, Nehemiah Hawkins (1833-1928) was an American inventor, author, and publisher from Providence, Rhode Island. He wrote many of the Audel guides, sometimes under the name William Rogers. Hardcover. Condition: good. 331 pages plus publisher's list, octavo.