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Explore compact, high-speed marine engines with practical design details and real-world performance notes.
This volume surveys fluid-upon-fluid propulsion ideas and the Hult rotary engines, explaining how multiple shutters manage steam admission, expansion, and exhaust. It also covers lubrication, bearings, and the arrangements that support fast, reliable operation at sea.
- Learn how two- and three-shutter configurations handle steam inlets, expansion, and exhaust for smooth rotation.
- Understand the role of the governor and rotary admissions in keeping precise timing with the piston.
- See how rolling bearings reduce friction and how automatic lubrication supports high-speed use.
- Get a sense of how jet and propeller ideas compare in early marine propulsion discussions.
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Excerpt from Modern Engines and Power Generators, Vol. 1: A Practical Work on Prime Movers and the Transmission of Power, Steam, Electric, Water and Hot Air
The windmill is worthy of attention in connection with the possibility of trans mitting and storing the energy generated. Combined with storage, the best site for the mill may be chosen, and the energy delivered where required at any reasonable distance.
The water turbines selected for description are the latest of their types, with special reference to governing. Injectors and centrifugal pumps are shortly discussed. These, although not prime movers, are important impulse machines closely connected with prime movers operating by momentum and fluid velocities.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Modern Engines and Power Generators, Vol. 1: A Practical Work on Prime Movers and the Transmission of Power, Steam, Electric, Water and Hot Air
The term Modern Engines applies not only to engines of modern design, or invented in recent years, but also to all engines found to serve useful and efficient purposes at this date. Many old devices and designs have survived, and are worthy of a place when presented in their more modern developments.
The most highly developed machinery cannot in every case be employed by the engineer. In many instances rough and ready methods arc necessary, and efficiency is sacrificed for the sake of convenience and simplicity. Me has often to make use of what materials can be most readily found in his neighbourhood, and while a triple expansion steam engine and a multitubular boiler would be highly appreciated and very economical as a prime mover, such an outfit would be in many cases impossible where less complicated and more primitive machinery would be quite successful. References are therefore made to older types still in practical use.
Each Volume of this work will contain some special feature. This First Volume discusses the fluid pressure machines operated by fluid impulse, by air, water, and steam flowing under a difference of pressure. These include that most important prime mover, the steam turbine, which therefore forms the special feature of Volume I. Being a new subject, and of great interests involved, the prior patents covering the fundamental inventions have been briefly noticed, as well as all the more recent inventions worthy of notice on this subject.
The application of the steam turbine to marine propulsion will be further discussed later on in this work under "Marine Engines."
The windmill is worthy of attention in connection with the possibility of transmitting and storing the energy generated. Combined with storage, the best site for the mill may be chosen, and the energy' delivered where required at any reasonable distance.
The water turbines selected for description are the latest of their types, with special reference to governing. Injectors and centrifugal pumps are shortly discussed. These, although not prime movers, arc important impulse machines closely connected with prime movers operating by momentum and fluid velocities.
With a description of the best rotary piston engines which have hitherto been made, this Volume concludes the survey of the more elementary prime movers and their accessories.
The next Volume will contain a full treatment of internal combustion engines-gas and oil, also of hot air and furnace gas engines; motor car engines and locomotive engines will follow.
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