Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam Engines, and of Their Inventors and Improvers, Volumen 2Wightman and Cramp, 1829 - 321 páginas |
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... propelling machinery having been but slight , the apparatus was so much de- ranged in the trials , that from the expenses of re- pairing it , the Marquis postponed his further ope- rations from time to time , until , by the political ...
... propelling machinery having been but slight , the apparatus was so much de- ranged in the trials , that from the expenses of re- pairing it , the Marquis postponed his further ope- rations from time to time , until , by the political ...
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... propelling vessels in circumstances where the ordinary resources of the nautical art were insufficient or unavailing ; among these , the construction of double and triple vessels , to be moved by wheels placed in proper situations , had ...
... propelling vessels in circumstances where the ordinary resources of the nautical art were insufficient or unavailing ; among these , the construction of double and triple vessels , to be moved by wheels placed in proper situations , had ...
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... propelling vessels of any size , by means of wheels or revolving paddles , and of adapting to these the powers of the steam - engine , although , in the subordinate details of execution , great room remained for minor improvements ...
... propelling vessels of any size , by means of wheels or revolving paddles , and of adapting to these the powers of the steam - engine , although , in the subordinate details of execution , great room remained for minor improvements ...
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... propelling machinery was on the same principle as that of the boat Rum- sey constructed on the Potomac.- " The pump , two feet in diameter , wrought by a steain - engine , forced a quantity of water up through the keel ; the valve was ...
... propelling machinery was on the same principle as that of the boat Rum- sey constructed on the Potomac.- " The pump , two feet in diameter , wrought by a steain - engine , forced a quantity of water up through the keel ; the valve was ...
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... powers to design them ; at least it is highly im prudent for them to risk it . In such cases , aid from govern , ment becomes necessary . " - Ibid . p . 190 . " adapted more immediately to the propelling of a boat 466 STEVENS'S BOILER ,
... powers to design them ; at least it is highly im prudent for them to risk it . In such cases , aid from govern , ment becomes necessary . " - Ibid . p . 190 . " adapted more immediately to the propelling of a boat 466 STEVENS'S BOILER ,
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