BCAS Handbook of Pneumatic Equipment

London: BCAS, (British Compressed Air Society ), 1949 2nd edition.. 0. 8vo. 194pp. + 15pp Buyers Guide. Unmarked copy except where the price has been blacked out on the front page, light wear at the top and bottom of spine and along spine fold, otherwise Very Good. Red decorated boards (gilt/bronze/maroon), Bronze faded on spine. A comprehensive description of the history and state-of-the-art (in 1949) of various uses of compressed air. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the tools and their industrial installation. Index. Contents covers, Air compressors, High Pressure Comprssors, Portable air compressors, turbo compressors, rotary compressors and roatry blowers, gas compressors and spheres of application, vacume pumps, british standard method for testing air compressors and effect of altitude on operation, spraying equipment, pneumatic tools - percussive/rotary, Misc. Pneumatic machines, foundry moulding machines, rock drills and contractors' tools, concrete breakers, spaders, picks, rammer, Vibrators, pumps, hoists, Cement Guns and Grouters, Pneumatic Sewage Ejectors, Aircraft Equipment, Accessories, Air consumption of pneumatic tools and appliamces, data required for enquireies and orders, some uses for compressed air, metric and british equivalents. .