GAS, OIL, AND AIR ENGINES:
A Practical Text-Book on Internal Combustion Motors without Boiler.
By BRYAN DONKIN, M. Inst. C.E., M. Inst. Mech. E.
General Contents.—Gas Engines:—General Description—History and Development—British, French, and German Gas Engines—Gas Production for Motive Power—Theory of the Gas Engine—Chemical Composition of Gas in Gas Engines—Utilisation of Heat—Explosion and Combustion. Oil Motors:—History and Development—Various Types—Priestman's and other Oil Engines. Hot-Air Engines:—History and Development—Various Types: Stirling's, Ericsson's, &c., &c.
"The best book now published on Gas, Oil, and Air Engines.... Will be of very great interest to the numerous practical engineers who have to make themselves familiar with the motor of the day.... Mr. Donkin has the advantage of long practical experience, combined with high scientific and experimental knowledge, and an accurate perception of the requirements of Engineers."—The Engineer.
"We heartily recommend Mr. Donkin's work.... A monument of careful labour.... Luminous and comprehensive."—Journal of Gas Lighting.
"A thoroughly reliable and exhaustive Treatise."—Engineering.
In Quarto, Handsome Cloth. With Numerous Plates. 25s.