. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eDetroit Seamless Steel Tube Company, ofDetroit, Mich. We call it an interroga-tory folder because on the ouside thereare simply the words, Do you know?and inside each paragraph containsa piece of information for which wehave no doubt any Egyptologist wouldbe delighted. Each bit of ancient loreis prefaced by the words which we havequoted from the cover. For instance,Do you know that the Egyptian al-phabet stands to this day as a reallyscientific method of representing humanspeech? Coming down


. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eDetroit Seamless Steel Tube Company, ofDetroit, Mich. We call it an interroga-tory folder because on the ouside thereare simply the words, Do you know?and inside each paragraph containsa piece of information for which wehave no doubt any Egyptologist wouldbe delighted. Each bit of ancient loreis prefaced by the words which we havequoted from the cover. For instance,Do you know that the Egyptian al-phabet stands to this day as a reallyscientific method of representing humanspeech? Coming down to more mod-ern times there are a few do youknows about the seamless cold drawnboiler flue as made by the Detroit com-pany, but the bulk of the informationcontained in the folder is about thecountry which George Ade says can beseen thoroughly from the deck of aNile steamer. We may add a para-graph to the rest, though we will notwrite it in cuneiform or is, Do you know that the folder canbe had for the asking from the companyin Detroit? Now you do, and you areentitled to have The Twentieth Century Master Mechanic Wont use Solid too much, take up too muchroom and dont give satisfaction. NicholsonExpanding Mandrels Take everything from I to 7 inchholes. Take up little room-always ready and you can buyfour sets for the cost of one ofthe solid kind. Are You Using Them? Catalogue tells youmore about them. W. H. Nicholson & Co. Wilkesbarre, Pa. February, 1907. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 95 STANDARD MECHANICAL BOOKS FOR ROAD AND SHOP MEN lY CHAS. McSHANE. me Locomotive Up to Date Price, $ New York dndWestin^house Air Brakes Price, $ One Thousdnd Pointers lorNdchinists and Engineers Price, $ books bound In line clolh. AGENTS WANTED everywhere; write forterms and descriptive circulars. Will be sentprepaid to any address upon receipt of price. GRirPIIN &WINTBRS 171 La Salle Street, CHICAGO TOOL


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