Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Modern Steam Engineering in Theory and Practice: A New, Complete
In the forty-two tables included will be found a ready reference, covering all conditions Of the properties of steam and its application for the production of power, ratios, engine parts and proportions, most useful in the service now devolved upon the duties of a suc cessinl engineer.
Owing to the Wide experience of the author, who well knows the points a book like this must cover to be of greatest service to the men for Whom it is written, he has treated at length the subject of Superheated Steam and. The practical operation of the Plain Slide and piston-valves and their gear, the Corliss Valves and valve-gear, also the Triple and. Quadruple-expansion Engine and the work of the Indicator, as well as the steam-turbine, which is now coming to the front as a power-producer.
The duties of an Engineer, who is entrusted with the management and use of Steam in a private or public capacity, are given, as well as chapters on refrigeration-plants, Elevators, and electric-light Plants.
Questions as asked by the Examining Board are included, as well as their answers, Which Will prove of greatest help to those prepar ing for and desiring to procure a License as a steam-engineer.
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