ITS SUPPLY, COMPOSITION, AND APPLICATION.
By SIDNEY H. NORTH,
LATE EDITOR OF THE “PETROLEUM REVIEW.”
Contents.—The Sources of Supply.—Economic Aspect of Liquid Fuel.—Chemical Composition of Fuel Oils.—Conditions of Combustion in Oil Fuel Furnaces.—Early Methods and Experiments.—Modern Burners and Methods.—Oil Fuel for Marine Purposes.—For Naval Purposes.—On Locomotives.—For Metallurgical and other Purposes.—Appendices.—Index.
“Everyone interested in this important question will welcome Mr. North’s excellent text-book.”—Nature.
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Second Edition, Revised. With numerous Plates reduced from Working Drawings and 280 Illustrations in the Text. 21s.