Model Boilers and Boilermaking - Hardcover

K N Harris; Edgar T. Westbury

9780853441090: Model Boilers and Boilermaking

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 085344109X ISBN 13: 9780853441090

Publisher: Model Aeronautical Press Ltd, 1967

This is the 2nd reprint of the hardback 1967 first edition, with dustjacket, 185pp, published by Model & Allied Publications (MAP Technical). Foreword by Edgar T. Westbury. Contents: In this book, K.N. Harris has assembled in one book all the essentials of the subject, so that ignorance of source material will no longer be an excuse for scamping work on boilers! The author is mainly concerned with boilers designed to do the actual work rather than perfect scale models for historical or exhibition uses. The work of other great engineers has been freely drawn upon, including E. L. Pearce, Henry Greenly and James Crebbin. Chapters: 1. General considerations - fundamental principles of functioning, combustion and evaporation; efficiency; primary design features; scale and effects; 2. Constructional materials and their physical properties; calculations relating to safe working pressures; general relative proportions; materials, general data on design. 3. Types of boilers; 4. Practical methods of construction; flanging; forming plates; setting out; annealing; riveting. 5. Fuel and firing methods. 6. Boiler mountings and fittings; safety valves; water gauges; pressure gauges; stop valves; steam fountains; clack valves; blow-down valves, regulators; domes; steam collectors; separators. 7. Testing; test pressures; methods of testing. 8. Tube proportions; spacing and layout; superheaters; feedwater heaters. 9. Model locomotive-type boilers. Appendix: Boiler designs. Tables: 1. Properties of saturated steam. 2. Calorific values of various fuels. 3. Tube circumferences; surface areas, etc. 4. Sheet copper: gauges, weights. 5. Recommended screw threads for pipes & fittings. 6. Strength of round copper stays. 7. Safety valve sizes. 8. Properties of J.M.C. silver brazing alloys. 9. Boiler evaporation figures. There are many many figures and photos in this book - e.g. of steam separators, tube layouts for circular tube plates, punches and snaps, pressure starts for fuel control,etc

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