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 Mechanics; with an Appendix of Patents and Parliamentary Papers Connected with the SubjectJ. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1822 - 277 pages |
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... hole ; and making a constant fire under it , within twenty - four hours it burst , and made a great crack ; so that having found a way to make my vessels , so that they are strengthened by the properties of the above engine ; and it is ...
... hole ; and making a constant fire under it , within twenty - four hours it burst , and made a great crack ; so that having found a way to make my vessels , so that they are strengthened by the properties of the above engine ; and it is ...
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... hole in the centre of which the piston rod worked air - tight . The force of steam was then substituted for that of the atmosphere , and at a pressure of more than fifteen pounds on the square inch ; so that when a vacuum was formed ...
... hole in the centre of which the piston rod worked air - tight . The force of steam was then substituted for that of the atmosphere , and at a pressure of more than fifteen pounds on the square inch ; so that when a vacuum was formed ...
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... Evans , which acted on the high - pressure principle to one hun- dred and fifty pounds an inch . He had worked one hundred and sixty , but one hundred and the steam being blown through the hole , would put 78 Steam Navigation .
... Evans , which acted on the high - pressure principle to one hun- dred and fifty pounds an inch . He had worked one hundred and sixty , but one hundred and the steam being blown through the hole , would put 78 Steam Navigation .
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... hole , would put out the fire . Besides giving the signal of what was wanted , it would at once put an end to the cause of danger . - Considered that the mer- curial gauge acted as a safety - valve , which could not be stopped or put ...
... hole , would put out the fire . Besides giving the signal of what was wanted , it would at once put an end to the cause of danger . - Considered that the mer- curial gauge acted as a safety - valve , which could not be stopped or put ...
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... hole should be previously bored in the bottom , rivetted by a piece of lead , so that the lead would remain perfectly secure as long as it was covered with water ; but , the mo- ment the water left it , the lead would melt , and Mr ...
... hole should be previously bored in the bottom , rivetted by a piece of lead , so that the lead would remain perfectly secure as long as it was covered with water ; but , the mo- ment the water left it , the lead would melt , and Mr ...
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Page 167 - ... by enclosing it in a case of wood, or any other materials that transmit heat slowly; secondly, by surrounding it with steam or other heated bodies...
Page 25 - Committee appointed to inquire how far it may be practicable .to compel persons using Steam Engines and Furnaces in their* different works, to erect them in a manner less prejudicial to public health and public comfort...
Page 53 - Orders of The House, examined the matters to them referred; and have agreed to the following REPORT...
Page 46 - 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 9 - 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 feet high.
Page 10 - He showed us his invention of writing, which was very ingenious ; also his wooden kalendar, which instructed him all by feeling ; and other pretty and useful inventions of mills, pumps, &c., and the pump he had erected that serves water to his garden, and to passengers, with an inscription, and brings from a filthy part of the Thames near it a most perfect and pure water.
Page 169 - ... the valves successively to give a circular motion to the wheel; the valves opening in the direction in which the weights are pressed, but not in the contrary. As the...
Page 41 - She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river when she was making her passage. The first...
Page 98 - That the inspector shall examine such safety-valves, and shall certify what is the pressure at which such safetyvalves shall open, which pressure shall not exceed onethird of that by which the boiler has been proved, nor one-sixth of that which by calculation it shall be reckoned able to sustain : — That a penalty shall be inflicted on any person placing additional weight on either of the safetyvalves. 4. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move the House, that leave be given to bring in...