Excerpt from The Power Handbooks: Pipes and Piping This book gives general rules for the design of high and low pressure steam piping in power plants. It gives the reader ideas as to forces to be met and the amount of resistance that can be expected from the pipe and fittings properly placed. An idea of good steam-pipe design for all size plants is given together with many useful suggestions as to the installation and operation Of the same pipe installation. 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.