A Treatise on the Richards Steam-engine Indicator: With Directions for Its Use |
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TREATISE ON THE RICHARDS STEAM Francis W. Bacon,Charles T. (Charles Talbot) 182 Porter No preview available - 2016 |
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action advancing by 10ths applied ascer ascertain atmospheric line attached Barometer belt bent pipe boiler boiler pressure calculated cause centre centre punch clearance cloth compression cord correct crank cross-head cylinder diagram diameter direction drawn Elastic force employed engravings expansion curve F. W. BACON feet per minute friction GAUGES give given heat high speeds horizontal horse-power Illustrated improved Inches Pounds instru instrument leak length line of perfect locomotive mean pressure measure Mechanics ment Merc'y morocco motion multiply NOSTRAND'S PUBLICATIONS Pantograph paper parallel motion pencil perfect vacuum plates point of cut-off point of release port power exerted pressure of steam Prof pulleys reduced regulating valve resistance return stroke revolutions per minute rule SALINOMETER scale screw shaft shows side speed of piston spring square inch STEAM-ENGINE INDICATOR steam-line stopcock surface Table taken temperature terminal pressure Third edition tion valve varying velocities Vernier scale wheel wood-cuts
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