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Excerpt from Marine Engineering: A Text-Book
The Fourth Edition was published a few weeks before the outbreak of the Great War, and owing to active service it was impossible to start on this revision before the middle of 1919. The enormous progress in Marine Engineering during the last five years has necessitated the entire rewriting of many chapters and a considerable revision of the remainder. The Opportunity has been taken to cut out as much obsolete or Obsolescent matter as possible to make room for a fuller consideration of mercantile practice, particularly relating to geared turbines and their auxiliaries.
The general arrangement of the book is based on the path of the steam from its generation to its condensation and return to the boiler as feed water. The section on Turbines has been enlarged and divided into three chapters which now follow the section on the Reciprocating Engine. The latest systems of Oil Fuel Firing are illustrated and described. The section on Internal Combustion Engines has been enlarged, and the subject, including submarine and mercantile engines, is treated as fully as the near future is likely to demand.
The book is intended to cover the syllabus of a sound marine engineering course for all those who are interested in the subject, and when it is considered that at least one volume could be written on the matter treated in each chapter, making at least thirty-eight volumes, it may be appreciated that the compilation of a single volume of this nature is no small task.
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The Fourth Edition was published a few weeks before the outbreak of the Great War, and owing to active service it was impossible to start on this revision before the middle of 1919. The enormous progress in Marine Engineering during the last five years has necessitated the entire rewriting of many chapters and a considerable revision of the remainder. The Opportunity has been taken to cut out as much obsolete or Obsolescent matter as possible to make room for a fuller consideration of mercantile practice, particularly relating to geared turbines and their auxiliaries.
The general arrangement of the book is based on the path of the steam from its generation to its condensation and return to the boiler as feed water. The section on Turbines has been enlarged and divided into three chapters which now follow the section on the Reciprocating Engine. The latest systems of Oil Fuel Firing are illustrated and described. The section on Internal Combustion Engines has been enlarged, and the subject, including submarine and mercantile engines, is treated as fully as the near future is likely to demand.
The book is intended to cover the syllabus of a sound marine engineering course for all those who are interested in the subject, and when it is considered that at least one volume could be written on the matter treated in each chapter, making at least thirty-eight volumes, it may be appreciated that the compilation of a single volume of this nature is no small task.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Paperback
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Author
Engineer-Comm Edward Tompkins
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330012758
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm
Page Count - 904
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Engineer-Comm Edward Tompkins
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266886143
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm
Page Count - 902
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