ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS. 



By ANDREW JAMIESON, M.Inst.C.E., M InstE.E. 



SEVENTEENTH EDITION, Revised. With over 800 Pages, over 400 

 Illustrations, and 12 Plates. 10s. 6d. 



A TEXT-BOOK ON 



STEAM & STEAM ENGINES, 



INCLUDING TURBINES AND BOILERS. 



Specially arranged for the use of Engineers qualifying for the Institution 

 of Civil Engineers, the Diplomas and Degrees of Technical Colleges 

 and Universities, Advanced Science Certificates of British and Colonial 

 Boards of Education, and Honours Certificates of the City and Guilds 

 of London Institute, in Mechanical Engineering, and for Engineers 

 generally. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. Early Forms of Steam Engine. Temperature, Thermometry, 

 Pyrometry. Quantity of Heat, Thermal Units, Tables, Calorimeters, Specific Heats 

 of Gases and Steam. Diffusion, Radiation, etc., of Steam, Ebullition of Water. Nature of 

 Heat, Conversion of Work into Heat, First Law of Thermodynamics, The B.T.TJ. 

 Sensible and Latent Heats of Water and Steam, Temperature and Pressure of Steam. 

 Pressure and Vacuum Gauges. Evaporation and Condensation. Jet and Surface Con- 

 densers. Work. Generation of Steam in a Closed Vessel. Boyle's Law, Watt's Diagram 

 of Work. Charles's Law. Absolute Zero. Adiabatic Expansion. Heat Engines, 

 Carnot's Principle. Entropy and Thermodynamics. Lap and Lead of a Valve, Admission, 

 Cut-off, etc. Zeuner's Valve Diagrams. Behaviour of Steam in a Cylinder. Loss between 

 Boiler and Cylinder. Steam Jacketing. Superheated Steam. Cushioning. Compound- 

 ing. Watt's, Crosby, and other Indicators, Indicator Diagrams. Nominal and Indicated 

 H.P., Brake H.P., Apparatus for finding H.P. Cranks, Connecting-rods, and other 

 Moving Parts, Effect of Inertia of ; Crank Effort Diagrams. Stationary Engines. Corliss 

 Valve Gear. Lubrication. Willans' Engine. Marine Engines. Paddle Wheels. 

 The Screw Propeller, Pitch, Angle, Slip, Thrust, etc., etc. Triple-Expansion Engines. 

 Quadruple-Expansion Engines. DETAILS OF ENOINE : Valves, Pistons, Crossheads 

 Bearings, etc., etc. Pumps. Condensers. STEAM TURBINES : Definition, Types, Speed 

 of Rotor, Steam Consumption, Stresses, Balancing, etc., etc. Mathematical Explanation 

 of Heat Units, Work done, etc., etc., as expressed for Ideal Steam Engines, with Special 

 Reference to Turbines. Examples of Types of Turbines. BOILEKS : Vertical, Horizontal; 

 Cornish ; Lancashire ; Water Tube ; Belleville ; Yarrow, etc., etc. Forced Draught. 

 Mechanical Stokers. Materials in Boiler Construction. Joints, Stays, etc. The Loco- 

 motive Engine, Injectors, Compounding, Efficiency, etc. APPENDICES. INDEX. 



* Contains many Board of Education and City and Guilds Questions and Answers, 

 also all the Inst. C.E. Exams, ever set, in The Theory ol Heal Engines, up to time of publi- 

 cation. 



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ELECTRICAL RULES AND TABLES 



FOR THE USE OF ELECTRICIANS AND ENGINEERS, 

 BY JOHN MUNRO, C.E., & PROF. JAMIESON, M.INST.C.E., F.R.S.E. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. Electrical Engineering Symbols. B. of T. Standards of Measure- 

 ment. Units of Measurement. Weights and Measures. Testing. Conductors. 

 Dielectrics. Telegraphy. Telephony. Radio or Wireless Telegraphy. Electro-chemistry 

 and Metallurgy. Rontgen Rays. Batteries. Dynamos and Motors. Transformers. 

 Lighting. Wiring Rules (Lighting and Tramways). Miscellaneous. Magnetic Measure- 

 ments. Logarithms. INDEX. 



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