The Efficient Use of Steam
by Lyle, Oliver
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Her Maty's Stationery Office , 1960. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 137525
- Title
- The Efficient Use of Steam
- Author
- Lyle, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Her Maty's Stationery Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Steam, Heat, Engines, Evaporators, Loads, Pressure Regulation, Boiler Control,
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....