Heat
If you think you're going to run a high performance engine, external or internal combustion, or build an efficient wood stove, or corn stove, or any other energy equipment, you need to know at least part of what is in this book: what heat is and how it works. No mechanical engineer ever gets his degree without knowing this stuff intuitively. You can learn it, too. You don't have to be a formal engineering student. This was simplified for the working guy who wanted a good job in the engine room at the factory.
Contents include manifestations and measurement of heat, measurement of temperature, expansion of bodies by heat, heat propagation, measurement of heat, specific heat (we like steam because of its high specific heat -- something you had better know), latent heat, heats of vaporization and fusion, sources of heat, and more.
Then a big section on thermodynamics: the movement of heat energy. You get fundamental relations of heat and work, performance of mechanical work by heat, mechanical theory of heat, first law of thermodynamics, three effects of heat, thermodynamics of gases (steam, as I recall, is a gas), expansion of gas, isothermal expansion, adiabatic expansion, ideal gas law, external work, compression of gases (why do air compressors get hot?), thermodynamics of closed cycles (love it. keeps my beer cold), Carnot's cycle, and more.
An engine builder who doesn't have a basic understanding of this material is like an adult who can't tie his shoes. Don't let that be you! Great material. Nicely explained. No calc. No statistics. Just plain and practical. Get one! 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 80 pages
No. 23322 ... $8.95
Essential Steam Power Library
Steam-Engine Governors
So
you're the engineer in charge of keeping the factory of 600 workers supplied
with power. When Buford, the company mascot, gets his necktie caught in the
wood lathe he's using at the other of the plant, you don't want the sudden
increase in load to slow down the line shaft supplying all the other tools.
You want your big stationary steam engine to keep on rolling at the same rpm.
Buford is expendable. Your job is not. You just gotta have a governor!
Contents include: types of governors, pendulum and flyball governors, spring loaded governors, static and astatic governors, coefficient of speed variation, fundamental equation for stability, shaft governors (you might need a big one if all your employees are as dumb as Buford), relative advantages of centrifugal and inertia governors, and more.
Then you get 39 pages of formulas and sample calculations that will allow you to design a governor from the size of the weights to the stiffness of the spring. No, no. It's not complicated. Just high school math.
Plenty of illustrations. What's here is the inside scoop on what makes these valuable speed controls work. Great info. Get a copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 64 pages
No. 23314 ... $7.95
Essential Steam Power Library
Simple & Compound Steam Engines
A lot of people like to watch steam engines. They love all those moving parts I guess. Some of those people think they know all about steam engines, but few really do. It's a technology that disappeared a century ago when electricity came in. Unless they've studied the old books and worked with the machine, they really don't know half of what they think they do. With this book, you can be a lot smarter than they will ever be.
You
get types of simple steam engines, plain slide valve engines, the governor,
cut-off or expansion valves, the Gonzenbach valve, the Meyer cutoff valve,
automatic high speed engines, straight-line engines, indicator diagrams of
automatic engines, valves for automatic engines, piston valve, pressure-plate
valve, shaft governors, Corliss engines, single eccentric Corliss, double
eccentric, Corliss cylinders and valves, dashpots, Corliss governors, and
more.
You'll find reversing engines, Stephenson link motion, compound engines, tandem compounds, twin compound with receiver, cross-compounds, compound engine diagrams, indicated horsepower of compounds, ratio of cylinders, surface condensors, jet condensors, and even cooling towers.
You get lots of drawings revealing stationary steam engines as they were at the end of their development. Good stuff. Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 112 pages
No. 23349 ...$9.95
Package Price
All three: Governors, Heat, and Engines. Save $4.10
No. 944 ... $22.75
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