02257cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000140012624500180014026400510015830000470020933600260025633700260028233800360030849000440034450000310038850802060041952011270062553400450175265300180179783000440181585600430185999900170190234701UtSlPG20260610133807.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a11026229  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aTJ1 aAnonymous10aSteam Engines 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aMachinery's Reference Series, Number 70  aRelease date is 2010-12-19  aE-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org)  a"Steam Engines" by Anonymous is a scientific publication likely written in the early 20th century. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to steam engines, discussing their principles of operation, mechanical details, and efficiency factors. The intended audience appears to include engineers and students of mechanical engineering looking to deepen their understanding of steam engine technology.  The content of the book is structured around various aspects of steam engines, covering topics such as the action of steam engines, rating and general proportions, engine details, economy, and types of steam engines. It elaborates on the mechanics of how steam is transformed into work, the importance of efficiency and horsepower calculations, and discusses specific components like valves and governors that are pivotal in engine design. The text details testing methods for determining engine performance and provides practical examples and diagrams to support its instructional purpose, making it a valuable industrial reference for anyone involved in steam engineering. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aSteam-engines 0aMachinery's Reference Series, Number 7040uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34701  c75547d75547