Excerpt from 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 Certificates of Qualification in the Running Service of Railways A great philosopher has said that three things are essential to perform anything well: namely, Models, Rules, and Practice. In view of the granting of certificates to locomotive engineers, firemen, and engine-boys, I have endeavoured to place before them models of self-help and self-reliance rules that have proved themselves correct a thousand times over and practice of the best possible railway service. 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.