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VAAL DBLDALALELSEEALSASEBAREASESSA AAA SAAAAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAR AA DT Standard Seamanship for the Merchant Service, by Capt. Felix Riesenberg; cloth; 942 pages, 834 x 534 inches; published by the D. Vai Nostrand Co.; for sale by Marine Review; price $7.50. Education of the men in the American merchant marine along the most efficient lines and the of a standard of American practice for surpassing the merchant services of the world is the object wi this book. Containing 22 chap- ters and complete with 625 illustrations, this work covers types of vessels; hulls; knots, ropes and splices; block and tack- les: steamer rigging and cargo gear; satling ship rigging and sails; deck ma- chinery; holds; peaks and tanks; stow- age; carriage of live stock; tankers; pas- senger vessels; boats; compass, lead, log and piloting; the bridge; rules of the road at sea; ground tackle; handling a steamer; wandling a sailer; weather at sea; saiety on board ship; and_ ship main‘enance. These are only the chapter headings. Each chapter goes into detail ou each of many subdivisions covering vessels from design to operation and in- tended to answer any question arising in the course of ship routine. xing The book is designed to meet the needs of the young seaman and to give practi- cal assistance to any of the ship’s com- pany. The author is a practical seaman and a good writer. He has sailed under sail and steam, in merchant and naval service, and has written other books, among them being Under Sail and The Men on Deck. en ee The Twentieth Century Guide for Diesel Operators, by Julius Rosbloom and Orville R. Sawley; cloth; 637 pages, 814 x 5% inches; published by the West- ern Technical Book Co., Inc.; for sale by Martine Review; price $15. Following publication of The Twentieth Century Guide for Marine Engineers, The Twentieth Century Guide for Auto- mobile Operators, etc. now appears a volume for the operators, schools, libraries and others interested in diesel operation. Development of the diesel engine has been far ahead of literature on the subject and the authors have made the most of the situation by offering a joint work which aims to be complete, thorough and practical, covering the sub- ject internationally and on both land and sea. Data, both original and ob- tained, are presented in the book to- gether with examples, _ illustrations, charts, drawings, tables, etc. The 16 chapters cover technical terms; theory; miscellaneous formulas; prin- ciples of operation; liquid substances; questions and answers on operation; fuel feed and ignition; principles of construc- tion; auxiliary machinery and accessories; detailed description of diesel engines; diesel electric propulsion; low compres- sion oil engines; compressors; pumps; batteries; and United States rules for licensing engineers on motorships, Lloyds rules, and extracts from rules of the American Bureau of Shipping. Included in the illustrations is one of Rudolph Diesel, inventor of the engine which bears his name. Cee eee How to Start Marine Engines in a Cold Ship, by W. J. Woodcock; cloth; 153 pages, 4 x 7% inches; published by Spon & Chamberlain; for saleby Marine REVIEW; price $3. The author has served as chief en- gineer both of steamers and motorships. He has put into this book, which is printed in notebook style, full instructions for setting all the valves and for oper- ating single and cross compound tur- bines, triple expansion engines, semidiesel friction drive and full diesel electric drive. His thorough knowledge of engine room practice is clearly revealed. Com- plete detailed instructions are given for handling the engine and fire room equip- ment, the instructions being simplified by reference to diagrams. The general rota- tion to be followed in starting the engines is given, and each detailed operation is stated in its proper order. While the contents many chief engineers, the book will serve as a reminder on details. For other engineers, the reference value is higher. Practical comments on engine and fire room practice are given which reveal the author’s familiarity with his subject. 459 are familiar to (2 —== 4 yay (DG) A\ Vie Steam Turbines, by William J. Goudie; cloth; 804 pages, 534 x 8% inches; pub- lished by Longmans, Green & Co., for sale by Marine REviIEw; price $10. Rewritten and enlarged, this book now appears in its second edition, the first having been published in February, 1917. The chapters have been increased from 16 to 18, rearranged and expanded. The book contains 329 illustrations and a large number of examples. It was writ- ten and published originally to suit the needs of engineering students but its general appeal to engineers in the steam turbine field soon exhausted the first edition and resulted in the changes which now appear in the. second. The enlarged edition covers the rapid development which has been made in geared marine turbine, one of the re- vived chapters being given entirely to this subject. It is prefaced with a short account of the development in turbo- propulsion. A feature of the first edi- tion, the inclusion of worked examples selected in conformity with practical re- quirements, is continued with the addition of others. The book also contains designs and photographs of actual installations of equipment by leading manufacturers in the United States and abroad. Many of these have appeared in transactions of the leading American and British in- stitutions and have been reproduced by the author with their permission. ke yee Electric Ship Propulsion, by Com. S. M. Robinson, U. S. N.; cloth; 274 pages, 8% x 5% inches; published by the Sim- mons-Boardman Publishing Co.; for sale by Marine Review; price $6 For readers with an elementary knowl- _ edge of the theory of steam turbines, electric generators, induction motors, etc., the book is written to cover special points which come up in connection with the driving of ships by electricity and for comparison of this with other methods. Seventeen chapters include a history of electric propulsion and discuss systems, propeller characteristics; characteristics of alternating current motors and genera- tors for ship propulsion; special char- acteristics of turbines and governors for