The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1852 |
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Page 5
... engine , by wooden or iron paddles , at the rate of only 20 feet per second . " 66 ' Attempts have also been made to propel vessels by the rushing out of common air from a state of compression : these have failed because it has first to ...
... engine , by wooden or iron paddles , at the rate of only 20 feet per second . " 66 ' Attempts have also been made to propel vessels by the rushing out of common air from a state of compression : these have failed because it has first to ...
Page 6
... engine which works the air - pump . The fires in the close furnaces are thus kept in activity , and under complete control , and the products of combustion are allowed to rush out at a high velocity under the bilges of the ship , at a ...
... engine which works the air - pump . The fires in the close furnaces are thus kept in activity , and under complete control , and the products of combustion are allowed to rush out at a high velocity under the bilges of the ship , at a ...
Page 16
... engines of 800 - horse power , by Messrs . Seaward and Capel , of Millwall ; diameter of cylinders , 96 inches each ; stroke , 9 feet ; the engines making fourteen revolutions of the large paddle- wheels ( 40 feet 8 inches in diameter ) ...
... engines of 800 - horse power , by Messrs . Seaward and Capel , of Millwall ; diameter of cylinders , 96 inches each ; stroke , 9 feet ; the engines making fourteen revolutions of the large paddle- wheels ( 40 feet 8 inches in diameter ) ...
Page 18
... engines , made of gun - metal and cast - steel ; they are of 12 - horse power and are to work 20 - inch stroke 66 times per minute , which will give 400 revolutions to two propelling fans . The entire weight of the car , float , and fix ...
... engines , made of gun - metal and cast - steel ; they are of 12 - horse power and are to work 20 - inch stroke 66 times per minute , which will give 400 revolutions to two propelling fans . The entire weight of the car , float , and fix ...
Page 19
... engine works two air- pumps , which communicate by a pipe to the chamber , and supply compressed air at discretion ... ENGINES . A PAPER on this inquiry has been read to the Institution of Civil Engineers , by Commander L. G. Heath ...
... engine works two air- pumps , which communicate by a pipe to the chamber , and supply compressed air at discretion ... ENGINES . A PAPER on this inquiry has been read to the Institution of Civil Engineers , by Commander L. G. Heath ...
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