Length: 15.5cm x Width: 12.0cm x Height: 1.5cm
This is a brown hardcover book. It is entitled "Stromburg’s Steam User’s Guide and Instructor". On the front cover, there are debossed texts that read "STROMBURG'S STEAM USER'S GUIDE AND INSTRUCTOR FOR ENGINEERS, FIREMEN AND MECHANISTS". The back cover has a brown surface with a debossed line close to the spine. The spine is brown, plain and has no texts. On the second page inside the front cover, there is a black stamp from the Pump House Steam Museum and a hand-written pencil note on the bottom that reads "99205120". The cover page has the book title, the price and the publisher information. It was published by Stromberg Publishing Co. in St. Louis, Mo. in 1896. The book has a preface written by WM. Stromberg, who was the editor and publisher, dated to January 1893. This book aims to help engineers, machinists, firemen and electricians with ordinary education to learn the new technologies of engines, pumps and dynamos. It provides information that is relative to steam engineering and electric lighting.
This book is similar to many that were published around the same time that were meant to help engineers. These books are small and meant to be carried around by engineers who need a reference guide to this new complicated technology.
