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title: "RMS Titanic Manual: 1909-1912 Olympic Class"
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# RMS Titanic Manual: 1909-1912 Olympic Class

**Brand:** david hutchingsrichard de kerbrech
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Solid value for the money
  

*by W***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2014*

The authors are qualified engineers with a great deal of experience in ship design and construction and marine machinery. Most of the text is taken up with clearly-explained and factual descriptions of the ship, her systems, and their operation. Since the publishers haven't taken the trouble to include a table of contents in their description, I have:INTRODUCTION  7ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  8THE TITANIC STORY  11Harland & Wolff’s Olympic Class 12The Titanic is born 15Entry into service 18Maiden voyage 21ANATOMY OF THE TITANIC  37Hull 39Framing 42Plating 43Water ballast 44Watertight bulkheads and doors 45Superstructure 47Expansion joints 47Decks 47Passenger accommodation 57Lifeboats 61Davits 61Engines 61Funnels 61Propellers 64Rudder and steering engines 68Anchors, capstans and windlasses 70Electric plant 73Refrigeration 74Olympic Class waterworks 74Ventilation 74Radio and navigational aids 74PROPULSION  77Scotch boilers 80Raising steam 84Inspection, common defects and repairs to Scotch boilers 88Main propulsion machinery 90Low-pressure exhaust turbine 96Condensers 100Thrust collars and blocks 104Generators 106LIFEBOATS  109Construction  116Inspection  117VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE  123Control of the steering gear  126Navigation and wireless equipment  127ENGINEER'S VIEW  133Management and working of the engines 135Management of boilers 137Propellers 137Electric light 138Fuel consumption 138Administrative duties 138Hydraulic machinery 139Refrigerating machinery and cold chambers 139Aspects of main engine operation 139POSTSCRIPT  144The Titanic Rediscovered 144APPENDICES  150Appendix 1 Glossary 150Appendix 2 Where Titanic-related artefacts can be seen 155Appendix 3 Useful Titanic-related contacts 156Bibliography 157IndexThere are several hundred illustrations. Some are pretty shopworn, but that's inevitable. It wasn't  a time when everyone carried a high-rez camera around in his cell phone, and photographing action scenes was nearly impossible. In a good many cases well-known photos are explained better and more clearly than elsewhere.There are some things the authors don't cover that would be relevant, and a few things they don't get quite right, but not too many. Take it for what it is and it's a lot of book for the money, a lot more than you get from many others.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Greatly detailed book
  

*by M***I on Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2013*

This was recommended by my friend and I ordered the book at once. It has really interesting details and nice drawings published in the papers those days. They are large and sharp enough to examine all the decks of this wonderful ship. There could be more of these detailed drawings but when we think about those who buy this kind of book, they probably don't want a book having only technical drawings but they want to see nice photos too. To me this book is just the one I was looking for. Well, I could buy more of this kind of info about The Titanic but because of the age, there is a limited supply. So I am quite astonished of this book having so much real Titanic photos. I am very technically oriented person myself but like nice, glossy photos too.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Not essential, but a fun book for the Titanic buff
  

*by D***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2015*

If you already own the massive "Titanic: The Ship Magnificent," you don't really NEED to buy this book, but it's nonetheless an effective single-volume distillation of what made the famous ship tick. It has lots of very nice photographs and diagrams, semi-detailed technical explanations of the ship's machinery and arrangement, and some interesting insights into early 20th-century shipbuilding. I didn't notice any serious mistakes, beyond a set of plans of the Olympic captioned as being of the Titanic. You don't need to be a steam engineer to follow this book, but a more than casual interest in naval architecture would be helpful.I wouldn't describe this book as a particularly groundbreaking piece of Titanic research, but it's pretty enjoyable and better than I'd expect from a $20 novelty title.

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