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HYDRAULIC POWER ENGINEERING.
A Practical Manual on the Concentration and Transmission of Power by Hydraulic Machinery. By G. Croydon Marks, A.M. Inst. C.E. With nearly 200 Illustrations. 8vo, cloth.
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Summary of Contents:—Principles of Hydraulics.—The Observed Flow of Water.—Hydraulic Pressures, Material.—Test Load Packings for Sliding Surfaces.—Pipe Joints.—Controlling Valves.—Platform Lifts.—Workshop, Factory, and Dock Cranes.—Hydraulic Accumulators.—Presses.—Sheet Metal Working and Forging Machinery.—Hydraulic Rivetters.—Hand, Power, and Steam Pumps.—Turbines.—Impulse and Re-action Turbines.—Design of Turbines.—Water Wheels.—Hydraulic Engines.—Recent Achievements.—Tables.
“We have nothing but praise for this thoroughly valuable work. The author has succeeded in rendering his subject interesting as well as instructive.”—Practical Engineer.
“Can be unhesitatingly recommended as a useful and up-to-date manual on hydraulic transmission and utilisation of power.”—Mechanical World.