The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... diameter , are downwards , and the whole are arranged above and about the fire ; they present about fifty square feet to the action of radiating , and about as much more to that of communi- cative heat . The steam is worked in two ...
... diameter , are downwards , and the whole are arranged above and about the fire ; they present about fifty square feet to the action of radiating , and about as much more to that of communi- cative heat . The steam is worked in two ...
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... diameter of ninety inches and a fraction . It was boasted , a few days since , that the cylinders for her Majesty's steam frigate , Penelope , were the largest ever made , being ninety - two inches in diameter . The cylinders of the ...
... diameter of ninety inches and a fraction . It was boasted , a few days since , that the cylinders for her Majesty's steam frigate , Penelope , were the largest ever made , being ninety - two inches in diameter . The cylinders of the ...
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... diameter , including the feathering boards . The engine - room is surrounded by water - tight bulkheads , not the least heat is communicated from the furnaces to any other part of the vessel , and their presence is not perceptible in ...
... diameter , including the feathering boards . The engine - room is surrounded by water - tight bulkheads , not the least heat is communicated from the furnaces to any other part of the vessel , and their presence is not perceptible in ...
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... diameter : the length of stroke , 32 inches ; number of strokes per minute , 35 to 36. The motion is communicated to the propeller through the medium of two pairs of cog - wheels . The Screw - Propeller , by Mather , Dixon , and ...
... diameter : the length of stroke , 32 inches ; number of strokes per minute , 35 to 36. The motion is communicated to the propeller through the medium of two pairs of cog - wheels . The Screw - Propeller , by Mather , Dixon , and ...
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... diameter , and 3 feet stroke , which is supplied with steam by a cylindrical boiler 7 feet in diameter . The boiler is placed in the vessel upon its end , so that it only occupies a super- ficies of the vessel's floor equal to that of a ...
... diameter , and 3 feet stroke , which is supplied with steam by a cylindrical boiler 7 feet in diameter . The boiler is placed in the vessel upon its end , so that it only occupies a super- ficies of the vessel's floor equal to that of a ...
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