A Text-book on Steam & Steam-engines ...Griffin, 1889 - 400 páginas |
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angle irons arrangement atmosphere back pressure blades bolts Boyle's law brass C₁ cast-iron centre line circle clearance cock combustion chamber compound engine compression connected connecting-rod construction crank shaft crank-pin crosshead cubic curve draw eccentric efficiency end plates expansion feet fire-box fitted fixed flanges gear heat engine high-pressure cylinder holes horizontal horse-power illustrated inches diameter indicator diagram lap joint latent heat Lecture length lever locomotive longitudinal low-pressure cylinder marine boilers marine engine mean pressure Messrs motion nuts ordinary P₁ piston piston-rod point of cut-off position pump revolutions per minute rings riveted S.S. St scale screw propeller shell shown side Sketch and describe slide valve speed square inch stays steam engine steam pipe steam port steam pressure steel stroke surface condenser temperature thick triple-expansion engines tube plate units of heat valve spindle vertical vessel volume water cock wheel wrought-iron
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Página 8 - I call the steam vessel, must, during the whole time the engine is at work, be kept as hot as the steam that enters it; first, by inclosing it in a case of wood, or any other materials that transmit heat slowly; secondly, by surrounding it with steam or other heated bodies; and thirdly, by suffering neither water nor any other substance colder than the steam, to enter or touch it during that time.
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