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MR. LIVERSEDGE'S handbook will be found by all engineers to be a very useful supplement to the more technical treatises of Mr. Seaton and of Messrs. Sennet and Oram. It lays down the whole duty of a marine engineer, and more particularly of a naval engineer, from, the day when he receives notice of his appointment; and it is throughout well-written, full, and admirably to the point. The running of the main engines and the care of the boilers are, of course, the chief concerns of the book; but the auxiliary machinery is also well looked after, and there are separate chapters on the electric light, the hydraulic, the refrigerating and the air-compressing plants. The chapter on adjustments and repairs seems to us of especial value, for while a successful repair at sea is often the outcome of what seems an inspiration, its success may at any time be assured by a knowledge of what has been done in similar cases.
Engine-Room Practice.
A Handbook for the Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine. By John G. Liversedge. Pp. xi. + 292. (London: Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1899.)
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Engine-Room Practice . Nature 63, 57 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/063057c0
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