Compressed Air Production Or The Theory And Practice Of Air Compression Classic Reprint

Author : Frank Richards
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332762029
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Compresses Air Practice (Classic Reprint) written by Frank Richards and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Compresses Air Practice It is only the simple truth that the average power and fuel cost of the compressed air now used - compressed by steam power, directly or indirectly, as most of it still is-is not more than one third as great, per quantity unit, as it was twenty years ago; and perhaps there has been, but concerning this no assertion is here made, an equal augmentation of advantage in the useful applications of the air. As to the increase in the twenty years in the volume Of air more or less compressed and industrially employed a thousand fold may be a conservative guess, while to say a hundred fold would suggest an excess of caution or a deficiency of information. It follows that with the vast extension of the field of compressed air employment, there has been a corresponding accumulation of knowledge concerning it, an increase in the number and variety of the things to be told about it, leaving the scope Of the inquiry as to the possibilities beyond the present more extensive than ever. This book just tells what it can, within the permissible limits of it, leaving still more than ever unsaid, but perhaps suggesting things to be supplied by others who may come after. We designedly have to do here with the general rather than with the specific, with the approximate rather than the precise. The book is intended for the many rather than for the few, for those who know little about air rather than for those who mostly know all that is known. Those who need more accurate and detailed information for practical guidance may perhaps get some hints here as to the how, if not so much the where, to look for it. 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.