Compressed Air - Its Production, Uses, and Applications (Paperback)

Originally published in 1903, this book was described by its publisher ---the Scientific American magazine--- as "comprising the physical properties of air from a vacuum to its liquid state, its thermodynamics, compression, transmission, and uses as a motive power in the operation of stationary and portable machinery, in mining, air tools, air lifts, pumping of water, acids, and oils; the air blast for cleaning and painting, the sand blast and its work, and the numerous appliances in which compressed air is a most convenient and economical transmitter of power for mechanical work, railway propulsion, refrigeration and the various uses to which compressed air has been applied; with forty air tables and five hundred and forty-five illustrations." Gardner D. Hiscox, M.E., was also the author of Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices and Appliances, Gas Gasoline and Oil Engines, and Horseless Vehicles, Automobiles, amongst other books.

General

Imprint:	University Press of the Pacific
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2005
First published:	June 2005
Authors:	Gardner Dexter Hiscox
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	828
ISBN-13:	978-1-4102-2464-4
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > Mechanics of fluids > Hydraulics & pneumatics Promotions
LSN:	1-4102-2464-3
Barcode:	9781410224644

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