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... this difficulty by his invention of the trunk engine . In this engine a large hollow trunk , cast on the piston , and working DISCHARGE PIPE INLET FOR CIRCULATING WATER SURFACE CONDENSER FIG . EARLY HISTORY AND PROGRESS . 11.
... this difficulty by his invention of the trunk engine . In this engine a large hollow trunk , cast on the piston , and working DISCHARGE PIPE INLET FOR CIRCULATING WATER SURFACE CONDENSER FIG . EARLY HISTORY AND PROGRESS . 11.
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A Treatise for the Use of Engineering Students and Officers of the Royal Navy Richard Sennett. SURFACE CONDENSER EDUCTION PIPE FIG . 4 . TRUNK CYLINDER FIG . 7 . CONDENSER. STEAM PIPE.
A Treatise for the Use of Engineering Students and Officers of the Royal Navy Richard Sennett. SURFACE CONDENSER EDUCTION PIPE FIG . 4 . TRUNK CYLINDER FIG . 7 . CONDENSER. STEAM PIPE.
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... Surface condensation . - The adoption of surface conden- sation , which became general about 1860 , formed another important step in marine engineering . Its value consisted not so much in the economy effected by the avoidance of the ...
... Surface condensation . - The adoption of surface conden- sation , which became general about 1860 , formed another important step in marine engineering . Its value consisted not so much in the economy effected by the avoidance of the ...
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... surfaces are in danger of being burnt away , and various incombustible non - conductors , such as silicate cotton , fossil meal , carbon cement , & c . , have recently been used with success . The efficient clothing of the hot surfaces ...
... surfaces are in danger of being burnt away , and various incombustible non - conductors , such as silicate cotton , fossil meal , carbon cement , & c . , have recently been used with success . The efficient clothing of the hot surfaces ...
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... surface condenser is most efficient when the cold water , for condensing the steam , enters the condenser at the end at which the condensed steam leaves it , so that the water opposed to the entering steam will have been heated to some ...
... surface condenser is most efficient when the cold water , for condensing the steam , enters the condenser at the end at which the condensed steam leaves it , so that the water opposed to the entering steam will have been heated to some ...
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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.