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HYDRAULIC POWER
AND
HYDRAULIC MACHINERY.
BY
HENRY ROBINSON, M. Tnst. C.E., F.G.S.,
FELLOW OF KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON; PROF. EMERITUS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING,
KINGS COLLEGE, ETC., ETC
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THE PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION OF
PUMPING MACHINERY
(STEAM AND WATER PRESSURE).
With Practical Illustrations of Engines and Pümps applied to Mining,
Town Water Supply, Drainage of Lands, &c., also Economy
and Efficiency Trials of Pumping Machinery.
By HENRY DAVEY,
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mernber of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, F.G.S., &c.
Contents — Early History of Pumping Engines—Steam Pumping Engines—
Pumps and Pump Valves—General Principles of Non-Rotative Pumping
Engines—The Cornish Engine, Simple and Compound—Types of Mining
Engines—Pit Work—Sbaft Sinking—Hydraulic Transmission of Power in
Mines—Valve Gears of Pumping Engines—Water Pressure Pumping Engines
—Water Works Engines—Pumping Engine Economy and Trials of Pumping
Machinery — Centrifugal and other Low-Lift Pumps — Hydraulic Rams,
Pumping Mains, &c. — Index.
41 By the ‘one English Engineer who probably knows more about Pumping Machinery
than ANY OTHER.’ ... A VOLUME RECORDING THE RESULTS OF LONG EXPERIENCE AND
study.”—Die Engiueer.
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