Marine Engineering.
The Gyroscopic Compass. (“The Engineer” Library.) T. W. Chalmers, B.Sc., etc. Demy 8vo. Fully illustrated. 11/- net.
The Design of Marine Engines and Auxiliaries. 110 Illustrations and Folding Plans. Edward M. Bragg, S.B. Medium 8vo. 12/6 net.
Contents.—Determination of Cylinder Dimensions. Design of Engine Parts. Engine Balancing. Condensers and Air Pumps. Turning Engines and Reversing Engines.
Hot Bulb Oil Engines and Suitable Vessels. Walter Pollock. Demy 8vo. 42/- net. ([See p. 10.])
Stability and Equilibrium of Floating Bodies. Bernard C. Laws, B.Sc., A.R.C.Sc., A.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.N.A. 130 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 10/6 net.
Contents.—General Considerations. Ships. Amsler’s Integrator, Submarines. Floating Docks. Aircraft. Caissons. Index.
Practical Design of Marine Single and Double-Ended Boilers. John Gray ([See p. 12.])
Ship Form, Resistance, and Screw Propulsion. G. S. Baker, M.Inst.Naval Architects. Medium 8vo. 2nd Edn. Treated from the practical point of view for the use of naval architects, engineers, and draughtsmen. 16/-net.
Contents.—Nomenclature. Steam Line Motion. Skin Friction Resistance. Eddy-making. Waves and Wave-making. Ship Model Experiments. Dimensions and Form. Curve of Areas. Shape and Fineness of Ends, with Parallel Body. Position of Maximum Section, and Relative Length of Entrance and Run. Midship Section Area and Shape. Level Lines and Body Plan Sections. Racing and other High Speed Vessels. Appendages. Restricted Water Channels. Screw Propeller Nomenclature and Geometry. Theories of the Screw Propeller Nomenclature and Geometry. Theories of the Screw Propeller. The Elements of Propulsion. Screw Propellers in Open Water. Propeller Blades. Hull Efficiency, Wake and Thrust Deduction. Main Engines. Cavitation. Measured Mile Trials.
The Shipbuilding Industry. Roy W. Kelly and Frederick J. Allen. Preface by Charles M. Schwab. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 21/- net.
Cold Storage, Heating and Ventilating on Board Ship. Sydney F. Walker, R.N. Extra Crown 8vo. 18/- net.
The Elements of Graphic Statics and of General Graphic Methods. W. L. Cathcart, M.Am.Soc.M.E., and J. Irvin Chaffee, A.M. 159 Diagrams. 21/6 net.
This book is designed for students of marine and mechanical engineering and naval architecture. It reviews the principles of graphics and their application both to frame structures and to mechanism.
Handbook for the Care and Operation of Naval Machinery. Commander H. C. Dinger, United States Navy. ([See p. 57.]) 3rd Edition. 21/- net.
Turbines Applied to Marine Propulsion. Stanley J. Reed, A.M.Inst.C.E. Crown 4to. Over 100 Illustrations and Diagrams. 2nd Edn. Revised. 16/- net.
Contents.—General Properties of Steam—Two-Stage Rateau Turbine Nozzles. The General Design and Arrangement of Turbines. The Design and Construction of Parsons Turbine. The Design and Construction of Curtis Turbine. Combined or Mixed Turbines. Steam Thrust of Reaction Turbines. Superheated Steam. Cavitation. Relative Effect of High Vacua with Turbines and Reciprocating Engines. Utilisation of Auxiliary Engine Exhaust in the Turbines. Astern Turbines.