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... round ; it not being possible that it should receive its movements from the current of the river , as in many other places where the rivers never vary in their course . " ( 6 Nothing can be more satisfactory , " says Mr. Stuart , " than ...
... round ; it not being possible that it should receive its movements from the current of the river , as in many other places where the rivers never vary in their course . " ( 6 Nothing can be more satisfactory , " says Mr. Stuart , " than ...
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... round its bottom in the water , encloses the lower end of the sucking pipe , to keep away dirt and obstructions ; x , a cistern with a buoy - cock coming from the force - pipe , so as it shall always be kept filled with cold water ; y ...
... round its bottom in the water , encloses the lower end of the sucking pipe , to keep away dirt and obstructions ; x , a cistern with a buoy - cock coming from the force - pipe , so as it shall always be kept filled with cold water ; y ...
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... round its edges , and made of hemp or leather well - lubricated . The friction , however , of the piston and working - beam was of so considerable an amount , that it detracted much from the working capabilities of the engine . The bad ...
... round its edges , and made of hemp or leather well - lubricated . The friction , however , of the piston and working - beam was of so considerable an amount , that it detracted much from the working capabilities of the engine . The bad ...
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... round the hill there rippled a small stream . Bolton , with the quick perception which distinguished him as a man of business , saw at once the superior advantages which it held out as the site of a manufactory for the fabrication of ...
... round the hill there rippled a small stream . Bolton , with the quick perception which distinguished him as a man of business , saw at once the superior advantages which it held out as the site of a manufactory for the fabrication of ...
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... round the lower part of the spindle of the piston a spiral spring is coiled , one end of which is fixed to the piston , the other to a small bracket . The upper side of the piston is open to the air , the lower is open to the cylinder ...
... round the lower part of the spindle of the piston a spiral spring is coiled , one end of which is fixed to the piston , the other to a small bracket . The upper side of the piston is open to the air , the lower is open to the cylinder ...
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The Steam-Engine ... Fourth Edition. [With Illustrations.] Robert Scott Burn Affichage du livre entier - 1865 |
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acting action admitted adopted allowed amount applied arrangement atmosphere attached beam boiler bottom carried centre closed cock cold communication condenser connected connecting-rod considerable construction containing continued contrivance cover crank cylinder described diagram diameter direction disc drawing effect employed engine equal expansion experiments feet fire fitted fixed force furnace give given heat illustrative improvement inches increased interior introduced invention known lever locomotive lower machine matter means mechanism method motion moved notice obtained operation ordinary passing patent perfect period pipe piston piston-rod placed plate port portion practical present presses pressure principle produced projections pump quantity raised receiver regulator round shaft showing shown side space steam steam-engine stroke success supply surface taken termed tion tubes turned upper vacuum valve vessel Watt weight wheel whole
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Page 57 - He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and a vein of temperate jocularity, which gave infinite zest and effect to the condensed and inexhaustible information which formed its main staple and characteristic. There was a little air of affected testiness, and a tone of pretended rebuke and contradiction, with which he used to...
Page 6 - I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three quarters full of water, stopping and screwing up the broken end, as also the touch-hole ; and making a constant fire under it, within twenty-four hours it burst, and made a great crack...
Page 31 - Papin's digester, and formed a species of steam-engine by fixing upon it a syringe, one-third of an inch diameter, with a solid piston, and furnished also with a cock to admit the steam from the digester, or shut it off at pleasure, as well as to open a communication from the inside of the syringe to the open air, by which the steam contained in the syringe might escape. When the communication between the digester and syringe was opened, the steam entered the syringe, and by its action upon the piston...
Page 57 - ... known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted too with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians, or criticising the measures or the...
Page 187 - Drawing Book (The Illustrated). Comprising a Complete Introduction to Drawing and Perspective ; with Instructions for Etching on Copper or Steel, &c. &c. By ROBERT SCOTT BURN. Illustrated with above 300 Subjects for Study in every branch of Art. Demy 8vo, cloth, *t.
Page 163 - 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 57 - It is needless to say that with those vast resources his conversation was at all times rich and instructive in no ordinary degree. But it was, if possible, still more pleasing than wise, and had all the charms of familiarity, with all the substantial treasures of knowledge. No man could be more social in his spirit, less assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. He rather liked to talk — at least in his latter years.
Page 187 - We can have no hesitation in giving it as our opinion, that this is the most elaborate and successful undertaking of the kind which has ever appeared.
Page 7 - ... 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 ; one vessel of •water rarified by fire, driveth up forty of cold water.
Page 48 - Having made my reciprocating engines very regular in their movements, I considered how to produce rotative motions from them in the best manner ; and amongst various schemes which were subjected to trial, or which passed through my mind, none appeared so likely to answer the purpose as the application of the crank in the manner of the common turning lathe (an invention of great merit, of which the humble inventor, and even its era, are unknown).