Handbook of mechanical and electrical cost data, giving shipping weights, capacities, outputs, and net prices of machines and apparatus, and detailed costs of installation, maintenance, depreciation and operation, together with many principles and data relating to engineering economics (1918)
Gillette, Halbert Powers, 1869-, Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928, joint author · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 581
est on capital or de-preciation. It is hardly possible to give a definite statement show- 558 MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL COST DATA ing the cost of constructing and equipping power houses of differ-ent types, as there are so many variable factors. However, theauthors experiences of a considerable… … 10 12TIME-HOURS Fig. 73. Typical railway load. The heat efficiency of the Diesel engine, though far from perfect,is still much better than any other heat engine, as is readily seenfrom the fuel consumption, which is 0.44 pound of fuel oil perbrake horsepower per hour. The fuel consumption is also…
