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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... Pressure of Steam at Various Points of Cut - Off Table of Constant Numbers by which to Ascertain the Average Press- ure of the Steam against the Piston for different Pressures and Points of Cut - Off , from to of the Stroke Table of ...
... Pressure of Steam at Various Points of Cut - Off Table of Constant Numbers by which to Ascertain the Average Press- ure of the Steam against the Piston for different Pressures and Points of Cut - Off , from to of the Stroke Table of ...
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... Steam Users. With Formulæ for Estimating the Power of All Classes of Steam ... Pressure per Square Inch AIR - PUMPS • THE SALINOMETER Table showing ... STEAM - ENGINE REGISTER SPRING- , MERCURY- , SYPHON- , AND VACUUM - GAUGES THE ...
... Steam Users. With Formulæ for Estimating the Power of All Classes of Steam ... Pressure per Square Inch AIR - PUMPS • THE SALINOMETER Table showing ... STEAM - ENGINE REGISTER SPRING- , MERCURY- , SYPHON- , AND VACUUM - GAUGES THE ...
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... Steam Users. With Formulæ for Estimating the Power of All Classes of Steam-engines; Also, Facts, Figures, Questions ... pressure remains unaltered , and so long as the temperature of a gas remains unaltered , its elastic pressure will ...
... Steam Users. With Formulæ for Estimating the Power of All Classes of Steam-engines; Also, Facts, Figures, Questions ... pressure remains unaltered , and so long as the temperature of a gas remains unaltered , its elastic pressure will ...
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... Steam Users. With Formulæ for Estimating the Power of All Classes of Steam-engines; Also, Facts, Figures, Questions ... pressure " steam , and " high pressure " is only low pressure steam compressed into a smaller space . Surcharged ...
... Steam Users. With Formulæ for Estimating the Power of All Classes of Steam-engines; Also, Facts, Figures, Questions ... pressure " steam , and " high pressure " is only low pressure steam compressed into a smaller space . Surcharged ...
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... STEAM AT A LOWER PRESSURE . PRESSURE ABOVE VELOCITY OF ESCAPE THE ATMOSPHERE . VELOCITY OF ESCAPE PER SECOND . PRESSURE ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE . PER SECOND . Pounds . 1 Feet . Pounds . Feet . 540 50 1736 2345 698 60 1777 814 70 1810 905 ...
... STEAM AT A LOWER PRESSURE . PRESSURE ABOVE VELOCITY OF ESCAPE THE ATMOSPHERE . VELOCITY OF ESCAPE PER SECOND . PRESSURE ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE . PER SECOND . Pounds . 1 Feet . Pounds . Feet . 540 50 1736 2345 698 60 1777 814 70 1810 905 ...
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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