(1) Diesel Engines (2) Mechanics of the Gasoline Engine (3) Mechanical Road Transport

Abstract

(1) MR. MORRISON, in writing of Diesel engines, 1VJL has chosen a subject of peculiar interest at this particular time. A considerable proportion of sea-going tonnage now under construction is being fitted with internal combustion engines of this type, and the proportion grows as:quarter of the year succeeds quarter. It is true that Mr. Morrison writes from the American point of view, and that America itself is taking but a modest share in this development: hence the author has not so large a field to draw on as would be the case in most other mechanical enterprises. A number of American central power stations have, however, been equipped with Diesel engines, and the author estimates that, in all, some 500,000 h.p. has been installed since the engine was first introduced into America.

(1) Diesel Engines.

By Lacey H. Morrison. Pp. xiii + 598. (London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1923.) 25s.

(2) Mechanics of the Gasoline Engine.

By H. A. Huebotter. Pp. ix + 313. (London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1923.) 20s.

(3) Mechanical Road Transport.

By Charles Guthrie Conradi. (Reconstructive Technical Series.) Pp. xviii + 394 + 63 plates. (London: Macdonald and Evans, 1923.) 21s. net.