Excerpt from Lubricating Engineer's Handbook: A Reference Book of Data, Tables and General Information for the Use of Lubrication Engineers, Oil Salesman, Operating Engineers, Mill and Power Plant Superintendents and Machinery Designers, Etc Of all the supplies used in the operation Of power plants and industrial mills, lubricants and their practical application are the least understood. Designers of machinery are interested in the subject of theoretical lubrication and its effect upon the design of machinery bearings. 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.