Thermodynamics Applied to Heat Engines

E. H. Lewitt

Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD., London, 1953

About this Item

A lovely leather-bound work which covers different aspects of thermodynamics and mechanical engineering, with folding plates and in-text illustrations. Scarce Fifth Edition.Contemporary half-crushed morocco binding on marbled boards, with inscription on front endpaper that states 'Bound by Trevor White Apprentice Pitman 1953'.Illustrations include two folding plates and a range of full-page and in-text illustrations.This is a comprehensive text-book which was intended to cover the syllabuses of the B.Sc. and I.Mech.E. examinations in the subjects of thermodynamics, specifically with heat engines.Contents include 'The Heating and Expansion of Gases', 'The Laws of Perfect Gases', 'Air Cycles', 'Steam Nozzles', and 'Steam Turbines'.Written by E. H. Lewitt, lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Imperial College of Science and Technology.Collated, complete. Contemporary binding, bound in half-crushed morocco on marbled boards by an apprentice at Isaac Pitman & Sons. Externally, excellent, with no noticeable faults other than a bit of age-toning to the margins of marbled boards. Light offsetting to margins of endpapers from the leather binding. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout, with the lightest of age-toning to margins of text. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 810D49

Bibliographic Details

Title: Thermodynamics Applied to Heat Engines

Publisher: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD., London

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: Various

Condition: Near Fine

Book Type: book