The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for the Use of Engineering Students and Officers of the Royal Navy |
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... than 10,000 tons , and capable of being driven at speeds of sixteen to eighteen knots per hour by engines developing more than 10,000 indicated horse power . Side - lever engine .-- The propeller used in the 2 THE MARINE STEAM - ENGINE .
... than 10,000 tons , and capable of being driven at speeds of sixteen to eighteen knots per hour by engines developing more than 10,000 indicated horse power . Side - lever engine .-- The propeller used in the 2 THE MARINE STEAM - ENGINE .
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... horse power was 220 , but the engines were capable of being worked up to 400 I.H.P. , or 18 times the nominal power . The load on the safety valves was 4 lbs . per square inch , and the number of revolutions per minute when working at full ...
... horse power was 220 , but the engines were capable of being worked up to 400 I.H.P. , or 18 times the nominal power . The load on the safety valves was 4 lbs . per square inch , and the number of revolutions per minute when working at full ...
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... power trial under forced draught , made on June 13 , 1885 , was 11,200 , and in the armour - clad ships ' Renown ' and ' Sanspareil ' now building , the guaranteed minimum indicated horse - power is 12,000 . CHAPTER II . WORK AND ...
... power trial under forced draught , made on June 13 , 1885 , was 11,200 , and in the armour - clad ships ' Renown ' and ' Sanspareil ' now building , the guaranteed minimum indicated horse - power is 12,000 . CHAPTER II . WORK AND ...
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... power of the machinery . Steam blast . The most common plan adopted for forcing the draught in marine boilers is by ... horse - power in these engines , if compound , at 20 pounds per hour , the steam expended in the jet to pro- duce the ...
... power of the machinery . Steam blast . The most common plan adopted for forcing the draught in marine boilers is by ... horse - power in these engines , if compound , at 20 pounds per hour , the steam expended in the jet to pro- duce the ...
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... power , about 30 pounds of coal are burnt per hour , and 10 indicated horse - power developed , per square foot of fire - grate . If these boilers are fitted with superheaters and the engines with surface condensers , as has generally ...
... power , about 30 pounds of coal are burnt per hour , and 10 indicated horse - power developed , per square foot of fire - grate . If these boilers are fitted with superheaters and the engines with surface condensers , as has generally ...
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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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