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Page 8
... equal cylinders side by side , the piston - rods from the two cylinders being connected to a single cross- head . In order to get sufficient length of connecting - rod , the crosshead was of peculiar form and passed down between the ...
... equal cylinders side by side , the piston - rods from the two cylinders being connected to a single cross- head . In order to get sufficient length of connecting - rod , the crosshead was of peculiar form and passed down between the ...
Page 10
... equal to those with the paddle - wheel , when the engines were working at about the same power . The Admiralty , in 1843 , caused some important experiments to be carried out with the screw ship ' Rattler ' and the paddle - wheel vessel ...
... equal to those with the paddle - wheel , when the engines were working at about the same power . The Admiralty , in 1843 , caused some important experiments to be carried out with the screw ship ' Rattler ' and the paddle - wheel vessel ...
Page 27
... equal to 2,240 inch - pounds or 2240 foot - pounds . The work of lifting one ton one foot is one foot - ton , and so on . It will be seen that the different terms used are self- explanatory and are convertible one to another . The foot ...
... equal to 2,240 inch - pounds or 2240 foot - pounds . The work of lifting one ton one foot is one foot - ton , and so on . It will be seen that the different terms used are self- explanatory and are convertible one to another . The foot ...
Page 32
... equal to the raising of 772 lbs . one foot high . In honour of the discoverer this important constant , 772 ... equal parts , the effects of those parts in causing mechanical work to be performed are equal . The second law of thermo ...
... equal to the raising of 772 lbs . one foot high . In honour of the discoverer this important constant , 772 ... equal parts , the effects of those parts in causing mechanical work to be performed are equal . The second law of thermo ...
Page 33
... equal parts , the effects of those parts in causing work to be performed are equal . By absolute temperature is meant the temperature measured from the absolute zero of the air thermometer , which is 461 ° below the ordinary zero in ...
... equal parts , the effects of those parts in causing work to be performed are equal . By absolute temperature is meant the temperature measured from the absolute zero of the air thermometer , which is 461 ° below the ordinary zero in ...
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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.