Valves and Valve-gearing: A Practical Text-book for the Use of Engineers, Draughtsmen, and Students

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Chas. Griffin, 1902 - 153 sider

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Side 42 - KNOW YOUR OWN SHIP. BY THOMAS WALTON, NAVAL ARCHITECT. Specially arranged to suit the requirements of Ships' Officers, Shipowners, Superintendents, Draughtsmen, Engineers, and Others. This work explains, in a simple manner, such important subjects as: — Displacement. — Deadweight.— Tonnage.— Freeboard. —Moments. — Buoyancy.— Strain Structure.— Stability.— Rolling.— Ballasting. — Loading. — Shifting Cargoes. — Admission of Water.— Sail Area.
Side 26 - ... CONTENTS. — Classification of different Types of Boilers — 425 Experiments on English and Foreign Boilers with their Heat Efficiencies shown in Fifty Tables — Fire Grates of Various Types — Mechanical Stokers — Combustion of Fuel in Boilers — Transmission of Heat through Boiler Plates, and their Temperature — Feed Water Heaters, Superheaters, Feed Pumps, &c. — Smoke and its Prevention — Instruments used in Testing Boilers — Marine and Locomotive Boilers — Fuel Testing Stations...
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Side 43 - GENERAL CONTENTS. — PART I. — Principles of Marine Propulsion. PART II. — Principles of Steam Engineering. PART III. — Details of Marine Engines : Design and Calculations for Cylinders, Pistons, Valves, Expansion Valves, &c. PART IV.— Propellers. PART V. — Boilers. PART VI. — Miscellaneous. "The Student, Draughtsman, and Engineer will find this work the HOST VALDABLK HANDBOOK of Reference on the Marine Engine now in existence.

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