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Page ix
... obtaining a general knowledge of the machinery of ships which they may have to command . During my period of service as Instructor and Lecturer in Marine Engineering at the Royal Naval College , and also since that time in instructing ...
... obtaining a general knowledge of the machinery of ships which they may have to command . During my period of service as Instructor and Lecturer in Marine Engineering at the Royal Naval College , and also since that time in instructing ...
Page x
... thus to supply a want that has long been felt . In preparing the chapters on the properties of steam , much assistance has been obtained from the valuable treatise of Professor Cotterill on the steam - engine , X PREFACE .
... thus to supply a want that has long been felt . In preparing the chapters on the properties of steam , much assistance has been obtained from the valuable treatise of Professor Cotterill on the steam - engine , X PREFACE .
Page 10
... obtain speeds at least 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 ...
... obtain speeds at least 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 ...
Page 17
... obtained , it is usually adopted . Messrs . Humphrys , Ten- nant , & Co. have almost always employed this plan even for horizontal engines , being satisfied with a shorter con- necting - rod than may be obtained with the other types ...
... obtained , it is usually adopted . Messrs . Humphrys , Ten- nant , & Co. have almost always employed this plan even for horizontal engines , being satisfied with a shorter con- necting - rod than may be obtained with the other types ...
Page 19
... obtaining sound castings of large size , and this led to what is known as the three - cylinder compound engine , which is simply a modification of the ordinary two- cylinder compound engine . Vertical engines . - The vertical type of ...
... obtaining sound castings of large size , and this led to what is known as the three - cylinder compound engine , which is simply a modification of the ordinary two- cylinder compound engine . Vertical engines . - The vertical type of ...
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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.