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 MechanicsJ. Taylor, 1826 - 300 pages |
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... coals burned in an engine on the old construction , would raise at least twenty thousand cubic feet of water twenty - four feet high ; an engine with a twenty - four inch cylinder doing the work of seventy - four horses . From this it ...
... coals burned in an engine on the old construction , would raise at least twenty thousand cubic feet of water twenty - four feet high ; an engine with a twenty - four inch cylinder doing the work of seventy - four horses . From this it ...
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... coal for the same period of time . To the mining interests this valuable present of Science to the Arts has been peculiarly accept- able ; as a large portion of our now most produc- tive mineral districts must long ere this have been ...
... coal for the same period of time . To the mining interests this valuable present of Science to the Arts has been peculiarly accept- able ; as a large portion of our now most produc- tive mineral districts must long ere this have been ...
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... coal converts about seven pounds of boiling water into steam ; and the time required to convert a given quantity of boiling water into steam , is six times that required to raise it from the freezing to the boiling point . To shew by ...
... coal converts about seven pounds of boiling water into steam ; and the time required to convert a given quantity of boiling water into steam , is six times that required to raise it from the freezing to the boiling point . To shew by ...
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... coals ; but Mr. Watt under- took to raise 24,553,571 pounds , with the same amount of fuel . The increasing depth of some of the larger works in the mining districts , has called for a proportionate increase of the power employed ; and ...
... coals ; but Mr. Watt under- took to raise 24,553,571 pounds , with the same amount of fuel . The increasing depth of some of the larger works in the mining districts , has called for a proportionate increase of the power employed ; and ...
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... coal per minute . In 1797 , the ingenious Mr. Cartwright , well known for the value and variety of his scientific avocations , invented a mode of applying the vapour of alcohol , or other ardent spirit , as a substitute for common steam ...
... coal per minute . In 1797 , the ingenious Mr. Cartwright , well known for the value and variety of his scientific avocations , invented a mode of applying the vapour of alcohol , or other ardent spirit , as a substitute for common steam ...
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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a ... Charles Frederick Partington Affichage du livre entier - 1822 |
An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a ... Charles Frederick Partington Affichage du livre entier - 1822 |
An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a ... Charles Frederick Partington Affichage du livre entier - 1822 |
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Page 287 - Orders of The House, examined the matters to them referred; and have agreed to the following REPORT...
Page 6 - 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 foot high : one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water.
Page 59 - 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 290 - 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 185 - ... vessel moves round, it is supplied with steam from the boiler, and that which has performed its office may either be discharged by means of condensers, or into the open air.
Page 56 - She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river when she was making her passage. The first...
Page 100 - Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move the House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill for enforcing such regulations as may be...
Page 287 - Metropolis, and to report their Observations thereupon ; together with the MINUTES of the EVIDENCE taken before them, from time to time, to the House...
Page 32 - Fourthly, I intend, in many cases, to employ the expansive force of steam to press on the pistons, or whatever may be used instead of them, in the, same manner as the pressure of the atmosphere is now employed in common fire-engines.
Page 258 - House, examined the matters to them referred; and have agreed to the following REPORT : YOUR Committee...