On offer here is a book Land and Marine Diesel Engines by IG Supino. Published in 1924 by C Griffin and Co. The Book is fully illustrated throughout with extensive fold out diagrams
Contents include:
Part 1
Diesel engines for stationary plants
Marine diesel engines
Fuels for diesel engines
Thermo-dynamic Cycles
Efficiencies
The calculation of cylinder dimensions
Part 2
Bed plates, crank cases, engine framing, cylinders
Crankshafts, connecting rods, pistons
Cylinder heads, valves, and fuel injection valves
Valve actuating Gear's
The reversal of marine diesel engines
Fuel injection pump and fuel regulation
Compressors, air reservoirs, and scavenging air pumps
Engine room, foundations, accessories, piping of land engines
Marine installations
Rules of classification societies for the classification and survey of marine diesel engines
Tuning up, test bench, and acceptance trials of diesel engines
Minor shelfwear to boards with a split to top of spine and front board. Foxing to inner boards, free papers and page edges near centre of book which does not intrude into text or well preserved folded diagrams and illustrations. Tanning to spine, inner boards and textblock edges. Small side edge tear to two pages. Occasional light bleedthrough of text and transfer of ink. A good solid intact copy that shows signs of age.