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I wonder if anyone has bought this book yet? I would like to buy it, but a little wary to buy unseen because it covers the vehicles that the engines were used it - that could easily overwhelm a book s ...

J,

"Diesels For the First Stealth Weapon: Submarine Power 1902-1945" by Lyle Cummins.

I bought this book a few months ago but just saw this thread recently. The book has lots of techn ...

wallan,
Can you think of any case of a barrel-type construction in which one might want to withdraw a crankshaft with the engine in place? It sounds highly unlikely to me. Imagine even trying to phys ...

I agree the Maybach heavy-duty petrol V-12 engines have an unusual main bearing design. It is nothing like the crank designs mentioned in other posts.

There are drawings of these engines (cross-se ...

There is a little bit about these engines in "Russian Piston Aero Engines" by Vladimir Kotelnikov, pages 236-237.

The author says there was great interest in the Jumo 222, and that two en ...

Robert,
I have a book "Junkers Aircraft and Engines 1913-1945" by Antony L Kay (Putnam, 2004) which has a pretty brief glance at the various Junkers engines.
The engines mentioned in rega ...

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Just discovered this thread languishing at the bottom of the page, but it includes some recent edits from Bob Neal. Bob, you need to write a new post to get it bumped to the top where we can read it. ...

I have been browsing through the Walter Wilson book, I am surprised at some of the little mistakes spotted already. Why call Davey Paxman "David Paxman", Noel Macklin "Joseph Macklin&qu ...

J,
Not exactly sure what the paper is, but it is described as "acid-free". Not terribly attractive paper - sort of off-white, not glossy. The photos are only average, not particularly clear ...

Full title - "Equations of Motion Adventure, Risk and Innovation, the Engineering Autobiography of William F. Milliken", published by Bentley, 2006.

I have had this for a few months with ...

I was recently lent this book, it looks quite good at first glance.

"The Knife and Fork Man, The Life and Work of Charles Benjamin Redrup" by Bill Fairney, published in 2006 by Diesel Pub ...

I just came across an advertisement for another book with cutaways, it sounds interesting too:

"Graphic War - The Secret Aviation Drawings & Illustrations of World War 2" by Nijboer, ...

The latest Camden Books catalogue arrived today, I see this new book is offered:

"By Precision Into Power, A Bicentennial Record of D. Napier & Son" by Alan Vessey. Tempus Publishing, ...

J, the book is a bit of a mixture, but a nicely done mix. I wouldn't buy it to find out much detail about the vast array of subjects covered, more just an interesting tour through this artists life I ...