The Engineer's Handy-book: Containing a Full Explanation of the Steam-engine Indicator, and Its Use and Advantages to Engineers and Steam Users. With Formulæ for Estimating the Power of All Classes of Steam-engines; Also, Facts, Figures, Questions, and Tables for Engineers who Wish to Qualify Themselves for the United States Navy, the Revenue Service, the Mercantile Marine, Or to Take Charge of the Better Class of Stationary Steam-engines. With Illustrations |
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... Inch to 300 Pounds , and the Quantity of Steam produced from 1 Cubic Foot of Water , according to Pressure 81 Table showing the Steam Pressure in Pounds per Gauge ; the Abso- lute Pressure in Pounds and Inches of Mercury ; the ...
... Inch to 300 Pounds , and the Quantity of Steam produced from 1 Cubic Foot of Water , according to Pressure 81 Table showing the Steam Pressure in Pounds per Gauge ; the Abso- lute Pressure in Pounds and Inches of Mercury ; the ...
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... Inches of Mercury and Pounds Pressure per Square Inch AIR - PUMPS • THE SALINOMETER Table showing Proportion of Salt in Water of different Seas Table showing Boiling - Point of Salt Water at different Degrees of Density , when the ...
... Inches of Mercury and Pounds Pressure per Square Inch AIR - PUMPS • THE SALINOMETER Table showing Proportion of Salt in Water of different Seas Table showing Boiling - Point of Salt Water at different Degrees of Density , when the ...
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... inches ; this squared equals 900 inches . Then the weight of 1 cubic foot of water is to 1 cubic foot of water as ... mercury be 14 and that of iron 7. How far would a cubic foot of iron sink into the mercury ? Answer . One - half of its ...
... inches ; this squared equals 900 inches . Then the weight of 1 cubic foot of water is to 1 cubic foot of water as ... mercury be 14 and that of iron 7. How far would a cubic foot of iron sink into the mercury ? Answer . One - half of its ...
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... mercury be in a vacuum , the pressure of steam due to a temperature of 212 ° Fah . will equal 30 inches , and for a pressure due to a temperature of 250 ° Fah . it will equal 60 inches ; but if the mercury be exposed to the atmosphere ...
... mercury be in a vacuum , the pressure of steam due to a temperature of 212 ° Fah . will equal 30 inches , and for a pressure due to a temperature of 250 ° Fah . it will equal 60 inches ; but if the mercury be exposed to the atmosphere ...
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... INCHES OF MERCURY . ELASTIC FORCE IN Pressure above Inches of Mercury . Pounds per Atmosphere . Square Inch . Temper- ature . Volume . Velocity of Escape . • 200 * 098 32 ° 187407 • 221 • 108 35 170267 • 263 • 129 40 144529 316 • 155 45 ...
... INCHES OF MERCURY . ELASTIC FORCE IN Pressure above Inches of Mercury . Pounds per Atmosphere . Square Inch . Temper- ature . Volume . Velocity of Escape . • 200 * 098 32 ° 187407 • 221 • 108 35 170267 • 263 • 129 40 144529 316 • 155 45 ...
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adjustment air-pump amount angles applied atmosphere Automatic Cut-Off Engine bed-plate belt boiler causes centre clearance coal compound connected connecting-rod Corliss Engine crank crank-pin crank-shaft cross-head Cube cubic foot cubic inches cylinder diagram diameter divide eccentric equal exhaust expansion feet per minute fly-wheel friction fuel give governor high-pressure horse-power INCHES OF MERCURY indicator indicator diagrams injector iron latent heat length lever lift locomotive low-pressure marine engines mean effective pressure mechanical motion move multiply number of revolutions opening pillow-block pipe piston piston-rod point of cut-off port pressure in pounds pressure of steam proportion pump quantity quotient revolutions per minute Rule for finding safety-valve salinometer screw shaft side slide-valve specific gravity speed square inch steam steam-boilers steam-chest steam-engines steam-valve stroke surface surface condenser TABLE SHOWING temperature term tion tube vacuum valve valve-gear valve-rod valve-stem velocity vertical weight