Stuart's Descriptive History of the Steam EngineWhittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1829 - 249 pages |
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... importance on every circumstance connected with the construction and history of that magnificent mechanism . Several treatises of great merit , describing parti- cular engines , have been long before the public ; but in none of them has ...
... importance on every circumstance connected with the construction and history of that magnificent mechanism . Several treatises of great merit , describing parti- cular engines , have been long before the public ; but in none of them has ...
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... importance are to a degree extravagant , resembling more the puff of an advertising tradesman , than the patriotic communications of a gentleman . He was indeed a projector . " Robison , Ency . Brit . art . Steam Engine . Mr ...
... importance are to a degree extravagant , resembling more the puff of an advertising tradesman , than the patriotic communications of a gentleman . He was indeed a projector . " Robison , Ency . Brit . art . Steam Engine . Mr ...
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... importance is not so great as to induce us to devote more than one to its illustration . This Fire En- gine consists of a wheel , whose diameter is divided into four concentric circular compartments , or rings . The outermost circle is ...
... importance is not so great as to induce us to devote more than one to its illustration . This Fire En- gine consists of a wheel , whose diameter is divided into four concentric circular compartments , or rings . The outermost circle is ...
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... importance , may rank next to the Steam Engine itself . It is true , that in the Pro- fessor's time , Papin's mode of transmitting power and motion to great distances was not applied to any use- ful purpose ; but it has recently been ...
... importance , may rank next to the Steam Engine itself . It is true , that in the Pro- fessor's time , Papin's mode of transmitting power and motion to great distances was not applied to any use- ful purpose ; but it has recently been ...
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... importance of Savery's ma- chine , as developing a power alone capable of pre- serving a vast property from ruinous deterioration through the accumulating difficulties of an extend- ing and necessary drainage , were a Thomas Newco- men ...
... importance of Savery's ma- chine , as developing a power alone capable of pre- serving a vast property from ruinous deterioration through the accumulating difficulties of an extend- ing and necessary drainage , were a Thomas Newco- men ...
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admitted affusion air-pump apparatus applied Arthur Woolfe Atmospheric Engine attached axis beam boiler bottom cistern cock cold water communication condense the steam condensing Engine construction contrivance counterpoise crank Desaguliers diameter elasticity Elector of Hesse employed engraving equal erected expansion experiment feet Figure filled fire fixed fly-wheel Furnace gine heat honour horizontal Hornblower improvements inches ingenious injection invention inventor Jacob Perkins James Watt Jonathan Hornblower lever lever-beam London machine machinery Marquis Marquis of Worcester Matthew Murray means mechanism mode moving Newcomen operation Papin parallel motion patent pipe piston piston-rod placed plug-frame pounds pounds weight pressure prevent produced pump quantity raising water receiver reservoir revolve Richard Trevithick Robison Rotative engine Rotatory engine Savery Savery's Engine Saving fuel scheme shewn side Steam Engine steam piston Steam wheel steam-boat steam-tight stroke tappets tion Trevithick valve vapour vessel Watt Watt's weight
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Page 112 - ... it in a case of wood, or any other materials that transmit heat slowly ; secondly, by surrounding it with s.team or other heated bodies ; and, thirdly, by suffering neither water, nor any other substance colder than the steam, to enter or touch it during that time.
Page 194 - ... up almost to the last moment of his existence, not only the full command of his extraordinary intellect, but all the alacrity of spirit, and the social gaiety which had illuminated his happiest days.
Page 15 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Page 81 - 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 12 - 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 touchhole ; and making a constant fire under it, within twenty-four hours it burst and made a great crack...
Page 192 - By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it.
Page 97 - 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 193 - This will be the fame of Watt with future generations; and it is sufficient for his race and his country. But to those to whom he more immediately belonged, who lived in his society and enjoyed his conversation, it is not, perhaps, the character in which he will be most frequently recalled, — most deeply lamented, — or even most highly admired.
Page 194 - ... used to address his younger friends, that was always felt by them as an endearing mark of his kindness and familiarity, — and prized accordingly, far beyond all the solemn compliments that ever proceeded from the lips of authority. His voice was deep and powerful, — though he commonly spoke in a low and somewhat monotonous tone, which harmonized admirably with the weight and brevity of his observations ; and set off...
Page 193 - 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...