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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... consequently destroyed an equal proportion of the power of the engine . The mode of condensing the steam , by the application of cold water to the outside of the condenser , was soon found inconvenient from the great size and expense at ...
... consequently destroyed an equal proportion of the power of the engine . The mode of condensing the steam , by the application of cold water to the outside of the condenser , was soon found inconvenient from the great size and expense at ...
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... consequently diminished . The advantages attendant on this mode of admitting steam , are however greater in a high - pressure engine than in those usually constructed by Messrs . Boulton and Watt . It does not appear that Mr. Watt ...
... consequently diminished . The advantages attendant on this mode of admitting steam , are however greater in a high - pressure engine than in those usually constructed by Messrs . Boulton and Watt . It does not appear that Mr. Watt ...
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... consequently 647,100,000 tons in eighteen hours , which surpasses the produce of labour spent in raising the materials of the great pyramid . STEAM NAVIGATION . CHAP . III . Introduction and Improvements OF THE STEAM ENGINE . 45.
... consequently 647,100,000 tons in eighteen hours , which surpasses the produce of labour spent in raising the materials of the great pyramid . STEAM NAVIGATION . CHAP . III . Introduction and Improvements OF THE STEAM ENGINE . 45.
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... consequently , we find that steam - boats of great burden are now constructed . In America , more particularly , these boats usually run from three to four hundred tons burden , the great width of their rivers rendering vessels of this ...
... consequently , we find that steam - boats of great burden are now constructed . In America , more particularly , these boats usually run from three to four hundred tons burden , the great width of their rivers rendering vessels of this ...
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... consequently of lower temperature than the water above the flue : thereby causing the upper part of the boiler to expand in a greater ratio than the under part of the boiler . For steam navigation , would recommend a wrought - iron ...
... consequently of lower temperature than the water above the flue : thereby causing the upper part of the boiler to expand in a greater ratio than the under part of the boiler . For steam navigation , would recommend a wrought - iron ...
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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...