Internal Combustion Engines
Hot Bulb Oil Engines and Suitable Vessels. Walter Pollock, M.I.N.A., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.M. Demy 8vo. Fully Illustrated. 42/- net.
Contents.—Scope of Book. Introductory Remarks. Comparison for Power. Demand for Engines. Owner’s Requirements. Makes of Engines. Design of Engine. Materials. Workmanship. Hot Bulbs. Fuel Pumps. Oil v. Coal. Advantages, Disadvantages. Supply of Oil Fuels. Designs of Vessels, Coefficients of Fineness. Notes on Working. Stopping the Engine. Attention while Running. Manœuvring and Running Light. Maintenance and Overhauling. Engineers’ Log. Tools. Spares for Engines. Superintendence. Notes on Installing. Classification. Lloyd’s Scantlings. Port Authorities. Passenger Certificates. Auxiliary Machinery.
The Internal Combustion Engine. Being a Text-Book on Gas, Oil, and Petrol Engines, for the use of Students and Engineers. H. E. Wimperis, M.A., M.I.E.E. 3rd Edition Revised and Enlarged. Demy 8vo. 8/6 net.
Contents.—Preface. List of Symbols. Tables of Constants. Molecular Weights of Gases. Elementary. Thermodynamic Cycles, Combustion and Explosion. Thermodynamics. The Gas Engine. The Gas Producer. Blast-Furnace and Coke-Oven Gases. Oil and Petrol Engines. Petrol Engine Efficiency and Rating. Problems and Solutions. Index.
A Primer of the Internal Combustion Engine. A Text-Book for First and Second Year Students. H. E. Wimperis, M.A., M.I.E.E., etc. Crown 8vo. 3rd Imp. 4/- net.
Contents.—List of Symbols. Useful Constants. Introductory. Theory of Heat. Behaviour of Gases and Vapours. The Ideal Engine. The Real Engine. Fuels and Gas Producers. Engine Details. Engine Tests. Bibliography. Examples and Answers. Index.
Governors and the Governing of Prime Movers. Trinks. ([See p. 16.])
Diesel Engine Design. H. F. P. Purday. Demy 8vo. 271 Illustrations. 21/- net.
Contents.—First Principles. Thermal Efficiency. Exhaust, Suction and Scavenge. The Principle of Similitude. Crank. Shafts. Fly-Wheels. Framework. Cylinders and Covers. Running Gear. Fuel Oil System. Air and Exhaust System. Compressed Air System. Valve Gear. Index.
The Diesel Engine for Land and Marine Purposes. 4th Edn. Revised and brought up to date. A. P. Chalkley, B.Sc., A.M.Inst.C.E., A.I.E.E. Demy 8vo. 12/6 net.
Contents.—Introduction. General Theory of Heat Engines, with Special Reference to Diesel Engines. Action and Working of the Diesel Engine. Construction of the Diesel Engine. Installing and Running Diesel Engines. Testing Diesel Engines. Diesel Engines for Marine Work. Construction of the Diesel Marine Engine. The Future of the Diesel Engine. Appendix. Index.
High Power Gas Engines. H. Dubbel. Translated, edited and expanded to include British Engines and Practice, by F. Weinreb. 197 + xii pages. 436 Illustrations. 18/- net.
Contents.—Author’s Preface. Translator’s Preface. The Cycle of the Gas Engine. Output and Cylinder Dimensions. The Governing of the Four-Cycle Engines. Valve Gear of Four-Cycle Engines. The Two-Cycle Engine. Valve Gears. Ignition. The Cylinders. Valves and their Cooling. Pistons and their Cooling. Stuffing Boxes. General Design of Principal Parts. Calculation of the Flywheel Weight. Starting. Piping.
The Gas Turbine. Norman Davey. 248 + xiv pages. 100 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 15/- net.
The Gas Engine. W. J. Marshall, A.M.I.M.E., and Captain H. Riall Sankey, late R.E., M.I.M.E., etc. Extra Crown 8vo. 12/6 net.
Contents.—Theory of the Gas Engine. The Otto Cycle. The Two-Stroke Cycle. Water Cooling of Gas Engine Parts. Ignition. Operating Gas Engines. Arrangement of a Gas Engine Installation. The Testing of Gas Engines. Governing. Gas and Gas Producers.
The Energy-Diagram for Gas. F. W. Burstall, M.A., Chance Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Birmingham. With Descriptive Text. 5/- net. The Diagram sold separately, 2/- net.
American Gas-Engineering Practice. M. Nisbet-Latta, Member American Gas Institute, M.Am.Soc.M.E. 142 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 18/- net.
Gas Engine Design. Charles Edward Lucke, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering Department, Columbia University, New York City. Demy 8vo. 12/6 net.
Gas Engine Construction. By Henry V. A. Parsell, Jr., M.A.I.E.E., and Arthur J. Weed, M.E. 2nd Edn. Demy 8vo.
Gas, Gasoline, and Oil Engines. Gardner D. Hiscox, M.E., Author of “Mechanical Movements,” “Compressed Air,” etc. 22nd Edn, largely rewritten and brought up to date, by Victor W. Page, M.E. Demy 8vo. 18/- net.
A complete practical work defining the elements of internal combustion, engineering, treating exhaustively on the design, construction and practical application of all forms of gas, gasoline, kerosene and crude petroleum oil engines, describing auxiliary systems, the theory and management of explosive motors for stationary and marine work, automobiles, aeroplanes and motor cycles, also producer gas and its production.
British Progress in Gas Works Plant and Machinery. C. E. Brackenbury, C.E., Author of “Modern Methods of Saving Labour in Gas Works.” Super-Royal 8vo. 6/- net.