The Steam Engine: Its Origin and Gradual Improvement, from the Time of Hero to the Present Day; as Adapted to Manufactures, Locomotion and Navigation, Volume 1D. Appleton & Company, 1840 - 254 pages |
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... securing his invention by patent ; and at no period of his life was he possessed of the self - confidence necessary to bring his dis- coveries before those whose patronage or assistance might enable him to carry his designs into ...
... securing his invention by patent ; and at no period of his life was he possessed of the self - confidence necessary to bring his dis- coveries before those whose patronage or assistance might enable him to carry his designs into ...
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... securing to himself the grant of the exclusive privilege of the State of New - York . The Stevens ' , however , although deprived of the waters of New - York , sent their vessel round by sea to the Delaware , where they imme- diately ...
... securing to himself the grant of the exclusive privilege of the State of New - York . The Stevens ' , however , although deprived of the waters of New - York , sent their vessel round by sea to the Delaware , where they imme- diately ...
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... securing the work . FIG . 2. An end view of the pump , showing the method of fixing the working barrel a to the standard b , by means of the screws dd ; the gland of the stuffing box being secured by means of the screw e e . FIGS . 3 ...
... securing the work . FIG . 2. An end view of the pump , showing the method of fixing the working barrel a to the standard b , by means of the screws dd ; the gland of the stuffing box being secured by means of the screw e e . FIGS . 3 ...
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... securing the cap and its brass to the body of the plumber - block , which are also secured by the nuts h h , which act as the nuts ff , thus rendering any motion very unlikely ; nn , two keys which bear against the lateral faces of a ...
... securing the cap and its brass to the body of the plumber - block , which are also secured by the nuts h h , which act as the nuts ff , thus rendering any motion very unlikely ; nn , two keys which bear against the lateral faces of a ...
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... securing the cap . ff , two strengthening webs . gg , two flanges for the purpose of securing the plumber - block more steadily to the frame . hh , lugs for the retaining bolts . kkk , bosses cast on the flanges for the bolt - heads to ...
... securing the cap . ff , two strengthening webs . gg , two flanges for the purpose of securing the plumber - block more steadily to the frame . hh , lugs for the retaining bolts . kkk , bosses cast on the flanges for the bolt - heads to ...
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air-pump applied arrangement atmospheric engine attached beam boats boiler Bolton bolts bottom calculations camb centre chimney cistern coal cock condenser connecting rod connecting-rod construction crank cross-head cubic feet cut-off cylinder DIAG Diam diameter dimensions driving wheels eccentric elastic force elevation entablature equal expansive experiments fire grate flanges flues fly-wheel foot high force of steam friction fuel heat horse power improved inches of mercury invention iron Length of stroke lever load locomotive engine machine mean effective pressure means mercury method miles per hour motion nearly New-York paddle wheel patent pipe piston piston-rod PLATE poppet valve pounds pump purpose quantity radius raising water revolutions per minute rule safety valve shaft showing slide socket speed spindle square inch steam engine Steamboat strokes per minute surface temperature tion tube vacuum valve-case vapour velocity versed sine vessel Watt Watt's weight
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Page 50 - I mentioned it to my friend Dr. Black, who then explained to me his doctrine of latent heat, which he had taught for some time before this period, (summer 1764,) but having myself been occupied with the pursuits of business, if I had heard of it, I had not attended to it, when I thus stumbled upon one of the material facts by which that beautiful theory is supported.
Page 33 - 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 18 - ... which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three...
Page 18 - 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 refill 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 54 - 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...
Page 53 - My method of lessening the consumption of steam, and consequently fuel in fire engines, consists of the following principles : first, that vessel in which the powers of steam are to be employed to work the engine, which is called the cylinder in common fire engines, and which I call the steam vessel, must, during the whole time the engine is at work, be kept as hot as the steam...
Page 18 - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...
Page 53 - I call the steam vessel, must, during the whole time the engine is at work, be kept as hot as the steam that enters it; first by enclosing it in a case of wood, or any other materials that transmit heat slowly; secondly, by surrounding it with steam or other heated...
Page 77 - The time will come when people will travel in stages, moved by steam engines, from one city to another, almost as fast as birds fly, fifteen or twenty miles an hour.
Page 21 - Marquis of Worcester. It raises water more than forty geometrical feet, by the power of one man only; and in a very short space of time will draw up four vessels of water through a tube or channel not more than a span in width...