| - Book Title: Modern High Speed Oil Engines. Vols 1, 11, 111.
- Author: C W Chapman
- ISBN: mw0222
- Publisher: Caxton
- Year Published: 1949
- Our Normal Price: £46.20 GBP ($0.00 USD)
- 10% Discounted Price: £41.58 GBP ($0.00 USD)
- Description: Caxton Publishing: May 1949:first edition set of three volumes : dark green leatherette hard covers:gold lettering to spine: embossed insignia to front: vol 1, 230 pages: vol 2, 217 pages: vol 3, 237 pages including index: b/w illustrations and detailed diagrams throughout. Synopsis; an in-depth and comprehensive survey of the development, fabrication and use of the high speed oil engine up to 1949. Subjects covered are- The development of the oil engine, comparing oil and petrol engines, theoretical considerations , the engine operating cycles and efficiency , efficiency and fuel consumption , combustion and combustion chamber principles and variations , fuel systems , two stroke and four stroke engines, air supply , lubrication systems , cooling , starting, balance vibration and engine forms , installation , industrial engines- examples and applications , road vehicle engines, rail traction engines , marine applications, high speed marine engines , aircraft diesel and all oil engines , supercharging, design , material , maintenance of high a speed oil engines, Crank cases and framing, crankshafts and bearings, cylinders and liners , connecting rods and bearings , pistons and rings , cylinder heads and joints, valves springs and guides, valve gear and timing, fuel injection pumps , fuel injectors , fuel supply filtration and storage, lubricating pumps and filters, governors and controls, blowers and superchargers , vibration dampers, water pumps and cooling system , starting equipment, silencing and exhaust systems, choice and general care of oil engines, starting running and stopping, faults and fault finding, periodic maintenance, testing and test equipment, experimental and development testing, preservation and laying up. appendix , index.
Condition: very clean and good overall. PLEASE NOTE THE THREE VOLUMES ARE SOLD TOGETHER. PLEASE E-MAIL OR TELEPHONE FOR SHIPPING COSTS.
- Condition: Collectable- Very Good
- Dustcover: No
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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