A Catechism of the Marine Steam Engine, for the Use of Engineers, Firemen, and Mechanics. A Practical Work for Practical Men. Illustrated by Sixty-three Engravings, Including Examples of the Most Modern Engines. Fifth Edition, Thoroughly Revised, with Much Additional Matter.

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Henry Carey Baird & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1881

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Fifth Edition, Revised with Added Material. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding. Introduction in front. Appendix and Index in back. 5 1/2" x 8." 414 pages, complete. Thirty-one additional numbered pages in back advertise other books in Henry Carey Bird & Co.'s Catalogue. Former owner's inscription scratched off on front pastedown. Former owner's pencil signature on front free endpaper. Another former owner's ink signature on a front flyleaf. Pages are clean and intact overall but have occasional marks and smudges, darkening on edges of text block, the former owners' markings, and slightly bumped corners. Covers are clean and intact overall but have cracking along front and back inner hinges, worn corners, slight fraying at head and tail of spine, darkening, and what appears to be a partial repair of the tailband and spine which had come loose. Binding somewhat loosened but holding. A Good copy. The Fifth, Revised Edition of A Catechism of the Marine Steam Engine, a marine engineering handbook authored by Emory Edwards. The following are the chapter titles: "Steam," "Boilers," "Attachments to Boilers," "Smoke-Stacks, Etc.," "Glass Gauges," "Hydrometer, Etc.," "How to Set a Safety-Valve and on Injectors," "Corrosion of Marine Boilers," "Water-Tube Marine Boilers," "Repairs at Sea," "Abuse of Steam Boilers," "Testing Boilers," "Boilers--Explosion of Steam Boilers," "Combustion, Etc.," "Marine Engines, Continued," "Steam and Vacuum Gauges," "Surface Condensers," "Sea-Valves and Cocks," "Donkey Pumps," "Compound Engines," "Steam Engine Indicator," "Expansion of Steam," "Cut-Offs--Beam Engines," "Cuf-Offs--Screw Engines," "How to Set a Slide Valve," "Marking Engines," "Horse Power of an Engine," To Put the Engine on the Centre," "Thumping of Engines," "Lining Up an Engine," "Liners," "On Coming into Port," "Overhauling the Engine in Port," "Grinding-In of Valves, Cocks, Etc.," "Packing," "Starting Fires, Etc.," "Firing," "Foaming," "Repairs at Sea," and "Modern Marine Engines, Simple and Compound--American and English Examples.".…

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Titel
A Catechism of the Marine Steam Engine, for the Use of Engineers, Firemen, and Mechanics. A Practical Work for Practical Men. Illustrated by Sixty-three Engravings, Including Examples of the Most Modern Engines. Fifth Edition, Thoroughly Revised, with Much Additional Matter.
Autor
Edwards, Emory
Verlag
Henry Carey Baird & Co., Philadelphia, PA
Erscheinungsjahr
1881
Zustand
Good
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
Auflage
5th or later Edition
Verkäuferkataloge
Education, Science and Technology, Transportation, Inc. Automobiles, Trains & Ships

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