Power Engineering

Abstract

(1) HEAT energy derived from the combustion of fuel is still the main source of mankind's energy supply, and it must be admitted that the world demand for energy increases year by year. It is important, therefore, that the utilisation of the available fuel should be conducted in the most efficient manner. In translating and adapting “Der Warmeingenieur,” Dr. Moss has made available to English readers a most useful survey of the principal uses to which heat energy is applied, and one in which particular attention has been paid to the efficiency of the processes described. To make the work suitable for British engineers, Dr. Moss has found it necessary to effect considerable revision.

(1) Applied Heat.

Adapted from “Der Wärmeingenieur” by Julius Oelschläger. under the Editorship of Dr. H. Moss. Pp. x + 334. (London and Glasgow: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1927.) 30s. net.

(2) Les turbines à vapour: traité à l'usage des ingénieurs, des techniciens et des éléves ingénieurs des écoles d'application.

Par Prof. Giuseppe Belluzzo. Traduit de l'Italien par Jean Chevrier. Deuxième édition entièrement refondue. Tome 1: Théorie et calcul des turbines à vapeur. Pp. xviii + 367 + 2 planches. 60 francs. Tome 2: Les turbines à vapeur. Pp. viii + 596 + 16 planches. 80 francs. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1927.)

(3) Applied Thermodynamics: a Textbook covering the Syllabuses of the B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M. Inst. C.E., and A.M.I.Mech.E. Examinations in this subject.

By William Robinson. (Engineering Degree Series.) Pp. x + 564. (London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., 1927.) 18s. net.

(4) Thermodynamics Applied to Engineering.

By Arthur F. Macconochie. Pp. xiv + 260 + 13 plates. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1927.) 12s. 6d. net.

(5) Les moteurs à courants alternatifs, les moteurs d'induction, les moteurs à collecteur: théorie, calcul, construction, applications.

Par Louis Lagron. (Nouvelle Encyclopédie Électromécanique, No. 2.) Pp. 429. (Paris: Albert Blanchard, 1927.) 25 francs.