Excerpt from A Handbook for Steam Users: Being Rules for Engine Drivers and Boiler Some years ago the Author published - chicfly for the use of his clients - a Chart of Rules for Engine-drivers to hang in engine-rooms. This has had a considerable circulation, proving that something of the kind was needed. Within the limits of a chart, however, it was impossible to include many things that might be of service to steam-users. The Author has therefore revised and added to these rules in the following pages, and embodied with them chapters on steam engine and boiler management, and steam-boiler explosions. The matter has been condensed as much as possible, and arranged in the form of paragraphs for easy reference. The Author has for many years urged the necessity of a compulsory system Of boiler inspection, and of granting certificates of competency to those having boilers under their charge, and his Opinions in this respect have undergone no change - in fact, have rather been strengthened than other wise. There is little doubt that many disastrous explosions have been clearly traced either to the gross ignorance of the attendants or the criminal carelessness of the owners. With an adequate system of compulsory inspection, the writer is of opinion we should hear much less of these accidents.' 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.