ELEMENTS

OF

FUEL OIL AND STEAM ENGINEERING

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OF

FUEL OIL AND STEAM

ENGINEERING

A PRACTICAL TREATISE DEALING WITH FUEL
OIL, FOR THE CENTRAL STATION MAN, THE
POWER PLANT OPERATOR, THE MECHANICAL
ENGINEER AND THE STUDENT

BY

ROBERT SIBLEY, B. S.

EDITOR JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY AND WESTERN INDUSTRY; FORMERLY PROFESSOR
OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA;

FELLOW

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS; MEMBER
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, AND
PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SECTION

AND

C. H. DELANY, B. S., M. M. E.

ASSISTANT ENGINEER OF OPERATION, PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY;
MEMBER AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

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