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... OF HIS SCIENTIFIC AND CLASSICAL KNOWLEDGE ; This Volume , DESCRIBING THE GREATEST WORK OF MAN , The Locomotive Steam Engine , IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY HIS BROTHER , THE AUTHOR . PREFACE . In presenting this work to the Engineers of.
... OF HIS SCIENTIFIC AND CLASSICAL KNOWLEDGE ; This Volume , DESCRIBING THE GREATEST WORK OF MAN , The Locomotive Steam Engine , IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY HIS BROTHER , THE AUTHOR . PREFACE . In presenting this work to the Engineers of.
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... Engine ....... 69 143 Time of Running One Mile ........ ..... 204 Tractive Power of Locomotives ..... Tubes of Locomotives ...... 173 249 Valve Motions ..... ..... 275 Weight of Materials .. 130 Weights and Measures ... 13 Wheels of ...
... Engine ....... 69 143 Time of Running One Mile ........ ..... 204 Tractive Power of Locomotives ..... Tubes of Locomotives ...... 173 249 Valve Motions ..... ..... 275 Weight of Materials .. 130 Weights and Measures ... 13 Wheels of ...
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Septimus Norris. ; LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE built by the AMOSKEAG MANUFACTURING CO . MANCHESTER N.H. 1851 . Lith . D. Chillas , Phila ? Scale 4 in to a Foot . NORRIS'S HAND - BOOK . TROY WEIGHT . grains 24.
Septimus Norris. ; LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE built by the AMOSKEAG MANUFACTURING CO . MANCHESTER N.H. 1851 . Lith . D. Chillas , Phila ? Scale 4 in to a Foot . NORRIS'S HAND - BOOK . TROY WEIGHT . grains 24.
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... and 20 feet long ? 20 feet 240 inches . One cubic inch yellow fir , as per table , 0.023 ; therefore · 023 × 240 × 11 × 3 — 182 ∙ 160 , or 182 % , or 1824 lbs . nearly , THE STEAM - ENGINE . THE power of the steam 142 WEIGHT OF MATERIALS .
... and 20 feet long ? 20 feet 240 inches . One cubic inch yellow fir , as per table , 0.023 ; therefore · 023 × 240 × 11 × 3 — 182 ∙ 160 , or 182 % , or 1824 lbs . nearly , THE STEAM - ENGINE . THE power of the steam 142 WEIGHT OF MATERIALS .
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Septimus Norris. THE STEAM - ENGINE . THE power of the steam - engine is estimated by that exerted by the horse . A horse - power , as fixed by Watt , is equal to 33,000 lbs . avoirdupois , raised one foot high per minute ; and one day's ...
Septimus Norris. THE STEAM - ENGINE . THE power of the steam - engine is estimated by that exerted by the horse . A horse - power , as fixed by Watt , is equal to 33,000 lbs . avoirdupois , raised one foot high per minute ; and one day's ...
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abscissa Atmospheric Railway avoirdupois axle blast-pipe boiler brass centre circle circular segments Circum circumference cloth coke conjugate connecting-rod copper crank Cube Root cubic feet cubic foot cubic inch curve cylinder cylinder in inches Dauphiny Decimal or Reciprocal diame diameter distance driving wheels eccentric-rod equal EXAMPLE.-Required find the Area find the Solidity fire-box Fraction or Numb friction Frustum fulcrum fulcrum and valve Gallons gauge give the solidity Height of Arc horses Hyperbola iron Length of Arc leverage locomotive engine metallic mile morocco motion multiply the sum North Shields ordinate Ounces Parabola pipes piston piston-rod plates Pounds pressure quotient radius rails Railway resistance revolving axis RULE RULE.-Multiply RULE.-To find screw segment shaft side smoke-box spindle square inch Square Root steam stroke subtract thickness tion tons trapezium tubes valve velocity Volume whole weight yards Zone
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