ALL ABOUT ENGINES
Written by Edward Cressey
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- ENGINES
- ENGINEERING
- PHYSICS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
ALL ABOUT ENGINES
Written by Edward Cressey.
Stock no. 1830430
Hardback.
Good condition.
For boys. Beginning with an account of a simple engine, and an explanation of how it works by steam, the reader is next introduced to the pioneers and their difficulties in order to bring out more clearly the principles involved in the production of mechanical power. After a survey of the various types of steam engines and boilers, gas, petrol, and oil engines are described. Blue pictorial cloth boards. Coloured frontis. 182 b/w illustrations and diagrams. Top edge blue. xv and 352 pages including index. Spine faded, boards marked and grubby. Text block browned. Frontis is detached but present. Foxing throughout. One plate partially detached.
Front cover
Contents
- 1. HOW THE MODERN ENGINE WORKS BY STEAM
- 2. THE PIONEERS BEFORE WATT
- 3. JAMES WATT: THE MAN AND HIS WORK
- 4. RAISING STEAM
- 5. THE MODERN RECIPROCATING ENGINE
- 6. STEAM TURBINES
- 7. THE GAS ENGINE
- 8. THE PETROL MOWER
- 9. THE OIL ENGINE
- 10. THE LOCOMOTIVE
- 11. ENGINES FOR SHIPS
- 12. POWER AND ITS MEASUREMENT
- 13. FUEL AND ITS PROBLEMS
- INDEX