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The steam-engine and other heat-engines / by J. Alfred Ewing.

By: Material type: TextTextCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: 1 volume ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107615632 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 621.1 E.J.S
Contents:
Preface; 1. The early history of the steam-engine; 2. Elementary theory of heat-engines; 3. Properties of steam and elementary theory of the steam-engine; 4. Further points in the theory of heat-engines; 5. Entropy; 6. Reversal of the heat-engine: mechanical refrigeration; 7. Actual behaviour of steam in the cylinder; 8. Steam turbines; 9. The testing of heat-engines; 10. Compound expansion; 11. Valves and valve-gears; 12. Governing; 13. Dynamics of the reciprocating engine; 14. The formation of steam; 15. Forms of the steam engine; 16. Air engines; 17. Gas-engines and oil-engines; Appendix. Tables of the properties of steam; Index.
Summary: This book, first published in 1926, was written 'to present the subject of heat-engines, in their mechanical as well as their thermodynamical aspects'.
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Preface; 1. The early history of the steam-engine; 2. Elementary theory of heat-engines; 3. Properties of steam and elementary theory of the steam-engine; 4. Further points in the theory of heat-engines; 5. Entropy; 6. Reversal of the heat-engine: mechanical refrigeration; 7. Actual behaviour of steam in the cylinder; 8. Steam turbines; 9. The testing of heat-engines; 10. Compound expansion; 11. Valves and valve-gears; 12. Governing; 13. Dynamics of the reciprocating engine; 14. The formation of steam; 15. Forms of the steam engine; 16. Air engines; 17. Gas-engines and oil-engines; Appendix. Tables of the properties of steam; Index.

This book, first published in 1926, was written 'to present the subject of heat-engines, in their mechanical as well as their thermodynamical aspects'.

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