Year: 1971 Language: english Author: John Guthrie Genre: History Publisher: Hutchinson of London Edition: 1st ISBN: 0091082005 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 298 Description: First, there were the giant pumping engines whose gently rocking beams were a feature of the nineteenth century landscape. Within a few decades, engines had been developed which were sufficiently small to fit a modest river launch. By the 1830's ocean-going craft had been built, and the first steamships crossed the Atlantic. Separate chapters cover each phase of these earlier periods, and the book continues with the emergence of higher powered engines using steam expansively, to the development of the turbine, the pinnacle of steam power. The diesel engine is discussed, and the story is told of its growth to become the dominant form of propulsion in low and medium powered vessels. The book is well illustrated with material from contemporary sources, and coupled with the author's 40 years of experience as a marine engineer (and the third generation on both sides of his family) the reader can gain a vivid and realistic picture of the people involved with design and operation interwoven with the technical details of the development of the marine engine.
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A History of Marine Engineering
Language: english
Author: John Guthrie
Genre: History
Publisher: Hutchinson of London
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0091082005
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 298
Description: First, there were the giant pumping engines whose gently rocking beams were a feature of
the nineteenth century landscape. Within a few decades, engines had been developed which were sufficiently
small to fit a modest river launch. By the 1830's ocean-going craft had been built, and the first steamships
crossed the Atlantic. Separate chapters cover each phase of these earlier periods, and the book continues
with the emergence of higher powered engines using steam expansively, to the development of the turbine,
the pinnacle of steam power. The diesel engine is discussed, and the story is told of its growth to become
the dominant form of propulsion in low and medium powered vessels.
The book is well illustrated with material from contemporary sources, and coupled with the
author's 40 years of experience as a marine engineer (and the third generation on both sides
of his family) the reader can gain a vivid and realistic picture of the people involved with
design and operation interwoven with the technical details of the development of the
marine engine.
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