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Lyle, Oliver

The Efficient Use of Steam

Her Maty's Stationery Office, 1960

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Year of publication
1960
Place of printing
London
Author
Lyle, Oliver
Publishers
Her Maty's Stationery Office
Keyword
Steam, Heat, Engines, Evaporators, Loads, Pressure Regulation, Boiler Control,
Cover description
Good
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

Handsome book in heavy weave brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine only. Later printing, text/interior is in excellent condition with no foxing or fading of the paper. Previous owner's name at front and back inside covers. 912 pages. Contents include Preventing the escape of heat -- lagging, Steam distribution -- steam quality, Instruments, Efficient opern of engines, traps, Condensate handling, Air and its removal, Heating in pans and evaporators, peak loads, multiple effect evaporation, Automatic controls, etc. A great many mechanical illustrations, tables, graphs, charts, technical data, formulae, fold-out pages in excellent condition. Dust jacket has some edge wear.