REPRINT PRINCIPLES OF NAVAL ENGINEERING NAVPERS 10788 1958 600p

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You are bidding on a high-quality reprint of the 1958 book "Principles of Naval Engineering",  Bureau of Naval Personnel, NAVPERS 10788, 1958, 600p. By the 1950's, the technology of large, military vessels had become quite technical, including the sciences of hydrodynamics, electronics, materials sciences, and more. This book is for training Naval Officers in the technical issues involved in large ship design.
Chapters include Ship Stability and Damage Control, Basic Principles of Steam Engineering, Naval Boilers, Combustion Requirements, Steam Turbines, Condensate and Feed Systems, Reduction Gears, Bearings, Shafting and Propellers, Distilling Plants, Fundamentals of Electricity and much, much more.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO USE THE SAME BINDING AND PRINTING TECHNOLOGY OF THE ORIGINAL. The reproduction is entirely modern. It is printed on 24 lb stock using a laser printer. The cover starts with card stock printed with a scan of the original front and back covers. The manual is bound using comb-binding so the manual lies flat when open. There is a 10-mil clear acetate cover on both front and rear card-stock covers.
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