A MANUAL OF MARINE ENGINEERING: COMPRISING THE DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTION, AND WORKING OF MARINE MACHINERY.
By A.E. SEATON, M. Inst. C.E., M. Inst. Mech. E., M. Inst. N.A.
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.
*** This Edition includes a Chapter on Water-Tube Boilers, with Illustrations of the leading Types and the Revised Rules of the Bureau Veritas.
"In the three-fold capacity of enabling a Student to learn how to design, construct, and work a Marine Steam-Engine, Mr. Seaton's Manual has no rival."—Times.
"By far the best Manual in existence.... Gives a complete account of the methods of solving, with the utmost possible economy, the problems before the Marine Engineer."—Athenæum.
"The Student, Draughtsman, and Engineer will find this work the most valuable Handbook of Reference on the Marine Engine now in existence."—Marine Engineer.
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