A Catechism of High Pressure, or Non-Condensing Steam Engines

Excerpt from A Catechism of High Pressure, or Non-Condensing Steam Engines: Including the Modeling, Constructing, Running and Management of Steam Engines and Steam Boilers; With Illustrations HE writer of the following pages has made it his study to produce a work for the use of practical eu gineers, by furnishing them with a simple and clear ex planation of each subject treated. In its preparation a great effort has been made to secure accuracy, and to render every subject plain and easy of comprehension, by treating it in a clear style, taking up each subject in regular order and examining it by the light of daily experience. The range of subjects comprehends every thing directly connected with the steam-engine and steam-boiler. At the end of many of the articles, tables have been appended and examples introduced, to make explicit and distinct the principles set forth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.