The Steam Engine / by George C.V. Holmes.
London: Longmans, Green, 1898.
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Preliminares.
Chapter I. - Introduction.
Chapter II. - Nature of heat. The mode of measuring it…
Chapter III.-Theoretically perfect heat engines.
Chapter IV.-Connection between the sizes of an engine...
Chapter V.-The mechanics of the steam engine.
Chapter VI.-The mechanism and details of steam engines.
Chapter VII.-Valves and valve gears.
Chapter VIII.-Indicators and indicator diagrams.
Chapter IX.-Fuel-Combustion-The generation of steam…
Chapter X.-Condensation and condensers.
Chapter XI.-On some the principal causes of loss of efficiency in steam engines.
Appendix.
Examples.
Index.