About This Book
The volume provides a practical, systematically organized reference on pumps and hydraulic machinery, covering principles of hydro-mechanics, hydrostatics and pneumatics, and laws governing fluids; detailed treatments of air and vacuum pumps, compressors, air-lift devices, steam fire engines, mining and marine pumps, centrifugal, rotary and turbine pumps, injectors and ejectors, the pulsometer, and speed governors; utilities, attachments, valves, piping, tools, management guidance, worked calculations, tables, historical notes, a glossary, and numerous illustrations for engineers, millwrights, and operators.