ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS. 



SEVENTEENTH EDITION. Thoroughly Revised and Re-set Throughout, and Greatly 

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A MANUAL OF MARINE ENGINEERING: 



Comprising the Designing, Construction, and Working of Marine Machinery. 



By A. E. SEATON, M.I.C.E., M.I.Meeh.E., M.I.N.A. 



COHTENTS. General Introduction. Resistance of Ships and Indicated Horse-power 

 Necessary for Speed. Marine Engines, their Types and Variations of Design. Steam 

 used Expansively. Steam used after Expansion. Turbines. Efficiency of Marine 

 Engines. Engines, Simple and Compound. Horse-power : Nominal, Indicated, and 

 Shaft or Brake. General Design and the Influences which effect it. The Cylinder and 

 its Fittings. The Piston, Piston-Rod, Connecting-Rod. Shafting, Cranks and Crank- 

 Shafts, Ac. Foundations, Bedplates, Columns, Guides, and Framing. Condensers. 

 Pumps. Valves and Valve Gear. Valve Diagrams. Propellers. Sea-Cocks and Valves. 

 Auxiliary Machinery. Boilers, Fuel, Ac. ; Evaporation. Boilers ; Tank Boiler Design 

 and Details. Water-Tube Boilers. Boilers Construction and Detail. Boiler Mount- 

 ings and Fittings. Fitting in Machinery. Starting and Reversing of Engines, <fec. 

 Weight and other Particulars of Machinery relating thereto. Effect of Weight, Inertia, 

 and Momentum ; Balancing. Materials used by the Marine Engineer. Oil and Lubri- 

 cants, Engine Friction. Tests and Trials, their Objects and Methods. APPENDICES. 

 The Diesel and other Oil Engines, also Lloyd's Rules relating to. Valve Gear. Cotterell's 

 Method of Constructing Inertia Curves. Spare Gear, and B.O.T. and other Rules. 

 Boilers : B.O.T., Lloyd's, Admiralty, &c.,&c., Rules relating to. Electric Light, Rules. 

 Safety Valves, Rules. Testing Materials, Rules, <fec., &c. INDEX. 

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A POCKET-BOOK: OF 

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With various Lloyd's, B.O.T. , Bureau Veritas, and German Government Rules. 



BY A. E. SEATON, M.lNST.C.E., M.I.MECH.E., M.I.N.A., AND 

 H. M. KOUNTHVVAITE, M.I.MECH.E., M.I.N.A. 



CONTENTS. Prime Movers on Shipboard. Engine Power Measurements. Efficiency 

 of Marine Machinery. Propulsion of Ships and Resistance. Compound Engines. Steam 

 Expanding and Doing Work. Piston Speeds and Revolutions of Engines. Cylinders. 

 Pistons. Piston Rods, Connecting Rods. Shafting. Thrust Shafts and Blocks. 

 Stem Tubes. Main Bearings of Crank Shafts. Condensers. Air Pumps. Cooling Water 

 Pumps. Feed and other Pumps. Bilge Pumps, Pipes, and Fittings. Pump Levers and 

 Gear. Slide Valves for Steam Distribution, etc. Valve Gears. Reversing Gears for 

 Valve Motions. Steam Turning Gears. Screw Propellers. Paddlte-whqel Propellers. 

 Sea Valves for Water Supply. Steam Turbines. Internal Combustion Engines. Motor 

 Boats, etc., using Petrol. Superheated Steam. Skin Fittings and Valves. Results 

 of Trials of Engines. Wire Gauges. Copper Pipes. Wrought-iron Pipes. Copper 

 Pipe Flanges and Fittings. Bronze and Cast Steel Pipes. Pipes in General. Stop and 

 Regulating Valves. Balancing Engines. Geometry of Balancing Engines. Boilers : 

 their Fittings, Proportion, Construction, Evaporation (B.O.T. Rules, etc.). Boiler 

 Mountings and Fittings. Furnace Fittings. Engine and Boiler Seatings. Steam 

 Trawlers. Surveys of Machinery. Spare Gear. Chains and Ropes. Strength of 

 Materials. Strength of Materials, Composition and Cost. Plates, Bars, Beams, Girders, 

 etc. Oils and Lubricants. Miscellaneous Tables and Rules. Distances of Various 

 Ports apart. INDEX. 



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And other Competing Instruments for Marine Propulsion. 



BY A. E. SEATON, M.lNST.C.E., M.I.MECH.E., M.I.N.A. 



CONTENTS. Early History of Marine Propellers. Modern History of Propellers. 



Resistance of Ships. On Slip, Cavitation and Racing. Paddle Wheels. Hydraulic Pro- 



pulsion. The Screw Propeller ; Thrust and Efficiency. Various Forms of Propeller. 



Number and Positions. Blades, Number, Shape, etc. Details of Screws. Pitch of 



the Screw. Materials. Trials and Experiments. INDEX. 



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