Length: 20.5cm x Width: 14.0cm x Height: 1.7cm
This is a black hardcover book. The book is entitled "Hawkins' Indicator Catechism A Practical Treatise on the Steam Engine Indicator". It was written by N.Hawkin, M.E. and published by Theo.Audel & Co. in New York in 1903. On the top of the front cover, there is the book title in gold texts that reads "PRACTICAL TREATISE -ON THE- STEAM ENGINE INDICATOR". The back cover has a plain black surface. The spine has a gold text of "HAWKINS" INDICATOR." The page edges of the book are gilded. There is a hand-written inscription in blue ink on the title page, reads "to the Pump House Steam Museum of Kingston from John Main Munn and Mary Relief Rumely Munn Sept.1980, this book copyrighted in 1989, 1901 & 1903". There is a black stamp from the Pump House Steam Museum on the central lower part of the title page, and a pencil-written number of "99205095" on the bottom right corner. This book provides information on the operation of the steam engine indicator for engineers and students of steam engineering.
This book was published in 1903 and originally written in 1898. This book was written for students learning about the Steam Engine Indicator.
