Steam Power And Mill Work Principles And Modern Practice

Steam Power and Mill Work Principles and Modern Practice

This vintage engineering text, first published in 1895, offers a comprehensive overview of the design and operation of steam-powered machinery in use at the turn of the twentieth century. With detailed diagrams and illustrations, as well as explanations of the science and mechanics behind steam power, this book is an invaluable resource for students of engineering and industrial history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Steam Power and Mill Work Principles and Modern Practice

Steam Power and Mill Work

Excerpt from Steam Power and Mill Work: Principles and Modern Practice Special attention has been paid to simplicity of treatment of mathematical questions, in the belief that this course will meet with the approval of the majority of readers, and that the real utility of the work will be thereby increased. The author believes that the work will be found to be of use in deciding questions as to the provision of new plant, or the conversion or replacement of existing plant, and in determining the conditions under which it may be worked to best advantage. 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.