Its Production, Uses, and Applications

COMPRISING

THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF AIR FROM A VACUUM
TO ITS LIQUID STATE, ITS THERMODYNAMICS,
COMPRESSION, TRANSMISSION AND USES

AS A

MOTIVE POWER

In the Operation of Stationary and Portable Machinery, in Mining, Air Tools,
Air Lifts, Pumping of Water, Acids, and Oils; the Air Blast for Cleaning
and Painting, the Sand Blast and its Work, and the Numerous

Appliances in which Compressed Air is a Most Con-

venient and Economical Transmitter of Power for
Mechanical Work, Railway Propulsion, Re-
frigeration and the Various Uses
to which Compressed

Air has been

Applied.

WITH FORTY AIR TABLES AND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS

By GARDNER D. HISCOX, M.E.

Author of "Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices and Appliances," 'Gas, Gasoline and
Oil Engines," "Horseless Vehicles, Automobiles," etc., etc.

FOURTH EDITION

NEW YORK

NORMAN W. HENLEY & CO.

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