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... attached to science ; many in their writings hinting at the power to be derived from " vapour , " and alluding confidently as to the capability of huge " engines " being forced into motion by the power of this agent . About the year ...
... attached to science ; many in their writings hinting at the power to be derived from " vapour , " and alluding confidently as to the capability of huge " engines " being forced into motion by the power of this agent . About the year ...
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... attached to the supposi- tion that the invention of Blasco de Garay , a sea - captain , introduced into notice in 1543 , was founded upon or derived from one of these . His in- vention was designed for the propulsion of vessels , and ...
... attached to the supposi- tion that the invention of Blasco de Garay , a sea - captain , introduced into notice in 1543 , was founded upon or derived from one of these . His in- vention was designed for the propulsion of vessels , and ...
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... attached to a lever would raise one hundred pounds as high as one pound falleth ; and were the weight of water to fall on a water - wheel , for instance , as is now often practised , it would raise a quantity very nearly equal to its ...
... attached to a lever would raise one hundred pounds as high as one pound falleth ; and were the weight of water to fall on a water - wheel , for instance , as is now often practised , it would raise a quantity very nearly equal to its ...
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... attached to it passing over the pul- leys cc , and continued to suspend a board e containing heavy weights . Suppose that by means of an air - pump the space below the piston ( the piston being raised to the top of the cylinder by the ...
... attached to it passing over the pul- leys cc , and continued to suspend a board e containing heavy weights . Suppose that by means of an air - pump the space below the piston ( the piston being raised to the top of the cylinder by the ...
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... , and the lever e being withdrawn from the notch , the atmospheric pressure forces the piston to the lower part of the cylinder , carrying a fig . 11 . 2 with it such weights as may be attached to the HISTORY OF THE STEAM - ENGINE . 17.
... , and the lever e being withdrawn from the notch , the atmospheric pressure forces the piston to the lower part of the cylinder , carrying a fig . 11 . 2 with it such weights as may be attached to the HISTORY OF THE STEAM - ENGINE . 17.
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actuated adopted air-pump aperture apparatus applied arrangement atmosphere attached beam bolted bottom carried centre Chacewater chimney cistern cock cold water condenser connected connecting-rod construction contrivance crank cross-head cylinder Dalswinton diagram in fig diameter disc eccentric eccentric-rod effect expansion expansion-valve experiments feet fire-box flue force fuel Fulton furnace George Stephenson give heat high-pressure Illustrated London illustrative improvement inches interior introduced invention latent heat lever locomotive Lord Dundas lower machine means Mechanics and Mechanism motion moved ordinary passing patent pipe piston piston-rod placed plate port practical present pressure principle pulley pump raised ratchet-wheels receiver regulator revolving rotatory engine safety-valve Savery screw shaft shut slide space spindle steam steam is admitted steam-boat steam-engine steam-pipe stroke stuffing-box supply surface Symington tappets Timothy Hackworth tion tubes upper side vacuum valve vapour vessel Watt Watt's weight wheel William Symington
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Página 57 - He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and a vein of temperate jocularity, which gave infinite zest and effect to the condensed and inexhaustible information which formed its main staple and characteristic. There was a little air of affected testiness, and a tone of pretended rebuke and contradiction, with which he used to...
Página 6 - I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three quarters full of water, stopping and screwing up the broken end, as also the touch-hole ; and making a constant fire under it, within twenty-four hours it burst, and made a great crack...
Página 31 - Papin's digester, and formed a species of steam-engine by fixing upon it a syringe, one-third of an inch diameter, with a solid piston, and furnished also with a cock to admit the steam from the digester, or shut it off at pleasure, as well as to open a communication from the inside of the syringe to the open air, by which the steam contained in the syringe might escape. When the communication between the digester and syringe was opened, the steam entered the syringe, and by its action upon the piston...
Página 57 - ... known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted too with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians, or criticising the measures or the...
Página 187 - Drawing Book (The Illustrated). Comprising a Complete Introduction to Drawing and Perspective ; with Instructions for Etching on Copper or Steel, &c. &c. By ROBERT SCOTT BURN. Illustrated with above 300 Subjects for Study in every branch of Art. Demy 8vo, cloth, *t.
Página 163 - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Página 57 - It is needless to say that with those vast resources his conversation was at all times rich and instructive in no ordinary degree. But it was, if possible, still more pleasing than wise, and had all the charms of familiarity, with all the substantial treasures of knowledge. No man could be more social in his spirit, less assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. He rather liked to talk — at least in his latter years.
Página 187 - We can have no hesitation in giving it as our opinion, that this is the most elaborate and successful undertaking of the kind which has ever appeared.
Página 7 - ... a way to make my vessels, so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other. I have seen the water run like a constant fountain-stream forty feet high ; one vessel of •water rarified by fire, driveth up forty of cold water.
Página 48 - Having made my reciprocating engines very regular in their movements, I considered how to produce rotative motions from them in the best manner ; and amongst various schemes which were subjected to trial, or which passed through my mind, none appeared so likely to answer the purpose as the application of the crank in the manner of the common turning lathe (an invention of great merit, of which the humble inventor, and even its era, are unknown).