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Title: The Stoker's Catechism

Author: W. J. Connor

Release Date: January 27, 2008 [EBook #24441]

Language: English

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THE STOKER'S CATECHISM

THE

STOKER'S CATECHISM

BY

W. J. CONNOR.

[Device]

London:
E. & F. N. SPON, LIMITED, 57 HAYMARKET
New York:
SPON & CHAMBERLAIN, 123 LIBERTY STREET
1906

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Variant
spellings have been retained. The oe ligature is shown as [oe].

PREFACE.

There is no trade or calling that a working man is more handicapped in
than that of a Steam Boiler Stoker; there are no books on stoking; the
man leaving his situation is not anxious to communicate with the man who
is taking his place anything that might help or instruct him; and the
new man will be shy of asking for information for fear of being thought
incapable for the post he is seeking; and the transfer takes place
almost in silence, and the new man has to find out all the ways and
means at his own risk, sometimes at his employer's expense.

My object is to instruct that man in his business without his knowing
it, or hurting his very sensitive opinion on stoking and other matters;
for I am well aware that it is only the least experienced who are the
hardest to convince, or instruct--against their will. I have therefore
ventured to devise this simple method of question and answer, which I
have named "The Stoker's Catechism," which I hope may instruct and
interest him.

I will not encumber this preface with my personal qualifications for
this little work--the answers to the questions might suffice.