The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for the Use of Engineering Students and Officers of the Royal Navy |
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... PUMPING , WATERTIGHT , AND FIRE ARRANGE- 475 MENTS 516 XXVI . AUXILIARY MACHINERY AND FITTINGS 536 XXVII . CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MACHINERY 576 XXVIII . MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION 597 APPENDIX . PAGE 1. Theoretical Indicator ...
... PUMPING , WATERTIGHT , AND FIRE ARRANGE- 475 MENTS 516 XXVI . AUXILIARY MACHINERY AND FITTINGS 536 XXVII . CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MACHINERY 576 XXVIII . MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION 597 APPENDIX . PAGE 1. Theoretical Indicator ...
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... pump side rods being jointed to the opposite ends of the air - pump cross- head , to the centre of which the air - pump rod is secured . The piston - rod crosshead worked in vertical guides to insure parallelism , and the parallel ...
... pump side rods being jointed to the opposite ends of the air - pump cross- head , to the centre of which the air - pump rod is secured . The piston - rod crosshead worked in vertical guides to insure parallelism , and the parallel ...
Page 122
... pumps when the engines are stopped , and enable them to be examined if necessary . An additional non - return valve is usually fitted in the delivery pipe of each feed pump to facilitate this operation . Two of these valves are fitted ...
... pumps when the engines are stopped , and enable them to be examined if necessary . An additional non - return valve is usually fitted in the delivery pipe of each feed pump to facilitate this operation . Two of these valves are fitted ...
Page 130
... PUMPING OUT BOILERS FIG . 52 . keep the steam pressure off from the main engines when. MAIN FEED LOW OFF WASTE STEAM MAIN ... pump to enable either of the boilers to be pumped out when necessary , through the levelling pipe and blow - out ...
... PUMPING OUT BOILERS FIG . 52 . keep the steam pressure off from the main engines when. MAIN FEED LOW OFF WASTE STEAM MAIN ... pump to enable either of the boilers to be pumped out when necessary , through the levelling pipe and blow - out ...
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... pumped out . This is a more tedious process , but the efficiency of the boilers is the first point to be con- sidered . Every precaution should be taken to keep the stop and feed valves on the boilers not in use quite tight , so that ...
... pumped out . This is a more tedious process , but the efficiency of the boilers is the first point to be con- sidered . Every precaution should be taken to keep the stop and feed valves on the boilers not in use quite tight , so that ...
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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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