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020			_a9781107615632 (pbk.)
040			_dFUE
082	0	4	_223 _a621.1 _bE.J.S
100	1		_aEwing, J. A. _d1855-1935,
245	1	4	_aThe steam-engine and other heat-engines / _cby J. Alfred Ewing.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
264			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a 1 volume ; _c 23 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
505	0		_aPreface; 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.
520			_aThis book, first published in 1926, was written 'to present the subject of heat-engines, in their mechanical as well as their thermodynamical aspects'.
650		0	_aSteam-engines.
650		0	_aHeat-engines.
942			_cBK _2ddc