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Outboard Engines, Second Edition
McGraw-Hill Education 2008; US$ 25.95The first edition of Outboard Engines set the standard for a clear, easy-to-follow primer on engine basics, troubleshooting, care, and repair. This new edition, significantly expanded, brings the subject up to date, with full coverage of the new four-stroke engines, conventional electronic and direct fuel-injection systems, oil-mix systems in the new... more...
Marine Auxiliary Machinery
Elsevier Science 1998; US$ 69.95The seventh edition of this classic marine textbook is now available for the first time in paperback. This highly respected book instructs both students and sea-going engineers in the operation, care and maintenance of the auxiliary machinery and apparatus on board ship and is essential reading for marine engineers preparing for British Certificates... more...
Pounder's Marine Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines
Elsevier Science 2009; US$ 185.00Since its first appearance in 1950, Pounder's Marine Diesel Engines has served seagoing engineers, students of the Certificates of Competency examinations and the marine engineering industry throughout the world. Each new edition has noted the changes in engine design and the influence of new technology and economic needs on the marine diesel engine.... more...
Shipboard Propulsion, Power Electronics, and Ocean Energy
CRC Press 2012; US$ 139.95Shipboard Propulsion, Power Electronics, and Ocean Energy fills the need for a comprehensive book that covers modern shipboard propulsion and the power electronics and ocean energy technologies that drive it. With a breadth and depth not found in other books, it examines the power electronics systems for ship propulsion and for extracting ocean energy,... more...
Composite Materials in Maritime Structures: Volume 1, Fundamental Aspects
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 58.00This first volume, Fundamental Aspects, provides a rigourous development of theory. more...
Composite Materials in Maritime Structures: Volume 2, Practical Considerations
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 52.00This second volume, Practical Considerations, examines how the theory can be used in the design and construction of marine structures. more...
General Engineering Knowledge
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 43.95This book covers the general engineering knowledge required by candidates for the Department of Transport's Certificates of Competency in Marine Engineering, Class One and Class Two. The text is updated throughout in this third edition, and new chapters have been added on production of fresh water and on noise and vibration. Reference is also provided... more...
Marine Propellers and Propulsion
Elsevier Science 2012; US$ 165.00Propulsion technology is a complex, multidisciplinary topic with design, construction, operational and research implications. Bringing together a wealth of disparate information from the field, Marine Propellers and Propulsion provides comprehensive and cutting edge coverage to equip marine engineers, naval architects and anyone involved in propulsion... more...
The Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 23.99The Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines is aimed at boatowners rather than experienced mechanics. In clear, jargon-free English it explains how a diesel engine works, and how to look after it, and takes into account developments in engine technology. This fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and illustrated with new full-colour photos and diagrams.... more...
Brown-, Green- and Blue-Water Fleets
ABC-CLIO 2001; US$ 150.00From riverine operations in the American Civil War and China in the 1860s to the major fleet engagements of the World Wars, plus more recent naval actions in the Falklands/Malvenas War and Gulf War, Lindberg and Todd methodically show how geography has shaped the strategy, tactics, and tools of naval warfare. Alfred T. Mahan was perhaps the first naval... more...









