Sold "The High Speed Internal Combustion Engine " Harry Ricardo

[Christine]

By good old Harry Ricardo...    (didn't he do Triumph motorbike engines ?)

 He even  looks like a boffin !  Suitable for intelligent people , its a serious textbook !  

Reprint hardback , with dustcover , in good condition . It's heavy though.. post will cost me 7 quid +   .. so its £20 posted (PP gift please)

 

[Asimo]

If I didn't already have a 1950s edition of this I would have bought it.

 

Anyone even half interested in how engines actually work, at the level of their physics, chemistry and fundamental structure wil love this book.

 

And forever day dream of stratified-charge, two stroke V12s........

[PiperCub]

Developer of the "Comet" swirl chamber which transformed diesel engines in the 1930's.

[rml2345]

Harry Ricardo was a genius.

[willswitchengage]

Harry Ricardo was a genius.

 

Harry Kane is a genius.

 

#itscominghome

[Tadhg Tiogar]

By good old Harry Ricardo... (didn't he do Triumph motorbike engines ?)

He even looks like a boffin ! ...

Ricardo did just about everything in mechanical engineering. He even had involvement in the 1950s with Oliver Bulleid's turf-burning locomotive for CIE in Ireland. His correspondence with Bulleid at that time carries a heavy suggestion that he didn't think much of Bulleid's ideas or tweaks.

[rml2345]

That doesn't surprise me considering Bulleid based that turf burning loco on his 'Leader' which was a bit of a turkey.

[willswitchengage]

Received. Thank you!

[Christine]

Ahh, the postage was cheaper than i thought !  The savings , I spent , sending Omegod a maxi handbook and sommat else to play with , so i didn't gain any fink...You paid !!