Application of Electric Power to Mines and Heavy Industries. W. H. Patchell, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.M.E., M.Am.I.E.E. Demy 8vo. 12/6 net.
Contents.—Electricity in Mines. Cables. Coal Cutters and Underground Details. Haulage Gears. Rating of Haulages. Winding Engines. Types of Electric Winders. Ventilation and Air Compressing. Pumping. Rolling Mills. Machine Tools and Cranes, Electric Welding and Furnaces.
Railway Engineering.
Railway Maintenance Engineering. With Notes on Construction. William H. Sellew, A.S.M.E., Author of “Steel Rails, their History, Properties, Strength and Manufacture,” Member of the American Railway Engineering Association. Extra Crown 8vo. 194 Illustrations. 19/- net.
Contents.—Engineering. Land. Grading. Bridges, Trestles and Culverts. Ties. Rails. Other Track Material. Ballast. Maintaining Track and Right of Way. Station and Roadway Buildings. Water Stations. Fuel Stations. Shops and Engine Houses. Icing Stations. Signals and Interlockers.
Locomotive Valves and Valve Gears. J. H. Yoder and G. B. Wharen. Fully Illustrated. Large 8vo. 14/- net.
Contents.—Common D Slide Valve. Valve Events. Description of Slide Valve and Its Seat. Special Designs of Slide Valves. Balancing the Slide Valve. The Piston Valve. Piston Valve for Balanced Compound Locomotives. The Stephenson Valve Gear. Effects of Raising or Lowering the Link. The Walschaert Valve Gear. Construction and Development. Description of Parts. Operating Parts of the Gear. Relative Crank Pin and Piston Positions for Different Valve Events at Full Forward Gear. Relative Crank Pin and Positions for Different Valve Events at the Running Cut-off Position. Distortions of the Walschaert Valve Gear. Layout of Walschaert Gear. Baker Locomotive Valve Gear. The Young Locomotive Valve, Valve Gear and Reverse Gear. The Gooch Stationary Link. The Allen Valve Gear. Effects of Altering the Valve and Its Events. Locomotive Valve Setting. Stephenson Gear. Walschaert Gear. Rules for Valve Setting. Baker Locomotive Valve Gear. Summary. The Indicator Diagram and its Application. Application of the Diagram. Horse Power of Locomotives. Tractive Force of Two-cylinder Compound Locomotives. Tractive Force of Mallet Articulated Compound Locomotives. Classification of Locomotives.
Oil Fuel Equipment for Locomotives. Alfred H. Gibbings, A.M.Inst.C.E. Demy 8vo. Tables. 8/6 net.
Steel Rails: Their History, Properties, Strength and Manufacture. With Notes on the Principles of Rolling Stock and Track Design. William H. Sellew. 361 Illustrations. 33 Folding Plates. 576 pages. 52/- net.