Model Steam Turbines: How to Design and Build Them; A Practical Handbook for Model-Makers (Classic Reprint)
Book Details
Author(s)
H. H. Harrison
Publisher
Forgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN
1332238904
ISBN-13
9781332238903
Availability
Usually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank
#1,906,680
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Ratings & Reviews
No reviews yet — be the first!
No reviews yet.
Description
Excerpt from Model Steam Turbines: How to Design and Build Them; A Practical Handbook for Model-Makers
The steam turbine has rapidly come to the front during the last few years on account of its many advantages as compared with its older rival, the reciprocating steam engine.
From a model point of view also, several advantages may be claimed for it; thus for model steamer work its light weight for a given output, and the fact that the centre of gravity is low, are two conditions which make it specially applicable for high-speed craft.
In this small book it is proposed to lay down the principles on which model steam turbines may be designed; and some examples, either built or projected, are given, being for the most part taken from the columns of The Model Engineer.
The need for a third edition of this book having arisen, advantage has been taken of the opportunity to partially re-write it and to add further matter.
The reader is earnestly recommended to thoroughly master Chapters I. and II., as he will then have a very fair knowledge of the theory underlying the design and construction of steam turbines in general.
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.
The steam turbine has rapidly come to the front during the last few years on account of its many advantages as compared with its older rival, the reciprocating steam engine.
From a model point of view also, several advantages may be claimed for it; thus for model steamer work its light weight for a given output, and the fact that the centre of gravity is low, are two conditions which make it specially applicable for high-speed craft.
In this small book it is proposed to lay down the principles on which model steam turbines may be designed; and some examples, either built or projected, are given, being for the most part taken from the columns of The Model Engineer.
The need for a third edition of this book having arisen, advantage has been taken of the opportunity to partially re-write it and to add further matter.
The reader is earnestly recommended to thoroughly master Chapters I. and II., as he will then have a very fair knowledge of the theory underlying the design and construction of steam turbines in general.
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.
