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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... moving power , and we have indeed generally to form our conclusion on this head from the nature of the arrangement . We have , however , very clear evidence that both steam , and air expanded by heat , were often used by the ancients as ...
... moving power , and we have indeed generally to form our conclusion on this head from the nature of the arrangement . We have , however , very clear evidence that both steam , and air expanded by heat , were often used by the ancients as ...
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... moving parts of our engine being of like nature , the furnace being made of Sturbridge or Windsor brick or fire- stone , I do not see it possible for the engine to decay in many years ; for the clacks , buckets , and mitre - pipes ...
... moving parts of our engine being of like nature , the furnace being made of Sturbridge or Windsor brick or fire- stone , I do not see it possible for the engine to decay in many years ; for the clacks , buckets , and mitre - pipes ...
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... moving through a stuffing- box was a new feature in steam - engines at that time , and required great nicety of workmanship to make it effectual . While Watt was contending with these difficulties , Roebuck's finances became disarranged ...
... moving through a stuffing- box was a new feature in steam - engines at that time , and required great nicety of workmanship to make it effectual . While Watt was contending with these difficulties , Roebuck's finances became disarranged ...
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... moving wheel carriages , and it is stated that the steam may either be discharged into the air after having given an impulse to the piston , or partially condensed in vessels exposing a large surface to the atmosphere . Indeed , there ...
... moving wheel carriages , and it is stated that the steam may either be discharged into the air after having given an impulse to the piston , or partially condensed in vessels exposing a large surface to the atmosphere . Indeed , there ...
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... moving round in its circle , arrives nearly on a level with the axis , and the piston is near the middle of its stroke , the rod 2 will have been moved by the excentric , to the full limit of its course , and will be setting out on its ...
... moving round in its circle , arrives nearly on a level with the axis , and the piston is near the middle of its stroke , the rod 2 will have been moved by the excentric , to the full limit of its course , and will be setting out on its ...
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