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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... expansion curve , it means that it correctly represents at all points the pressure due both to the volume and the ... curve , but which , though infinitely extended , would never meet it . The clearance and vacuum lines of a diagram are ...
... expansion curve , it means that it correctly represents at all points the pressure due both to the volume and the ... curve , but which , though infinitely extended , would never meet it . The clearance and vacuum lines of a diagram are ...
Page 264
... diagram means that that end was taken from the bottom end of the cylinder . A. B. or Aba . is understood to stand ... expansion curve begins , as shown at C , explanatory diagram No. 1 , page 291. The point of contrary flexure 264 THE ...
... diagram means that that end was taken from the bottom end of the cylinder . A. B. or Aba . is understood to stand ... expansion curve begins , as shown at C , explanatory diagram No. 1 , page 291. The point of contrary flexure 264 THE ...
Page 265
... expansion curve , it means that such a curve repre- sents correctly the expansion or compression of the steam when the temperature is uniform . L. P. cyl . means low - pressure cylinder . The term Ordinates means the vertical lines ...
... expansion curve , it means that such a curve repre- sents correctly the expansion or compression of the steam when the temperature is uniform . L. P. cyl . means low - pressure cylinder . The term Ordinates means the vertical lines ...
Page 271
... diagram may be classed under three heads . 1. Those relating to the condition of the engine , such as its construction , adjustment , etc. 2. The mean or average ... expansion line or curve . like that of THE ENGINEER'S HANDY - BOOK . 271.
... diagram may be classed under three heads . 1. Those relating to the condition of the engine , such as its construction , adjustment , etc. 2. The mean or average ... expansion line or curve . like that of THE ENGINEER'S HANDY - BOOK . 271.
Page 272
... expansion line or curve . like that of the cut - off , may be flexure , or that point where the expansion line begins to change the direction of its curvature . DE is the exhaust line . It com- D is the point of exhaust , which ...
... expansion line or curve . like that of the cut - off , may be flexure , or that point where the expansion line begins to change the direction of its curvature . DE is the exhaust line . It com- D is the point of exhaust , which ...
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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