Abstract
THIS volume consists of an elaboration of notes of lectures given by the author to an evening class of young mechanical engineers. For its size, it contains much useful information; and the simplicity of expression, and the absence of elaborate calculation, throughout the chapters help to make it suitable for elementary classes. The author gives special prominence to the principles involved in the economical use of steam. This part of the book is particularly lucid and concise, being perfectly clear to the average student. He also describes well the compound, triple, and quadruple expansion engines, especially dealing with the general idea of the expansion and course of the steam through the cylinders on its way to the condenser, as well as with the general laws regulating the volumes of the cylinders. Although the subject is treated in an elementary manner, there is much sound work in the book. Text-books on steam have greatly improved of late years from an engineer's point of view, and the present volume is a good example of the way in which the subject should be handled for the benefit of budding engineers.
Steam.
By William Ripper, Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Sheffield Technical School. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889.)
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L., N. Steam. Nature 41, 341 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041341b0
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