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.