Journal of the Franklin InstitutePergamon Press, 1865 |
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... piston . The economic and absolute evaporative efficiencies of Boiiers of dif- ferent types and proportions . The comparative calorific values of different Coals as steam generators . The performance of United States War Screw Steam ...
... piston . The economic and absolute evaporative efficiencies of Boiiers of dif- ferent types and proportions . The comparative calorific values of different Coals as steam generators . The performance of United States War Screw Steam ...
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... piston exciting an amount of atmospheric pressure equal to the expansive force of the latter against it . In other words , " the same quantity of water converted into steam produces the same mechanical effect whatever be the pressure or ...
... piston exciting an amount of atmospheric pressure equal to the expansive force of the latter against it . In other words , " the same quantity of water converted into steam produces the same mechanical effect whatever be the pressure or ...
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... piston raises a ton a foot high ; there the force and resistance are balanced , and there the piston of the engine stops ; the force remaining in the fluid being dispersed with it for lack of means to use it . A steel spring half un ...
... piston raises a ton a foot high ; there the force and resistance are balanced , and there the piston of the engine stops ; the force remaining in the fluid being dispersed with it for lack of means to use it . A steel spring half un ...
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... piston , how is it that condensing engines are not more productive ? Because they condense compressed steam , and limit the effect of the vacuum to the area of the piston . Perhaps it will be said that when an engine is worked with 30 ...
... piston , how is it that condensing engines are not more productive ? Because they condense compressed steam , and limit the effect of the vacuum to the area of the piston . Perhaps it will be said that when an engine is worked with 30 ...
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... piston 50 square inches , the expansive pressure will be 60 X 503000 lbs . On the other hand the fluid would fill ... piston , and requir- ing , as in the case of the jet , more steam on the ascent of the piston to reheat it . The ...
... piston 50 square inches , the expansive pressure will be 60 X 503000 lbs . On the other hand the fluid would fill ... piston , and requir- ing , as in the case of the jet , more steam on the ascent of the piston to reheat it . The ...
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