Mastering marine machinery with a trusted pocket reference
This compact guide collects the essential rules, tables, and formulas engineers need for designing and maintaining ships’ engines and boilers. Clear, practical, and built for busy workdays at sea or in the workshop.
This edition presents standardized calculations, material standards, and dimensioning rules drawn from the era’s best practice. It covers boiler construction, cylinder design, valve gear, and propulsion, with emphasis on safety, efficiency, and reliable assembly.
- Quick access to Board of Trade and Lloyd’s rules for flat surfaces, stays, boiler ends, and tube plates
- Practical tables for weights, pressures, stresses, and physical dimensions of cylinders, valves, and fasteners
- Methods to determine indicated horsepower, mean pressures, piston speeds, and steam quantities
- Guidelines for cylindrical shell, end plates, and joint designs used in marine boilers
Ideal for readers of engineers and naval architecture manuals who need a durable, on‑hand reference for everyday calculations and design decisions.