Oil Fuel Equipment for Locomotives. Alfred H. Gibbings, A.M.Inst.C.E. Demy 8vo. Tables. 8/6 net.
An Introduction to the Study of Fuel. A Text-Book for those entering the Engineering, Chemical and Technical Industries. F. J. Brislee, D.Sc. Demy 8vo. 2nd Edn. 9/6 net. (Outlines of Industrial Chemistry.)
Contents.—General Chemical Principles. Weight and Volume of Air required for Combustion. Analysis of Fuel and Flue Gases. Calorimetry and Determination of the Heating Value of a Fuel. Measurement of High Temperatures. Pyrometry. Calculations of Combustion Temperatures. Natural Solid Fuels. Artificial Solid Fuels. Gaseous Fuel. The Manufacture of Producer Gas and Water Gas. Theory of the Producer Gas and Water Gas Reactions. Explosion and the Explosion Engine. Air Supply and Measurement of Draught. Furnace Efficiency and Fuel Economy. Heat Balances, Furnace and Boiler Tests. Liquid Fuels.
Liquid Fuel and its Combustion. W. H. Booth, F.G.S., M.Am.Soc.C.E., Author of “Water Softening and Treatment,” “Steam Pipes: Their Design and Construction.” With Illustrations and Diagrams. Imperial 8vo. 24/- net.
Liquid Fuel and its Apparatus. William H. Booth, F.G.S., M.Am.Soc.C.E., Author of “Liquid Fuel and its Combustion,” etc. Demy 8vo. New Edition. 9/- net.
Part I. Theory and Principles. Part II. Practice. Part III. Tables and Data.
Low Grade and Waste Fuels for Power Generation. J. B. C. Kershaw, F.I.C. Demy 8vo. Illustrated. 17/- net.
Contents.—Part I. Fuels: Introduction. Peat. Lignite, Bagasse and Wood Waste. Coke and Coke-Breeze. Culm and Washery. Waste. Towns’ Refuse and Garbage. Pitch. Waste Gases.—Part II. Scientific Control: Fuel Sampling and Testing. Calorimetric Tests. Boilers and Furnaces. Automatic CO₂ Apparatus. Index.
Liquid and Gaseous Fuels and the Part they Play in Modern Power Production. Vivian B. Lewes, F.I.C., F.C.S., late Professor of Chemistry, Royal Naval College, Greenwich. 2nd Edition Revised and Enlarged. Edited by J. B. G. Kershaw, F.I.C. Ex. Crown 8vo.