Compressed Air

Compressed Air Its Production, Uses, and Applications

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781410224644
Publisher: Press Holdings International, Inc.
Imprint: University Press of the Pacific
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 828
Weight: 1139g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 42mm