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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... coal consumed and the water necessary to condense the steam must be 5 times as great as they would be , if the heat were all sensible instead of latent , which , it will be observed , very materially affects the econ- omy of the steam ...
... coal consumed and the water necessary to condense the steam must be 5 times as great as they would be , if the heat were all sensible instead of latent , which , it will be observed , very materially affects the econ- omy of the steam ...
Page 104
... coal contains within itself a certain amount of work stored up , and ready to rush out under the necessary surround- ings , as in the case of a compressed spring set free . The supply of a given weight of coal to the furnace of a steam ...
... coal contains within itself a certain amount of work stored up , and ready to rush out under the necessary surround- ings , as in the case of a compressed spring set free . The supply of a given weight of coal to the furnace of a steam ...
Page 105
... coal , in units of heat ......... Deduct heat equivalent to weight of 1,400,000 ashes .. 200,000 Total heat in one hundred lbs . of an- thracite coal ....... 1,200,000 100 Carried off by hot gases in chimney ... 200,000 163 Available to ...
... coal , in units of heat ......... Deduct heat equivalent to weight of 1,400,000 ashes .. 200,000 Total heat in one hundred lbs . of an- thracite coal ....... 1,200,000 100 Carried off by hot gases in chimney ... 200,000 163 Available to ...
Page 106
... coal . The cost of an indicated horse - power , by the lbs . of coal per hour nearly . figures , would be 2 To mitigate as far as possible the foregoing losses , the surface- condenser and boiler arrangements should be designed so as to ...
... coal . The cost of an indicated horse - power , by the lbs . of coal per hour nearly . figures , would be 2 To mitigate as far as possible the foregoing losses , the surface- condenser and boiler arrangements should be designed so as to ...
Page 109
... engines 2 lbs . of coal will develop a horse - power ; but the want of reliable data to the contrary would warrant the assertion that 3 lbs . of I put diivani ail F A E B K G 10 THE ENGINEER'S HANDY - BOOK . 109 COMPOUND ENGINES.
... engines 2 lbs . of coal will develop a horse - power ; but the want of reliable data to the contrary would warrant the assertion that 3 lbs . of I put diivani ail F A E B K G 10 THE ENGINEER'S HANDY - BOOK . 109 COMPOUND ENGINES.
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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