A Treatise on the Steam Engine: In Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation, and RailwaysLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847 - 258 páginas |
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... construction is extremely simple and inexpensive . The substance of Hero's recipe for the construction of an Eolipile is this . Let a boiler be set on the fire , and nearly filled with water , and let its mouth be closed by a cover ...
... construction is extremely simple and inexpensive . The substance of Hero's recipe for the construction of an Eolipile is this . Let a boiler be set on the fire , and nearly filled with water , and let its mouth be closed by a cover ...
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... construction beyond that of the greater convenience of low pressure steam , and , indeed , his engine would have remained very little better than that of Savery , at least for moderate heights , but for the improvements effected by ...
... construction beyond that of the greater convenience of low pressure steam , and , indeed , his engine would have remained very little better than that of Savery , at least for moderate heights , but for the improvements effected by ...
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... constructions of Beighton , but it was distinguished by juster proportions and greater nicety of detail than had yet been realised , and the innovations thus introduced were found to be highly beneficial in practice . The engine at Long ...
... constructions of Beighton , but it was distinguished by juster proportions and greater nicety of detail than had yet been realised , and the innovations thus introduced were found to be highly beneficial in practice . The engine at Long ...
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... construction of the engines , and a better pro- portion and arrangement of the boiler , and involve neither the application of any new principle nor any great expenditure of ingenuity . Before Smeaton's time the manufacture of engines ...
... construction of the engines , and a better pro- portion and arrangement of the boiler , and involve neither the application of any new principle nor any great expenditure of ingenuity . Before Smeaton's time the manufacture of engines ...
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... construction of his first real engine , the cylinder of which was 18 inches in diameter , and after many impediments in the details of the work , he succeeded in bringing it to considerable perfection . The bad boring of the cylinder ...
... construction of his first real engine , the cylinder of which was 18 inches in diameter , and after many impediments in the details of the work , he succeeded in bringing it to considerable perfection . The bad boring of the cylinder ...
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