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HEATING AND VENTlLATlNG'S ENGI NEERING DATABOOK
COMBUSTION ENGINEERING
PRINCIPLES or JET PROPULSION AND
GAS TURBINES
POWER SYSTEM STABILITY, VOL I
burning, steam generation and heat re>
cavety. Description* of all equipment by this
manufacturer are highly practical and fully explanatory. Much of the early history of
design and development for each major form of firing, steam generating or heat recovery unit is provided. Each chapter has down-to-earth, practical data such as
Not only (a an understanding of power^* system stability provided but also infonaa&L
lion on these topics: oe calculating faear4&f-| fault studies, circuit breakers, protectH^'l
relaying, synchronous machine theory, uidj
a aiep-by-stcp solution of nonlinear diSegtt
cntlal equations.
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Engine-Room Practices
ENGINE ROOM Q AND A CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES AND COSTS
CORROSION HANDBOOK BOILER FIREMAN'S HANDBOOK RESULTS OF PUBLICLY-OWNED ELECTRIC
SYSTEMS CENTRIFUGAL AND AXIAL FLOW PUMPS
recommended fuel-bed thicknesses, proper coal selection, suggested correct draft set
tings. There are over 30 chapters ranging from
origin and production of coal, fuels for steaming purposes through (1) separate treatments-for major fuel-burning methods (2) ASME Boiler Construction Code (3) principal stcam-genorstlog designs (4) dis
Encinb Room Questions and Ahsoh^
By Ale* Higgins, consulting engineer, life
pp, 8)xll, iUust, cloth, |4. AfcGrow-ffigS Book Co, 330 W 42nd St, New York 11$
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Highly practical questions and anivd.
on engine-room -practices include desiptfE construction and operation of (I) ttesaif
ELEMENTS OF NOMOGRAPNY MANAGEMENT LEAOERS' MANUAL
cussions of feedwater, purification and (5) selection, performance and testing. All this is backed up by an appendix that
engines (2) turbines (3) engWmro i9
eesaorles.
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The book it prepared specifically to bety!
MANUAL OF ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTS
ELEMENTARY THERMODYNAMICS
SUPERCHARGING THE INTERNAL COM. BUSTION ENGINE
ELECTRIC POWER AND A GOVERNMENT POLICT
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM FROM THE SYNTHINE PROCESS
RAOIANT HEATING
includes Mollier diagrams, steam tables, and typical coat analyses.
Jet Propulsion
PaiNctM.u of Jet Propulsion and Gas Turbines (1948). By M J Zucroto, pro* lessor of gos turbines and jet propulsion, Purdue University. 563 pp; 6x9; Ulust, tablet, diagram*. 16.50. John 7ilay & Sons, fne, 440 Fourth Aim, New York 16,
students far operating license! and e&y tificates. Diagrams and sketches, select'd]
with this end in mind, lie in closely iJ-r"
theOvteexr t. and beyond Its highly prietictjl
turn, the book it on admirable referent**
handbook (or engine equipment and1 cpj
erating procedure.
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Construction Costs
Hooting, Ventilating HSATtNC AND VRftTtlATixc'l Encinimikc
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A complete treatment of jet propulsion and gas turbine* in aircraft applications, designed for graduate engineering students.
Construction Estimates and ,__ B 0947). Second edition. By H E Patfflfai professor of civil end structural ing, University of IFisconsin. 653 pftlj
Dravo-built power and boiler plants, and major Dravo equipment installations, supply all types of industry with steam, electricity, blast air, liquid pumping and
Dataoook. By Clifford Stroek. 576 pp, Because the manuscript was prepared dur 6*9; Must, tables. 96. McGrowllilt Bmm,
related services for the myriad requirements of modern
8|xll, many graphs and cherts, cloth. $7. ing the war no classified material is in Co, 330 7 42nd St. New York 10,
productioneering.
The Industrial Press, 148 Lafayette St. New fork 18, N. Y.
Ten major sections *cr the field.' -They Include: heel end moistuta In air, fuals and combustion, piping, air handling end
cluded, hut basic treatment la complete
despite this security (imitation. Chapter headings include: momentum
and energy relationships of fluids, (hermodynamies of gas flow, thermodynamic
Primarily for practical men who steal]
methods of estimating construction eoraw]
this second edition he brought up-towg the Industry cosu-aa they existed in \W
Many Illustrative estimates enable <n
?his broad experience of Dravo Power and Boiler Plant Specialists is reflected in the roster of American industrial organizations operating Dravo-builc and Dravo-cquippcd
. ventilation, heating and heat transmission, properties of air, airplane-performance cal- understanding of the principles-
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power and boiler plants,--steel producers, petroleum
cooling and air conditioning, motor* and culatlona, airplane- propeller, gas-turbine
Chapter heading* are: estimating la gw
tt&aett, chemical manufacturers, food processors, auto-
drives, contract lew, mathematical data power plant, turbo-jet engine, air com oral, handling and transporting material] Kjv motive parts suppliers, ship builders, synthetic textile
and dralting.room practice, terminology. Emphasis on data needed in aclna] de*
pressors, turbine characteristics, combus tion chamber, rocket motor, high-tempere-
excavation, piling and bracing, coocretfi masonry, waterproofing, wood construed^
U- fabricators.
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algn rather than on explanatory text .lor design factor* characterise* thi* book for practical men. Material should prove help
ture metallurgy. . Electric System Stability
structural steel, roofing and flashing, 1*^ ing and plastering, heating and air cci^j
Honing, plumbing, electrics! work, prig
M, Industrial Executives and Consulting Engineers conry ceroed with construction or expansion of power and
ful to engineers, eontractora, architects and itudenu.
Power Stitch Stabilitt--VoJ l (1949). By Edward IP Kimbark, professor 'of
ing, papering and glaring, heavy tnsehlwjj L
plant facilities will find that Dravo Power De-
construction plant and equipment, o*g J7- ^amnt Engineers can be of real service from the
An added featare it the section on con tract law. It diacusaes many legal phases Involving heating, ventilating end air-con ditioning joba and installations.
electrical engineering, Northwestern Uni versity. 355 pp, 6x9; Ulust.' $6. John 7Uey A Sons, Inc, 440 Fourth Abe, New
York 16, N. Y.
head and profit, -
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Moral Corrosion
-MgCorrosion Handbook. Edited by l
ife * wr^*,c planning stage to the completion of final con<5* itructioo details. $ P***0 cxpcrience and facilities are described more fully
Modern Steam Practice* Combustion Encinkxmnc. Edited by Otto
This work on power-system stability Is for power-*yi:em engineers as well as graduate studenia. It evolved from leo-
mH Uhiig, associate professor of rnttelivfL
Mass. Institute of Technology. I2J1*P 5|>a. M 112. John VSct & Soiu./g
J? ttHetio BR-504; address Power Department, Dravo fy,. POfstioo, 300 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh 22, Pa.
da Lortnsi, director of Education, Cemiua- ture* by the author n a graduate evening 440 Toons Aoo. Nov York 14. N. t. *
tion Engineering Co, Ine. Over 1000 pp, 6fx9f, over 400 ifltut, 80 tables, cloth. $7-S0. Combustion Engineering Co, Inc, 200 Madison At/e, New York 16.
Over 30 members of Combustion Engi neering Co contributed to this compre. heruive reference and handbook. It deals with (I) methods (2) equipment for fuel--
course at Northwestern University. The work is divided into three volumes.
Volume 1 covers elements of the stability problem, the principal factors affecting stability, the ordinary simplified methods of making stability calculations, and Illus trations-of the application oi these methods
la studies on actual power-systems.
In 1942, Thn ElecuKhenld S, awre of the tremendous nations! a*P* from corrosion of metals, created sa ganluUos within itself, known as ihe
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