Journal of the Franklin InstitutePergamon Press, 1865 |
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Page 13
... four lives , occurred in 1864 in this country . The engi- neer of the Midland Boiler Assurance Company gives the number as forty - eight , causing the deaths of seventy - five and the injury of one hundred and twenty persons . These ...
... four lives , occurred in 1864 in this country . The engi- neer of the Midland Boiler Assurance Company gives the number as forty - eight , causing the deaths of seventy - five and the injury of one hundred and twenty persons . These ...
Page 15
... four locomotive boilers which burst last year all did so while standing . Neither the primary rupture leading to the explosions , nor the secondary rupture caused by the explosion , took place through the rivet holes . ) Report of the ...
... four locomotive boilers which burst last year all did so while standing . Neither the primary rupture leading to the explosions , nor the secondary rupture caused by the explosion , took place through the rivet holes . ) Report of the ...
Page 31
... four of these parts will be consumed in moving the engine , and the other six only will be available . " In a single acting condensing engine , taking , as before , 1000 to express the total mechanical power of the water evaporated in ...
... four of these parts will be consumed in moving the engine , and the other six only will be available . " In a single acting condensing engine , taking , as before , 1000 to express the total mechanical power of the water evaporated in ...
Page 33
... four cylinders of the same dimensions , or one with a pis- ton of four times the area ; hence 50 X 4 X 15-3000 lbs . of atmospheric pressure . By the present system the vacuum , instead of yielding 3000 lbs . , would probably not yield ...
... four cylinders of the same dimensions , or one with a pis- ton of four times the area ; hence 50 X 4 X 15-3000 lbs . of atmospheric pressure . By the present system the vacuum , instead of yielding 3000 lbs . , would probably not yield ...
Page 40
... four knots would have virtually ended this horrible war two years ago , saved thousands of lives , and multi- plied millions of money . It may just as well be attained as the cur- rent rates of speed , and it will be , though apparently ...
... four knots would have virtually ended this horrible war two years ago , saved thousands of lives , and multi- plied millions of money . It may just as well be attained as the cur- rent rates of speed , and it will be , though apparently ...
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