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... cylinder engine . - One of the first of the direct - acting engines was Maudslay's double - cylinder engine , a section of which is shown in Fig . 2. It con- sisted of two equal cylinders side by side , the piston - rods from the two ...
... cylinder engine . - One of the first of the direct - acting engines was Maudslay's double - cylinder engine , a section of which is shown in Fig . 2. It con- sisted of two equal cylinders side by side , the piston - rods from the two ...
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... cylinder compound engine , which is simply a modification of the ordinary two- cylinder compound engine . Vertical engines . - The vertical type of engine , with cylinders at the top and crankshaft below , was adopted for merchant ships ...
... cylinder compound engine , which is simply a modification of the ordinary two- cylinder compound engine . Vertical engines . - The vertical type of engine , with cylinders at the top and crankshaft below , was adopted for merchant ships ...
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... cylinders , so as to reduce the range of temperature in each cylinder . Engines on this system are usually known as triple expansion engines . They were first introduced by Mr. A. C. Kirk , senior partner in the firm of. 22 THE MARINE ...
... cylinders , so as to reduce the range of temperature in each cylinder . Engines on this system are usually known as triple expansion engines . They were first introduced by Mr. A. C. Kirk , senior partner in the firm of. 22 THE MARINE ...
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... cylinder , open at the top , in which a piston works steam - tight . The pressure on the water , which consists of ... cylinder , are shown . A B is the cylinder , and the piston c is kept on the surface of the water or steam by a total ...
... cylinder , open at the top , in which a piston works steam - tight . The pressure on the water , which consists of ... cylinder , are shown . A B is the cylinder , and the piston c is kept on the surface of the water or steam by a total ...
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... cylinder ; and the pressure during the expansion of the steam in the cylinder after its admission has been cut off . The action of the steam in the cylinder may be best explained by means of a diagram , in which the horizontal ordinates ...
... cylinder ; and the pressure during the expansion of the steam in the cylinder after its admission has been cut off . The action of the steam in the cylinder may be best explained by means of a diagram , in which the horizontal ordinates ...
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absolute pressure action air-pump angle arrangement atmosphere back pressure bilge blades brass cause centre coal cocks combustion compound engine connected crank crank-shaft curve diameter draught eccentric efficiency evaporation exhaust expansion valve Fahr feed feed-water feet fitted friction funnel furnaces gases gear gun-metal heating surface high-pressure cylinder hot-well hydrometer increased indicated horse-power indicator diagrams iron jacket Kingston valves latent heat length low-pressure cylinders machinery marine boilers marine engines metal motion necessary ordinary orifice paddle-wheel pass pipes piston plates port pounds per square pressure of steam prevent propeller pumps quantity rates of expansion reduced revolutions per minute Royal Navy safety-valves screw screw-propeller sea-water sensible heat shaft ship shown in Fig side slide slide-valve speed square inch steam pressure steam-pipes steel stokeholds stroke suction suitable superheated superheater surface condensers temperature thermal units total heat triple expansion engines tubes vertical weight
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Page 32 - ... the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water at its maximum density, one degree Fahr., can be made to perform work equal to the raising of 772 Ibs.