The Steam-Engine ... Fourth Edition. [With Illustrations.]Ward, Lock,&Tyler, 1865 - 142 páginas |
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... pressure engine , 54. Trevethick and Vivian's high - pressure engine , 55. Pumping engine for mines , modern , 55. Double cylinder engine , M'Naught's , 56 . cylinder engine for factories , on the marine principle , 58. High - pressure ...
... pressure engine , 54. Trevethick and Vivian's high - pressure engine , 55. Pumping engine for mines , modern , 55. Double cylinder engine , M'Naught's , 56 . cylinder engine for factories , on the marine principle , 58. High - pressure ...
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... pressure , to ascertain pres- sure of steam in boiler , 83. Hopkinson's mercurial steam - pressure gauge , 83. Bourdon steam - gauge . 84. Mr. S. Smith's water - gauge , 84. Smoke - consuming furnace , 85. Pri- deaux's self - closing ...
... pressure , to ascertain pres- sure of steam in boiler , 83. Hopkinson's mercurial steam - pressure gauge , 83. Bourdon steam - gauge . 84. Mr. S. Smith's water - gauge , 84. Smoke - consuming furnace , 85. Pri- deaux's self - closing ...
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... pressure which it exerts in the vessel into which it is forced being exactly in proportion to the amount of compression . Like air , steam is also capable of expanding in volume or bulk , the expansion reducing the pressure on the ...
... pressure which it exerts in the vessel into which it is forced being exactly in proportion to the amount of compression . Like air , steam is also capable of expanding in volume or bulk , the expansion reducing the pressure on the ...
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... pressure , the boiling - point varies , in- creasing in proportion to the pressure . With a pressure of 16 lbs . to the square inch , the temperature at which the water boils is 216.3 ° ; at 18 lbs . to the inch , 222-7 ° ; at 20 lbs ...
... pressure , the boiling - point varies , in- creasing in proportion to the pressure . With a pressure of 16 lbs . to the square inch , the temperature at which the water boils is 216.3 ° ; at 18 lbs . to the inch , 222-7 ° ; at 20 lbs ...
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... pressure occupying the space of about a cubic inch of water . In raising steam , a large amount of caloric is absorbed which is not observable by the thermometer ; this is termed " latent heat . " By this is meant the amount of heat ...
... pressure occupying the space of about a cubic inch of water . In raising steam , a large amount of caloric is absorbed which is not observable by the thermometer ; this is termed " latent heat . " By this is meant the amount of heat ...
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adopted air-pump apertures apparatus arrangement atmosphere attached beam BEETON'S bottom Chacewater CHARLES ROBSON chimney cistern cock cold water condenser connected connecting-rod constructed contrivance crank cross-head cylinder Dalswinton Denis Papin diagram in fig diameter DICTIONARY eccentric eccentric-rod effected expansion feet fire-box flue force form of boiler fuel Fulton furnace George Stephenson gilt give a diagram improvements interior introduced invention latent heat lever locomotive engine lower machine Marquis of Worcester means Mechanics and Mechanism ment motion NOAH WEBSTER obtained opened Papin passing patent pipe piston piston-rod placed plates port pounds practical present pressure principle pump railway raised reciprocating engine revolving rotatory engine safety-valve Savery SCOTT BURN shaft small boiler space spindle steam is admitted steam-boat steam-engine steam-pipe Stephenson stroke supply surface Symington tappets Timothy Hackworth tion upper side vacuum valve vapour vessel Watt WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY weight wheels William Symington