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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Page xvi
... Distances from New York to different Parts of the World , in Geographical Miles Table of Latitude and Longitude of Places Table showing Time at different Places when it is 12 o'clock Noon at New York Table of Miles and Knots , Knots and ...
... Distances from New York to different Parts of the World , in Geographical Miles Table of Latitude and Longitude of Places Table showing Time at different Places when it is 12 o'clock Noon at New York Table of Miles and Knots , Knots and ...
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... distance that the steam follows the piston before being cut off ; the quotient will be the expansion the steam under- goes . Then find in the expansion column , in the following table , the number corresponding to it ; take the ...
... distance that the steam follows the piston before being cut off ; the quotient will be the expansion the steam under- goes . Then find in the expansion column , in the following table , the number corresponding to it ; take the ...
Page 70
... distance . The advantage of the latter over the former consists in the saving of fuel ; which may be explained as follows : If steam be applied the full length of the stroke , the average press- ure will be as the pressure per square ...
... distance . The advantage of the latter over the former consists in the saving of fuel ; which may be explained as follows : If steam be applied the full length of the stroke , the average press- ure will be as the pressure per square ...
Page 95
... distance used for the packing - ring be- tween the piston and the follower is so small that it leaves a large amount of the junk - ring for a bearing , or a wearing surface on the lower side of the cylinder in the horizontal engine ...
... distance used for the packing - ring be- tween the piston and the follower is so small that it leaves a large amount of the junk - ring for a bearing , or a wearing surface on the lower side of the cylinder in the horizontal engine ...
Page 106
... distance ; but , great as have been the improvements effected in marine engines to this end , much yet remains to be accomplished , as while the consumption of fuel has been reduced , by working steam more expansively in vessels of ...
... distance ; but , great as have been the improvements effected in marine engines to this end , much yet remains to be accomplished , as while the consumption of fuel has been reduced , by working steam more expansively in vessels of ...
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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