"Verbal" notes and sketches for marine engineers - a manual of marine engineering practice, intended for the use of naval and mercantile engineer officers of all grades, and students, and is specially (14594614088)

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Title: "Verbal" notes and sketches for marine engineers : a manual of marine engineering practice, intended for the use of naval and mercantile engineer officers of all grades, and students, and is specially compiled for the use of engineer officers preparing for examinations of competency at home or abroad
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Sothern, J. W. M. (John William Major), 1868-1940
Subjects: Marine engineering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Publisher: Glasgow : J. Munro & co. limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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No. 45. Four-Cycle Diesel Marine Oil Engine. Motor-Ship Fionia.Constructed by Messrs Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen. * Reprinted from Engineering. To fare pate 633. Internal Combustion Engines 633 THE MOTOR SHIP FIONIA. General Description of Engines. The six cylinders are arrani^cd in two sets of three, and thecast-iron bed-plate is in two interchangeable pieces, with deep box-girders unsupported in the centre, an arrangement justified owing U)the through bolt system of construction adopted. The sump for thelubricating oil is formed by welded-stcel plates. The design of thecrankcase and the means adopted for carr)ing the piston load aredepartures from earlier engines, and give greater accessibihty to theworking parts. Between the cylinders, and at the ends of each groupof three cylinders, there is an A frame formed by box columns atthe front and at the back, to the tops of which the cyHnder feet arebolted. At the front of the engine, between these columns, thecrosshead guides are bo