An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a General View of the Various Modes of Employing Elastic Vapour as a Prime Mover in MechanicsJ. Taylor, 1826 - 300 pages |
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... wrought up to the highest elegance of taste , and perfection of execution in this place . " Mr. Boulton , who has established this great work , has joined taste and philosophy with manufacture and commerce ; and from the various ...
... wrought up to the highest elegance of taste , and perfection of execution in this place . " Mr. Boulton , who has established this great work , has joined taste and philosophy with manufacture and commerce ; and from the various ...
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... wrought by the force of steam only , by discharging the steam into the open air after it has done its office . " Messrs . Trevithick and Vivian were the first to employ the high - pressure engine to advantage , as they found it ...
... wrought by the force of steam only , by discharging the steam into the open air after it has done its office . " Messrs . Trevithick and Vivian were the first to employ the high - pressure engine to advantage , as they found it ...
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... wrought iron ; and the other end * The Committee commenced its sittings May 8 , 1817 , and consisted of the following highly respectable individuals : -Charles Harvey , Esq . in the chair ; Mr. William Smith , Mr. Davies Gilbert , Sir ...
... wrought iron ; and the other end * The Committee commenced its sittings May 8 , 1817 , and consisted of the following highly respectable individuals : -Charles Harvey , Esq . in the chair ; Mr. William Smith , Mr. Davies Gilbert , Sir ...
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... wrought iron , but , for some reason , the wrought iron end had been cut out , and a cast iron end substituted in its place . — Was of opinion that any high - pressure boiler so constructed was unsafe . The difficulty of obtaining a pro ...
... wrought iron , but , for some reason , the wrought iron end had been cut out , and a cast iron end substituted in its place . — Was of opinion that any high - pressure boiler so constructed was unsafe . The difficulty of obtaining a pro ...
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... wrought - iron boilers were much less frequent than the cast - iron boilers , and in Woolf's engines they were scarcely used at all . Should think that the cast - iron boilers would be cheaper than wrought , if made of equal strength ...
... wrought - iron boilers were much less frequent than the cast - iron boilers , and in Woolf's engines they were scarcely used at all . Should think that the cast - iron boilers would be cheaper than wrought , if made of equal strength ...
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acting action admitted air-pump alternately annulus apparatus applied atmospheric engine axis beam boat bottom Boulton and Watt cast iron cast-iron boilers centre chimney cistern coal cock cold water communication condenser connected considerable construction consumed Cornwall crank cylinder diameter effect elastic vapour employed erected examined expansive force expense feet fire fly-wheel furnace furnished heat high-pressure engine holes Holyhead improvements invention lever London low-pressure machine machinery means mercury Messrs metal Meteor miles per hour mode navigation paddles parallel motion pass passage patent pipe piston piston-rod placed plate pounds pressure produced propelling pump purpose quantity raised ratchet-wheel reciprocating engine revolving river Thames rotatory motion round safety-valve sailing Savery's Saving fuel screws shaft side smoke Sovereign Sovereign seven steam engine steam packets steam vessel steam-boats stroke supply surface tion tube upper vacuum valve velocity Watt's weight wheel wind Woolf wrought wrought-iron boiler Wylam
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Page 287 - Orders of The House, examined the matters to them referred; and have agreed to the following REPORT...
Page 6 - So that having a way to make my vessels, so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty foot high : one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water.
Page 59 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Page 290 - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Page 185 - ... vessel moves round, it is supplied with steam from the boiler, and that which has performed its office may either be discharged by means of condensers, or into the open air.
Page 56 - She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river when she was making her passage. The first...
Page 100 - Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move the House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill for enforcing such regulations as may be...
Page 287 - Metropolis, and to report their Observations thereupon ; together with the MINUTES of the EVIDENCE taken before them, from time to time, to the House...
Page 32 - Fourthly, I intend, in many cases, to employ the expansive force of steam to press on the pistons, or whatever may be used instead of them, in the, same manner as the pressure of the atmosphere is now employed in common fire-engines.
Page 258 - House, examined the matters to them referred; and have agreed to the following REPORT : YOUR Committee...