_Contents._--General Description of Marine Machinery.--The Conditions of Service and Duties of Engineers of the Royal Navy. --Entry and Conditions of Service of Engineers of the Leading S.S. Companies.--Raising Steam.--Duties of a Steaming Watch on Engines and Boilers.--Shutting off Steam.--Harbour Duties and Watches.--Adjustments and Repairs of Engineslic Machinery. --Air-Compressing Pumps.--Refrigerating Machines.--Machinery of Destroyers.--Th.--Preservation and Repairs of “Tank” Boilers.--The Hull and its Fittings.--Cleaning and Painting Machinery.-- Reciprocating Pumps, Feed Heaters, and Automation Feed-Water Regulators.--Evaporators.--Steam Boats.--Electric Light Machinery. --Hydraulic Machinery.--Air Compressing Pumps.--Refrigerating Machines.--The Machinery of Destroyers--The Management of Water-Tubs Boilers.--Regulations for Entry of Assistant Engineers, R.N.-- Questions given in Examinations for Promotion of Engineers, R.N.-- Regulations respecting Board of Trade Examinations for Engineers, &c “The contents CANNOT FAIL TO BE APPRECIATED.”--_The Steamship._ “This VERY USEFUL BOOK.... Illustrations are of GREAT IMPORTANCE in a work of this kind, and it is satisfactory to find that SPECIAL ATTENTION has been given in this respect.”--_Engineers’ Gazette._ * * * * * In Large Crown 8vo, Cloth. Fully Illustrated. 5s. net. OIL FUEL: ITS SUPPLY, COMPOSITION, AND APPLICATION. BY SIDNEY H. NORTH, LATE EDITOR OF THE “PETROLEUM REVIEW.” Contents.--The Sources of Supply.--Economic Aspect of Liquid Fuel.-- Chemical Composition of Fuel Oils.--Conditions of Combustion in Oil Fuel Furnaces.--Early Methods and Experiments.--Modern Burners and Methods.--Oil Fuel for Marine Purposes.--For Naval Purposes.--On Locomotives.--For Metallurgical and other Purposes.--Appendices. --Index. “Everyone interested in this important question will welcome Mr. North’s excellent text-book.”--_Nature._ * * * * * LONDON: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., LIMITED, EXETER STREET, STRAND. * * * * * Second Edition, Revised. With numerous Plates reduced from Working Drawings and 280 Illustrations in the Text. 21s. A MANUAL OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING: A Practical Text-Book for the Use of Engine Builders, Designers and Draughtsmen, Railway Engineers, and Students. By WILLIAM FRANK PETTIGREW, M.Inst.C.E. With a Section on American and Continental Engines.