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This is part three of a four volume set.Originally published in 1904, and designed to afford practical help in the everyday problems of the engineer, the machinist, the mill superintendent and foreman, the master mechanic and the workman. Designed to afford practical help in the everyday problems of the engineer, the machinist, the mill superintendent and foreman, the master mechanic and the workman. Subjects covered in the books include: steam boilers and pumps; steam, stationary, locomotive and marine engines; steam turbines; gas and oil engines; gas producers; compressed air; refrigeration; elevators; heating and ventilation; dynamo- electric machinery; power stations, and more. The books are filled with wonderful illustrations from the period. Although developed primarily for correspondence study, they were in use as textbooks by Columbia University, the U. S. Government School of Submarine Defense, the Shop School of the Westinghouse Company, and for reference in leading colleges, shops, and public libraries.The editor-in-chief was Louis Derr, Associate Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aided by a corps of distinguished engineers, technical experts, and eminent authorities.