Power Plant Testing: A Manual of Testing Engines, Turbines, Boilers, Pumps; Turbines, Boilers, Pumps, Refrigerating Machinery, Fans, Fuels, Lubricants, Materials (Classic Reprint)

In the preparation of this book the object in view has been primarily to give in a small volmne, somewhat in detail, the generally approved metiiods of testing engines, turbines, boilers and the auxiliary machinery usually foimd in powerplants, as well as to present more or less complete descriptions of the various kinds of apparatus used and the calibrations required for accurate testing. In addition to this subject-matter, chapters have been prepared on the testing of fuels, refrigerating and hydraulic machinery, as well as on the proper methods and the machinery to be used in making tests of the strength of the materials conmionly used in the construction of buildings. As a book for students in laboratory courses it is intended particularly for use in large classes in which at the beginning of the laboratory periods it is necessary to begin at the same time a number of different experiments and tests. On this account care has been taken to state as clearly as possible the descriptions of the apparatus to be used and the precautions to be observed to secure accuracy in the results. Students should be expected, however, to rely to some extent on their own initiative. In most respects the book is probably complete enough in descriptive matter and in general instructions so that very little lecture-room work is needed for at least elementary courses. It is the authors opinion that students in experimental engineering laboratories should not receive a great deal of assistance in planning and conducting tests. Sometime they mist learn to be resourceful and independent of the school type of instruction and obviously the sooner this is appreciated by both instructors and students the greater will be the benefits. At least for very small classes the better plan is the one advocated years ago by a famous educator, that students working in laboratories when assigned
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