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Excerpt from The Study of Steam and the Marine Engine: For Young Sea Officers in H. M. Navy The very completeness of some of the many really valuable works already published (so far as regards the treatment of certain subjects), is an obstacle to their use in elementary studies, because the information sought is scattered through so many pages, that a difficulty arises in the ready selection of matter fit for the educational purposes of judicious training. Herein is provided a course of study adapted either to those who have a knowledge of the engine itself, but have had no time to study principles, or to those who know little or nothing of the engine or of principles, but who desire an acquaintance with both. Those whose schoolboy days have long passed, but whose minds have been healthily exercised in vigorous active duties, require a peculiar measure of help in the pursuit of that knowledge which is essential to their proficiency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.