With many Tests and Experiments on different Types of
Boilers, as to the Heating Value of Fuels, &c., with
Analyses of Gases and Amount of Evaporation,
and Suggestions for the Testing of Boilers.
By BRYAN DONKIN, M.Inst.C.E.
General Contents.—Classification of Different Types of Boilers.—425 Experiments on English and Foreign Boilers with their Heat Efficiencies shown in Fifty Tables.—Fire Grates of Various Types.—Mechanical Stokers.—Combustion of Fuel in Boilers.—Transmission of Heat through Boiler Plates, and their Temperature.—Feed Water Heaters, Superheaters, Feed Pumps, &c.—Smoke and its Prevention.—Instruments used in Testing Boilers.—Marine and Locomotive Boilers.—Fuel Testing Stations.—Discussion of the Trials and Conclusions.—On the Choice of a Boiler, and Testing of Land, Marine, and Locomotive Boilers.—Appendices.—Bibliography.—Index.
With Plates illustrating Progress made during recent years, and the best Modern Practice.
“Probably the MOST EXHAUSTIVE resumé that has ever been collected. A practical Book by a thoroughly practical man.”—Iron and Coal Trades Review.
LONDON: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., LIMITED, EXETER STREET, STRAND.
Fourth Edition, Revised. Pocket-Size, Leather, 12s. 6d.