The Hydraulic Handbook is a Fairbanks-Morse publication compiled as an aid to the multitude of engineers who plan the installation of pumping machinery-and to plant managers and operators who are responsible for the efficient functioning of this machinery. We have attempted to include enough of the fundamental principles of pumping to refresh the memories of those who work with pump applications at infrequent intervals. Also included are tables, data and general information which we hope will be of value to everyone who plans pumping equipment for public works, industry or agriculture. Much of the material in the Hydraulic Handbook has been published previously and is reassembled in this single volume for your convenience. We sincerely appreciate permission to reprint-as generously granted by the Hydraulic Institute and others. This first edition of the Hydraulic Handbook is timed to commemorate the dedication of the new Fairbanks-Morse pump manufacturing plant at Kansas City, Kansas, on May 19-22, 1954. FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO. Chicago 5, Illinois
