The Marine Power Plant (Year 1922) (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Marine Power Plant (Year 1922) (Classic Reprint) written by Lawrence B. Chapman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Marine Power Plant (Year 1922) The necessity for low steam consumption, light machinery and low propeller revolutions have been the cause of the intro duction of fuel oil, light water-tube boilers, geared turbines and electric drive. The low fuel consumption of the Diesel engine has caused it to be adopted for low powered cargo ships, not withstanding its greater initial cost and increased weight over steam machinery. The average fuel consumption and weights of the various types of machinery used today are given in the table on the following page. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.