With Practical Illustrations of ENGINES and PUMPS applied to MINING,
TOWN WATER SUPPLY, DRAINAGE of Lands, &c., also Economy and Efficiency
Trials of Pumping Machinery.
BY HENRY DAVEY,
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Member of the Institution
of Mechanical Engineers, F.G.S., &c.
CONTENTS--Early History of Pumping Engines--Steam Pumping Engines--Pumps
and Pump Valves--General Principles of Non-Rotative Pumping Engines--The
Cornish Engine, Simple and Compound--Types of Mining Engines--Pit
Work--Shaft Sinking--Hydraulic Transmission of Power in Mines--Valve
Gears of Pumping Engines--Water Pressure Pumping Engines--Water
Works Engines--Pumping Engine Economy and Trials of Pumping
Machinery--Centrifugal and other Low-Lift Pumps--Hydraulic Rams. Pumping
Mains, &c.--INDEX.
"By the 'one' English Engineer who probably knows more about Pumping
Machinery than ANY OTHER.' ... A VOLUME RECORDING THE RESULTS OF LONG
EXPERIENCE AND STUDY."--_The Engineer._
"Undoubtedly THE BEST AND MOST PRACTICAL TREATISE on Pumping Machinery
THAT HAS YET BEEN PUBLISHED."--_Mining Journal._
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_Royal 8vo, Handsome Cloth. With numerous Illustrations and Tables.
25s._
THE STABILITY OF SHIPS.
BY
SIR EDWARD J. REED, K.C.B., F.R.S., M.P.,
KNIGHT OF THE IMPERIAL ORDERS OF ST.
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