The Steam-Engine and Other Heat-Engines

This book, first published in 1926, was written 'to present the subject of heat-engines, in their mechanical as well as their thermodynamical aspects'.

J. Alfred Ewing (Author)

9781107615632, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 June 2013

672 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm, 0.97 kg

Sir James Alfred Ewing (1855–1935) was a Scottish engineer, physicist and cryptographer. First published in 1926, as the fourth edition of an 1894 original, this book was written by Ewing 'to present the subject of heat-engines, in their mechanical as well as their thermodynamical aspects, with sufficient fulness for the ordinary needs of University students of engineering'. The text was extensively revised for this edition, taking into account developments in relation to steam turbines, steam boilers and internal combustion engines. Numerous illustrative figures are also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ewing's writings, steam engines and the history of engineering.

Preface
1. The early history of the steam-engine
2. Elementary theory of heat-engines
3. Properties of steam and elementary theory of the steam-engine
4. Further points in the theory of heat-engines
5. Entropy
6. Reversal of the heat-engine: mechanical refrigeration
7. Actual behaviour of steam in the cylinder
8. Steam turbines
9. The testing of heat-engines
10. Compound expansion
11. Valves and valve-gears
12. Governing
13. Dynamics of the reciprocating engine
14. The formation of steam
15. Forms of the steam engine
16. Air engines
17. Gas-engines and oil-engines
Appendix. Tables of the properties of steam
Index.

Subject Areas: Engineering: general [TBC]