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... STEAM ENGINEERING , NAVY DEPARTMENT : Made principally to aid in ascertaining the comparative economic efficiency of Steam used with different measures of expansion ; and the absolute cost of the power obtained therefrom in weights of ...
... STEAM ENGINEERING , NAVY DEPARTMENT : Made principally to aid in ascertaining the comparative economic efficiency of Steam used with different measures of expansion ; and the absolute cost of the power obtained therefrom in weights of ...
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... Steam Boilers . By FREDERICK ARTHUR PAGET , Esq . , C.E. From the Journal of the Society of Arts , No. 649 . According to the published report of the engineer of the Manchester Boiler Assurance Company , forty - three explosions ...
... Steam Boilers . By FREDERICK ARTHUR PAGET , Esq . , C.E. From the Journal of the Society of Arts , No. 649 . According to the published report of the engineer of the Manchester Boiler Assurance Company , forty - three explosions ...
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... steam may , in fact , be said to be universal . There is , indeed , a very complex train of mechanical , chemical , and physico- chemical forces , leading to the deterioration and consequent destruc- tion of a steam boiler , and it is ...
... steam may , in fact , be said to be universal . There is , indeed , a very complex train of mechanical , chemical , and physico- chemical forces , leading to the deterioration and consequent destruc- tion of a steam boiler , and it is ...
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... steam is blowing off would evidently produce the same effect ; and this view is strengthened by the fact that the great majority of locomotive boilers - in which while at work there is no such sudden call on the reservoir of steam as in ...
... steam is blowing off would evidently produce the same effect ; and this view is strengthened by the fact that the great majority of locomotive boilers - in which while at work there is no such sudden call on the reservoir of steam as in ...
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... steam . From 1850 to 1864 forty locomotive explosions , causing a loss of human life , have occurred in the United Kingdom . The Board of Trade reports in the Blue - books presented to Parliament , and more especially those by Captain ...
... steam . From 1850 to 1864 forty locomotive explosions , causing a loss of human life , have occurred in the United Kingdom . The Board of Trade reports in the Blue - books presented to Parliament , and more especially those by Captain ...
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