Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-engines: And of Their Inventors and Improvers, Volumen 2Wightman and Cramp, 1829 |
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... common engines to manufacturing as well as to mining purposes . For , in addition to the prejudices which Watt's mechanism had to encounter on the score of its complexity , his apparatus was costly , and not easily kept in repair ...
... common engines to manufacturing as well as to mining purposes . For , in addition to the prejudices which Watt's mechanism had to encounter on the score of its complexity , his apparatus was costly , and not easily kept in repair ...
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... common sort ; the steam filling in the cylinder the place of air , ( being a medium easily reduced ) is condensed by cold water , which making a vacuum , the impulse downwards is occasioned by the unresisted pressure of the atmosphere ...
... common sort ; the steam filling in the cylinder the place of air , ( being a medium easily reduced ) is condensed by cold water , which making a vacuum , the impulse downwards is occasioned by the unresisted pressure of the atmosphere ...
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... common smith or millwright . " From this letter , it appears that a condensing engine was in action at Stratford , near London , and another at the water- works at Chelsea . Wasbrough had made consider- able progress in the construction ...
... common smith or millwright . " From this letter , it appears that a condensing engine was in action at Stratford , near London , and another at the water- works at Chelsea . Wasbrough had made consider- able progress in the construction ...
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... common accident , so that the mill will continue regularly at work . " No one was more sensible than Watt , that until some scheme was devised for producing a rotary motion , from a reciprocating one , he had made but a comparatively ...
... common accident , so that the mill will continue regularly at work . " No one was more sensible than Watt , that until some scheme was devised for producing a rotary motion , from a reciprocating one , he had made but a comparatively ...
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... common This is probably a misconception ; " for , so far from the engine of Wasbrough being irregular , or defective , it con- tinued in action thirty years , when it was destroyed by fire ; with no other than casual repairs , and ...
... common This is probably a misconception ; " for , so far from the engine of Wasbrough being irregular , or defective , it con- tinued in action thirty years , when it was destroyed by fire ; with no other than casual repairs , and ...
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Página 420 - The warp was placed perpendicularly, the reed fell with a force of at least half a hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time.
Página 419 - This brought on a conversation on the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously agreed that the thing was impracticable, and in defence of their opinion, they adduced arguments which I certainly was incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject, having never at that time seen a person weave ; I controverted, however, the impracticability of the thing by remarking that there lately had been exhibited in London an automaton figure which played at chess....
Página 543 - That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally 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.
Página 490 - ... beneath their decks from the terrific sight, and left their vessels to go on shore ; while others prostrated themselves, and besought Providence to protect them from the approach of the horrible monster which was marching on the tides, and lighting its path by the fires which it vomited.
Página 488 - M'Neven, to whom we are indebted for some account of what passed on this occasion. Nothing could exceed the surprise and admiration of all who witnessed the experiment. The minds of the most incredulous were changed in a few minutes. Before the boat had made the progress of a quarter of a mile, the greatest unbeliever must have been converted.
Página 544 - ... occupations, and probably is not generally 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,...
Página 551 - We have said that Mr Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable...
Página 489 - She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river when she was making her passage. The first...
Página 551 - By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is as nothing to it.
Página 552 - ... to the greatest advantage the pleasant anecdotes which he delivered with the same grave brow and the same calm smile playing soberly on his lips.