Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room

Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room - Useful to Engineers, Firemen & Mechanics; Relating to Steam Generators, Pumps, Appliances, Steam Heating, Practical Plumbing, etc.

Each successive generation of engineers has added certain unwritten experiences to the general stock of knowledge relating to steam production, which have been communicated to their successors, and by them added to, in their turn; it is within the province of this book to put in form for reference, these unwritten laws of conduct, which have passed into Maxims among engineers and firemena maxim being an undisputed truth, expressed in the shortest terms. These are the questioning thoughts which fill, while on duty, more or less vividly, the minds of both engineers and firemen, and it is the purpose of this volume to answer the enquiries, as far as may be without attempting too much; for the perfect knowledge of the operations carried on within the boiler-room involves an acquaintance with many branches of science. In matters relating to steam engineering, it must be remembered that art is long and time is short. The utility of such a book as this is intended to be, no one will question, and he who would not be a hewer of wood and a drawer of water to the more intelligent and well-informed mechanic, must possess to a considerable extent the principles and rules embraced in this book; and more especially, if he would be master of his profession and reputed as one whose skill and decisions can be implicitly relied upon. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 53139
Author: Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah)
Release Date: Sep 24, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English