Table of Contents

General considerations in marine engineering / J.R. Kane
Thermodynamics and heat engineering / Jens T. Holm and J.B. Woodward III
Boilers and combustion / Everett A. Catlin
Nuclear marine propulsion / Robert T. Pennington
Steam turbines / William I.H. Budd
Gas turbines / A.O. White
Medium and high-speed diesel engines / Laskar Wechsler
Low-speed direct-coupled diesel engines / Kurt Illies
Reduction gears / Harold W. Semar
Electric propulsion drives / W.E. Jacobsen
Propellers, shafting, and shafting system vibration analysis / C.L. Long
Pumps, forced-draft blowers, compressors, and ejectors
G.W. Soete
Main and auxiliary condensers / Joseph F. Sebald
Heat exchangers / Charles D. Rose and Philip Liu
Distilling plants / Charles D. Rose
Hull machinery / Irving W. Smith and Archer M. Nickerson, Jr.
Electric plants / Burr Melvin
Piping systems / E.E. Stephenson
Environmental control / John W. Markert
Bearings and lubrication / Watt V. Smith and J.M. Gruber
Automation / W.O. Nichols
Construction materials / W. Lee Williams and M. Robert Gross
Petroleum fuels / Carl E. Habermann
Index