NEWNES MARINE ENGINEERING - VOLUME II - MARINE DIESEL ENGINES - A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR EVERYONE CONNECTED WITH THE MARINE INDUSTRY BY C C POUNDER
A STUNNING MANUAL COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF MARINE DIESEL ENGINES OF THE PERIOD, AND AUXILLIARY MACHINERY, NCLUDING PUMPS, COMPRESSORS, AND PROPELLERS !!
COVERS THE BRITISH POLAR, DOXFORD, HARLAND & WOLFF, M.A.N. SULZER, AND WERKSPOOR DIESEL MARINE ENGINES
PRINTED BY GEORGE NEWNES LIMITED - IN 1956
SUPERB 766 PAGE HARDBACK MANUAL AVAILABLE TO THE MARINE INDUSTRY, BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER WW II, ISSUED TO COVER THE MAJOR PRINCIPLES, DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OVERHAUL OF MARINE DIESEL ENGINES, AND PRODUCE A BIBLE OF REFERENCE, INCLUDING PRESERVING SOME NOW ALMOST LONG FORGOTTEN TECHNIQUES, FOR BOTH ENGINES, AND SHIP AND BOAT MACHINERY, FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOS, DIAGRAMS, EXPLODED DIAGRAMS, WIRING DIAGRAMS, GRAPHS, STUDIES ETC, ETC
DESIGNED TO COVER MARINE ENGINES AND EQUIPMENT FOR BOTH THE MERCHANT NAVY, AND PRIVATE LEISURE USE, THIS BOOK NOW PROVIDES A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A MANUAL FOR PERIOD MARINE DIESEL ENGINES, AND THE KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS OF A BYGONE ERA !!
STUNNING CONTENT - CONTAINS CHAPTERS ON: ELEMENTARY THORY, THE PROPELLING ENGINE IN RELATION TO THE COMPLETE INSTALLATION, BRITISH POLAR ENGINES, DOXFORD ENGINES, HARLAND & WOLFF ENGINES, M.A.N ENGINES, SULZER ENGINES, WERSPOOR ENGINES, THE RATING OF ENGINES, THE CHEMISTRY OF COMBUSTION, FATIGUE, CREEPING CRACKS, AND KINDRED MATTERS, CRANKCASE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, SOME DYNAMIC PROBLEMS, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, PROPULSION DATA, SOME USEFUL CONVERSION FACTORS, PART 2 - MARINE AUXILLIARY MACHINERY - ENGINE AND BOILER ROOM ARRANGEMENT, PIPES, VALVES, AND PIPELINE FITTINGS, MARINE PUMPING SYSTEMS, AND APPICATION, MARINE PUMPS - INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, COMPRESSORS, CONDENSORS, EVAPORATION AND PRIFIERS, STEERING GEAR, PROPELLERS, REFRIGERATION, MARINE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIRCONDITIONING, DECK MACHINERY, THE DENNY BROWN SHIP STABILISERS
STUNNING COVERAGE - EVEN COVERS THE DENNY-BROWN SHIP STABILIZER !!
SOLD IN USED, BUT IN GOOD CLEAN CONDITION FOR OVER 60 YEARS OLD. INSIDE PAGES ARE CLEAN, TIGHT,AND BRIGHT, WITH JUST MINOR AGE WEAR, AND MINOR STAINING TO A SMALL FEW. NOT TOO BAD REALLY. HANDWRITTEN NAME ADDED TO FRONT, BLANK COVER PAGE - JUST ADDS TO IT'S PERIOD CHARM ! THE HARDBACK COVER IS IN GOOD CLEAN CONDITION, WITH SOME MINOR STAINING, AND RUBBING TO EDGES. GOLD LEAF LETTERING TO SPINE AREA IS BEGINNING TO FADE, AND HAS SOME SCRATCHING - SEE PHOTOS. A SUPER RARE USEABLE MANUAL, WITH EXCELLENT CONTENT.
SO MUCH INFORMATION !!
BECOMING EXTREMELY RARE NOW
WILL POST WORLDWIDE