Land and Marine Diesel Engines (Classic Reprint)

Eagineering Library 0r TRANSLATOKS PREFACE. Economic couditions were more conducive to the development of the oil enoine on the Continent of Europe than in the United Kingdom. This was in part due to our advantage in having an abundance of cheap steam-raising coal. As a consequence the theor} and practice of the internal combustion engine more fully and readily engaged the attention of Continental engineers, and experience in this tj pe of prime mover is more extensive on the Continent of Europe than in this country. The superior thei mal efficiency of the oil engine has now, however, won many supporters here, and the fact that it is practically indispensable for certain purposes, notably for submarines, has resulted in a great increase in construction in the United Kingdom. The time has not come, however, for a record based solely on British experience. I ndeed, most of theB ritish tirms building oil engines have, so far, based their practice on Continental systems. This is particularly the case with marine engines. No apology is thus needed for the translation into English of a text-book which is widely accepted on the Continent as a standard work, embracing comprehensively, yet without redundancy, existing knowledge of land and marine engines. I ng. Supino, the author, an Italian engineer of high repute, who died ere 3et he had had time to enjoy the reputation he had won, made a special study not only of the theory, but of the construction and running of oil engines, and such merits as this book possesses as a translation are due entirely to his engineering genius, erudition, and lucidity of exposition. The translators have sought only to interpret his ideas. The English Edition, it is hoped, will be accepted as much for its recognition of I ng. Supino swork, as for the stimulus and assistance it ma} bring to British workers. It is true that theM arine Di
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