The Marine Steam Engine

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Excerpt from The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for Engineering Students, Young Engineers, and Officers of the Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine The first two editions of this work were written by the late Mr. Richard Sennett, but after his death, owing to great changes which had taken place in marine engineering, it required to be practically rewritten in order to modernise it. This task was undertaken by the writer in preference to preparing an independent new work, as there appeared to be advantageous features in its style and arrangement over others, but on account of revisions and additions made in several new editions to keep the book as far as possible up to date, little now remains of Mr. Sennett's work. The printed matter and illustrations have been considerably increased from time to time as new editions were required, for it is generally agreed that ample illustration is essential to the proper understanding of written descriptions of engineering details. As showing the considerable changes which have taken place since the writer's first association with the book, the chapters on water-tube boilers, Oil-fuel arrangements, internal combustion engines, and the marine steam-turbine may be mentioned. 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.