Books with author Alfred Morgan

This book is why I am an engineer: "I first got this book from my local library when I was 12; I had it checked out quite often. I always wanted a copy of it, but could never find it. Why libraries are discarding them is a wonder to me. Yes, the book is old and some of the information is a bit dated, but the explanation of the principles of eninges, motors and turbines is perfect. I had no trouble understanding a lot of things in college because of the background this book gave me. Thankfully there are used book sellers out there rescuing these gems from the dumpsters! This book does an excellent job of explaining steam engines, oil wells, turbines, hydro-electric power generation, and IC engines. If you have no idea how any of those things work, this book will explain it in plain english with great illustrations. I bought this book because now that I have a small shop in my garage I want to build the steam engine from the plans in the book."

Revised (2nd) edition illustrated with new drawings by the author. From the Preface: "The prime instinct of almost any boy is to make and to create. He will make things of such materials as he has at hand, and use the whole force of dream and fancy to create something out of nothing. Almost every boy experiments at one time or another with electricity and electrical apparatus. It is my purpose in writing this book to open this wonderland of science and present it in a manner which can be readily understood. The apparatus and experiments that I have described have been constructed and carried out by boys. Their problems and their questions have been studied and remedied. I have tried to present the practical matter considered wholly from a boy's standpoint, and to show the young experimenter just what he can do with the tools and materials either in his possession or not hard to obtain.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...binding-posts, A and B, mounted on the end of the receiver. A hook is also provided so that the receiver may be hung up. The diaphragm is a circular piece of thin sheet-iron, two and one-half inches in diameter. It is placed over the shell, and the bar magnet adjusted until the end almost touches the diaphragm. The magnet should fit into the hole very tightly, so that it will have to be driven in order to be moved back and forth. The diaphragm is held in place by a hard-wood cap, two and three-quarter inches in diameter and having a hole three-quarters of an inch in diameter in the center. The cap is held to the shell by means of four small brass screws. The receiver is now completed and should give a loud click each time that a battery is connected or disconnected from the two posts, A and B. The original Bell telephone apparatus was made up simply of two receivers without any battery or transmitter. In such a case the current is generated by "induction." The receiver is used to speak through as well as to hear through. This method of telephoning is unsatisfactory over any appreciable distances. The time utilized in making a transmitter will be well spent.. A simple form of transmitter is shown in Figure 148. The wooden back, B, is three and one-half inches square and three-quarters of an inch thick. The front face of the block is hollowed out in the center as shown in the crosssection view. The face-plate, A, is two and one-half inches square and one-half an inch thick. A hole, seven-eighths of an inch in diameter, is bored through the center. One side is then hollowed out to a diameter of one and three-quarter inches, so as to give space for the diaphragm to vibrate as shown in the cross-sectional drawing._. The carbon...