Journal of the Franklin InstitutePergamon Press, 1865 |
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Page 273
... combustion in situ , when once set alight , and supplied in proper air courses and galleries by downcast shafts with suitable volumes of air , they shall evolve at the mouths of upcasts immense volumes of hydro - carbon vapors , only ...
... combustion in situ , when once set alight , and supplied in proper air courses and galleries by downcast shafts with suitable volumes of air , they shall evolve at the mouths of upcasts immense volumes of hydro - carbon vapors , only ...
Page 287
... Combustion of Coal ; Erection of Engines ; Exhaustion of Steam ; Cut - offs ; Indicators ; Valves ; Scale ; Condensers , & c .; Management of Engines and Boilers at Sea , & c . " In addition to the merit of " literary " clearness ...
... Combustion of Coal ; Erection of Engines ; Exhaustion of Steam ; Cut - offs ; Indicators ; Valves ; Scale ; Condensers , & c .; Management of Engines and Boilers at Sea , & c . " In addition to the merit of " literary " clearness ...
Page 317
... combustion of any suitable fuel , to water contained in a close vessel , in such a manner as that evaporation may ensue , and that the vapor given off may be employed as a source of power or for other purposes ; and further , it must be ...
... combustion of any suitable fuel , to water contained in a close vessel , in such a manner as that evaporation may ensue , and that the vapor given off may be employed as a source of power or for other purposes ; and further , it must be ...
Page 318
... combustion economical , inasmuch as with it a considerable proportion of the heat evolved by the burning fuel , instead of being taken up by the water , is either absorbed by the brickwork of the flues or passes away uselessly by the ...
... combustion economical , inasmuch as with it a considerable proportion of the heat evolved by the burning fuel , instead of being taken up by the water , is either absorbed by the brickwork of the flues or passes away uselessly by the ...
Page 319
... combustion , the circulation will be slow , so that the quantity of water presented to the action of the fire in any given time will be exactly suited to its heat imparting power ; and that if the rapidity and intensity of the com ...
... combustion , the circulation will be slow , so that the quantity of water presented to the action of the fire in any given time will be exactly suited to its heat imparting power ; and that if the rapidity and intensity of the com ...
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