Recent Improvements in the Steam-engine in Its Various Applications to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation, Railways, and Agriculture: Being a Supplement to 'The Catechism of the Steam-engine.'Longmans, Green, and Company, 1869 - 336 páginas |
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... obtained as power , the residue being wholly wasted ; so that if a steam engine were employed to generate heat by friction , only one - tenth of the power would be ob- tained that would have to be consumed in the pro- duction and ...
... obtained as power , the residue being wholly wasted ; so that if a steam engine were employed to generate heat by friction , only one - tenth of the power would be ob- tained that would have to be consumed in the pro- duction and ...
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... obtaining the electricity from coal instead of zinc . Zinc , like coal , may be burned , and will produce heat . But a pound of coal consumed in an engine will produce more than twice the power produced in a Galvanic battery by a pound ...
... obtaining the electricity from coal instead of zinc . Zinc , like coal , may be burned , and will produce heat . But a pound of coal consumed in an engine will produce more than twice the power produced in a Galvanic battery by a pound ...
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... obtained in some cases , the increased advantage is to be imputed to the acquisition of an increased heating surface , whereby the heat that previously ascended the chimney has been utilized in drying the steam- rather than to the ...
... obtained in some cases , the increased advantage is to be imputed to the acquisition of an increased heating surface , whereby the heat that previously ascended the chimney has been utilized in drying the steam- rather than to the ...
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... obtain sufficient depth for the furnaces ; and the circular tubes , unless stiffened by hoops or cross tubes , are liable to collapse . In the earlier times of steam navigation the boilers employed were invariably flue boilers . It is ...
... obtain sufficient depth for the furnaces ; and the circular tubes , unless stiffened by hoops or cross tubes , are liable to collapse . In the earlier times of steam navigation the boilers employed were invariably flue boilers . It is ...
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... obtained from cylinders without jackets with the theoretical curve , the loss has been found to amount in different cases to 11.7 per cent . to 19.66 per cent . , to 27-27 per cent . and 44:58 per cent . This loss is caused by the ...
... obtained from cylinders without jackets with the theoretical curve , the loss has been found to amount in different cases to 11.7 per cent . to 19.66 per cent . , to 27-27 per cent . and 44:58 per cent . This loss is caused by the ...
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