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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... amount of useful information for students of mechanical engineering , arranged in a condensed form , and cannot fail to be a valuable acquisition to young engineers and me- chanics . JOHN W. HILL . E. Claxton & Co. Yonkers , N. Y. , Aug ...
... amount of useful information for students of mechanical engineering , arranged in a condensed form , and cannot fail to be a valuable acquisition to young engineers and me- chanics . JOHN W. HILL . E. Claxton & Co. Yonkers , N. Y. , Aug ...
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... Effluent Velocity with which Steam , at different Pressures , will Flow into the Atmosphere , or into Steam at a lower Pressure · 58 58 59 . 60 62 63 ****** 69 65 67 RULE FOR FINDING THE AMOUNT OF GAIN DERIVED FROM WORK- xi.
... Effluent Velocity with which Steam , at different Pressures , will Flow into the Atmosphere , or into Steam at a lower Pressure · 58 58 59 . 60 62 63 ****** 69 65 67 RULE FOR FINDING THE AMOUNT OF GAIN DERIVED FROM WORK- xi.
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... AMOUNT OF LAP AND LEAD ON A VALVE WITHOUT OPENING THE STEAM - CHEST , AND WHETHER IT IS EQUAL AT BOTH ENDS OR NOT ROCATIN 202 · . 203 : 205 214 218 Table showing the Amount of " Lap " required for Slide - Valves when the Steam is to be ...
... AMOUNT OF LAP AND LEAD ON A VALVE WITHOUT OPENING THE STEAM - CHEST , AND WHETHER IT IS EQUAL AT BOTH ENDS OR NOT ROCATIN 202 · . 203 : 205 214 218 Table showing the Amount of " Lap " required for Slide - Valves when the Steam is to be ...
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... amount of inventive genius that must have been devoted to its improve- ment . After the close of the Centennial they were taken down and removed to the builder's establishment , Providence , R. I. , where they remained until recently ...
... amount of inventive genius that must have been devoted to its improve- ment . After the close of the Centennial they were taken down and removed to the builder's establishment , Providence , R. I. , where they remained until recently ...
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... amount of property and the great number of valuable lives intrusted to their care , both on sea and land . But whenever any attempt is made to induce engineers to qualify themselves for their calling , the effort is met with the old ...
... amount of property and the great number of valuable lives intrusted to their care , both on sea and land . But whenever any attempt is made to induce engineers to qualify themselves for their calling , the effort is met with the old ...
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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