General Reading for Curious

[Bob Culver]

For over 60 years I have kept an eye open for readable technical books in town libraries. Sadly with the commercialisation of study, and advent of the Net, few are now written. And local library policy here is to provide study space for foreign students and sanctuary for street bums, instead of catering for the intellectually curious public. If you want to know how to rewire your dynamo armature or suchlike, tough luck, unless you can find some 70 year old book in the archives index.

However one book I do strongly commend to Forum types; “How a Steam locomotive works” A New guide, Dominic Wells, Ian Allan Publishing. 2015.