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 Descriptive History of the Steam Engine - Page 80de Robert Stuart - 1824 - 228 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| John Robison - 1822 - 766 pages
...species of steam-engine by fixing upon it a syringe one-third of an inch diameter, with a solid, phton, and furnished also with a cock to admit the steam...steam contained in the syringe might escape. When th« communication between the digester and syringe was opened, the steam entered the syringe, and... | |
| John Robison - 1822 - 766 pages
...upon it a syringe one-third of an inch diameter, with a solid piston, and furnished also with a cork to admit the steam from the digester, or shut it off...syringe might escape. When the communication between the digester and syringe was opened, tha steam entered the syringe, and by its action upon the piston raised... | |
| John Robison - 1822 - 736 pages
...Papin's digester, aud 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 digesUr, or shut it oil' at pleuure, as well as to open a communication from the iuside of the syringe... | |
| 1825 - 490 pages
...steam in Papin's digester, and formed a species of steam engine, by fixing upon it a syringe one-third of an inch in diameter, with a solid piston, and furnished also with a cock to admit the •team from the digester, or shut it off at pleasure, as well a* to open a communication from the... | |
| Elijah Galloway - 1826 - 250 pages
...Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. Robison at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the...syringe might escape. When the communication between the cylinder and digester was opened, the steam entered the syringe, and, by its action upon the piston,... | |
| Luke Herbert - 1826 - 408 pages
...on his going abroad." " In 1761 or 1762 I made some experiments on the force of steam in a Pa pin's digester, and formed a species of steam engine, by...might escape. When the communicatio'n between the cylinder and digester was opened, the steam entered the syringe, and, by its action upon the piston,... | |
| Elijah Galloway - 1828 - 236 pages
...of applying the power of the steam engine to the moving of wheel carnages, and to other purposes 5 but the scheme was not matured, and was soon abandoned...syringe might escape. When the communication between the cylinder and digester was opened, the steam entered the syringe, and, by its action upon the piston,... | |
| Elijah Galloway - 1829 - 890 pages
...Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. Robison at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the...syringe might escape. When the communication between the cylinder and digester was opened, the steam entered the syringe, and, by its action upon the piston,... | |
| Luke Hebert - 1835 - 938 pages
...steam-engine, by fixing upon it a r'nge, one-third of an inch in diameter, with a solid piston, and furnished with a cock to admit the steam from the digester, or shut it off at pleasure, as well es to open a communication from the inside of the syringe to the open air, by which the steam contained... | |
| Luke Hebert - 1836 - 942 pages
...in s Pupin's Digester, and formed a species of steam-engine, by fixing upon it a syringe, one-third of an inch in diameter, with a solid piston, and furnished...communication from the inside of the syringe to the opeu air, by which the steam contained in the syringe might escape. When the communication between... | |
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