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INTRODUCTORY IVI A N U ALS. 



FOURTEENTH EDITION, Revised and Enlarged. Pp. i-xv -f 375. 3s. net. 

 . AN ELEMENTARY MANUAL OF 



HEAT ENGINES : STEAM, GAS AND OIL. 



Specially arranged for First Year Students under all Boards of Education, 

 City and Guilds of London Institute, Colonial and other Engineering 

 Students. 



REVISED BY EWART S. ANDREWS, B.Sc., 

 Lecturer in the Engineering Department of the Goldsmiths' College, 



New Cross. 



ABRIDGED CONTENTS. Elementary Mensuration. Weights and Measures. Ther- 

 tnometry. Heat. Evaporation. Ebullition. Work. Pressure and Temperature of 

 Steam. Properties of Gases. The Parts of a Steam Engine. Valves and their Setting. 

 Indicators. Single and Compound Engines. Details of Engines. Valves and Fittings. 

 Condensers. Crank Shaft. Bearings, etc., etc. Boilers and Boiler Mountings. Loco- 

 motives. Turbines. Gas Engines. Oil Engines. APPENDICES. INDEX. 

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Specially arranged to suit those preparing for the Institute of Civil Engineers ; 

 Royal Institute of British Architects ; City and Guilds of London 

 Institute; British and Colonial Boards of Education, and all kinds 

 of First-Year Engineering Students. 



REVISED BY EWART S. ANDREWS, B.Sc., 

 Lecturer in the P^ngineering Department of the Goldsmiths' College, 



New Cross. 



ABRIDGED CONTENTS. Force. Matter. Scale and Vector Quantities. Work, Units 

 of Work. Moment of a Force, Couples, etc., etc. Practical Applications of the Lever, 

 Balance, etc., etc. The Principle of Work, Work Lost, Useful Work. Pulleys, Blocks, 

 etc., etc. Wheel and Compound Axle. Graphic Demonstration of Three Forces in 

 Equilibrium. Cranes. Inclined Planes. Friction. Bearings. Driving Belts. Winch 

 or Crab. Jib Cranes. Screws. Spiral, Helix, etc. Whitworth Standard. Backlash in 

 Wheel and Screw Gearings Endless Screw and Worm Wheel, etc. Screw-Cutting Lathe. 

 Hydraulics. Hydraulic Machines. Motion and Velocity. Energy. Properties of 

 Materials. Stresses in Chains, Shafts, etc., etc. Universal Joints. Sun and Planet Wheels. 

 Reversing Motions. Measuring Tools. Limit Gauges. APPENDICES. INDEX. 



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A PRACTICAL ELEMENTARY MANUAL OF 

 MAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY, 



Specially arranged for the use of Science Teachers and Students in Great 



Britain and the Colonies, and for other Electrical Students. 

 ABRIDGED CONTENTS. Magnets, Natural, Permanent. Methods of making Magnets. 

 Lines of Force. Molecular Theory of Magnetisation. Magnetic Induction. The Earth 

 as a Magnet. Mariners' Compass. Units of Measurement. Electrical Units. Electro- 

 Magnetism. Magnetic Field due to a Current. Solenoid. Galvanometers. Polarity 

 due to Current. Magnetisation by Electric Current. Electro-dynamics. Electro- 

 magnetic Induction. Ohm's Law. Primary Batteries. Conductors and Resistance. 

 Polarisation of a Cell. Electrolysis. Static Electricity. Positive and Negative Electri- 

 fication. Conductors and Insulators. Induction. Charges on a Surface. Frictional 

 Machines. Potential. Condensers. Leyden Jar. Gold Leaf Electroscope. Volt- 

 meters. APPENDICES. INDEX. 



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