Cornell Maritime Press
Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — September 2007
Marine diesel engines.
Charnews, Dan P.
Cornell Maritime Press, ©2007 214 p. $35.00 VM770
978-0-87033-590-7
Charnews (marine engineering, US Merchant Marine Academy) offers a textbook for a one-semester course in marine diesel engines for students who have a prior understanding of mechanical drawing, introductory thermodynamics, and the basics of diesel engines. He stresses basic generic principles for all engines, using simple explanations and diagrams. A compact disk is available with high-resolution pictures. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
