General Contents.--Classification of Different Types of Boilers. --425 Experiments on English and Foreign Boilers with their Heat Efficiencies shown in Fifty Tables.--Fire Grates of Various Types. --Mechanical Stokers.--Combustion of Fuel in Boilers.--Transmission of Heat through Boiler Plates, and their Temperature.--Feed Water Heaters, Superheaters, Feed Pumps, &c.--Smoke and its Prevention. --Instruments used in Testing Boilers.--Marine and Locomotive Boilers.--Fuel Testing Stations.--Discussion of the Trials and Conclusions.--On the Choice of a Boiler, and Testing of Land, Marine, and Locomotive Boilers.--Appendices.--Bibliography.--Index. _With Plates illustrating Progress made during recent years, and the best Modern Practice._ “Probably the MOST EXHAUSTIVE _resumé_ that has ever been collected. A PRACTICAL BOOK by a thoroughly practical man.”--_Iron and Coal Trades Review._ * * * * * LONDON: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., LIMITED, EXETER STREET, STRAND. * * * * * Fourth Edition, Revised. Pocket-Size, Leather, 12s. 6d. BOILERS, MARINE AND LAND: THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND STRENGTH. A Handbook of Rules, Formulæ, Tables, &C, Relative to Material, Scantlings, and Pressures, Safety Valves, Springs, Fittings and Mountings, &c. FOR THE USE OF ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS, BOILER-MAKERS, AND STEAM USERS. By T. W. TRAILL, M.INST.C.E., F.E.R.N., Late Engineer Surveyor-in-Chief to the Board of Trade. =⁂= TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS MANY NEW TABLES for Pressure, up to 200 LBS. per SQUARE INCH have been added. “THE MOST VALUABLE WORK on Boilers published in England.” --_Shipping World._ “Contains an Enormous Quantity of Information Arranged in a Very Convenient Form. a Most Useful Volume ... Supplying Information to Be Had Nowhere Else.”--_the Engineer._ * * * * * FIFTH EDITION. Large Crown 8vo. With numerous Illustrations. 6s. net. ENGINE-ROOM PRACTICE: A Handbook for Engineers and Officers in the Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine, Including the Management of the Main and Auxiliary Engines on Board Ship. By JOHN G. LIVERSIDGE, A.M.I.C.E., Commander Engineer, Malta.