 I intend, in many cases, to employ the expansive force of steam to press on the pistons, or whatever may be used instead of them, in the same manner as the pressure of the atmosphere is now employed in common fire engines. In cases where cold water cannot...  A History of the Growth of the Steam-engine - Página 100por Robert Henry Thurston - 1903 - 530 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
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..."Thirdly — Whatever air or other elastic vapor is not condensed by the cold of the "Fourthly — "I intend in many cases to employ the expansive force...whatever may be used instead of them, in the same manner in which the pressure of the atmosphere is now WATT'S SINGLE-ACTING ENGINE — FIG. 6 condenser, and... | |
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