History and Progress of the Steam Engine: With a Practical Investigation of Its Structure and ApplicationThomas Kelly, 1832 - 863 σελίδες |
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... passing through holes in their sides , which also pass through the ends of the rods i ii . A series of which rods extend from end to end of the boiler , being a few inches apart . The ends of this boi- ler are hemispherical , and are ...
... passing through holes in their sides , which also pass through the ends of the rods i ii . A series of which rods extend from end to end of the boiler , being a few inches apart . The ends of this boi- ler are hemispherical , and are ...
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... passing over all parts of the surface . We have seen in use , a piston rod and cylinder almost as much out of form ... passes the middle , and there- fore , in that part , it is more worn than at any other . The last inconvenience we ...
... passing over all parts of the surface . We have seen in use , a piston rod and cylinder almost as much out of form ... passes the middle , and there- fore , in that part , it is more worn than at any other . The last inconvenience we ...
Σελίδα 77
... pass over in its course any cavity , or irregularity of surface , without being soon torn out , and rendered incapable of performing its office . It would also be required that the interior of the channel should be accurately turned ...
... pass over in its course any cavity , or irregularity of surface , without being soon torn out , and rendered incapable of performing its office . It would also be required that the interior of the channel should be accurately turned ...
Σελίδα 80
... pass over the pipes h g , without being torn up and rendered useless . A great waste of steam must likewise take place whilst the piston is passing over the surface of the valve : for at that time the steam pipe g has a free ...
... pass over the pipes h g , without being torn up and rendered useless . A great waste of steam must likewise take place whilst the piston is passing over the surface of the valve : for at that time the steam pipe g has a free ...
Σελίδα 110
... passes first into a smaller or inner cylinder , previously to its producing its effect in the channel or groove , as ... pass through the end plates into the caps , and is fitted water - tight in the junctions . In or about the middle of ...
... passes first into a smaller or inner cylinder , previously to its producing its effect in the channel or groove , as ... pass through the end plates into the caps , and is fitted water - tight in the junctions . In or about the middle of ...
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Σελίδα 9 - contained in the Marquis of Worcester's celebrated " Century of Inventions," dated 1663 ; the original manuscript of which is preserved in the British Museum. The following is the Marquis's own description :— "An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be, as the philosopher calls it, infra sphteram
Σελίδα 805 - court, in case of conviction, to award such costs as may be deemed proper and reasonable to the prosecutor or prosecutors, to be paid by the party or parties so convicted. "And be it further enacted, that if it shall appear to the
Σελίδα 51 - communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam, and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids, the steam, as an expansible fluid, would immediately rush into the empty vessel, and continue to do so until it had
Σελίδα 804 - the legislature to the subject, about twelve years ago; and a select committee of the House of Commons was appointed in 1819, " to inquire how far it might be practicable to compel persons using steam engines and furnace« in their different works, to erect them in a manner
Σελίδα 305 - transported my great burthen to the Schuylkill with ease; and when it was launched into the water, I fixed a paddle wheel at the stern, and drove it down the Schuylkill to the Delaware, and up the Delaware to the city; leaving all the vessels going up behind me, at least half
Σελίδα 778 - does not describe the engine to which he is to apply his improvements; and as Mr. Watt invented and patented several, and notices them in the following vague terms, it is difficult to comprehend the precise nature of the present invention. Mr. Watt says, " When motions round an axis are required, I make the steam vessels in form
Σελίδα 793 - I cause it to pass through a very hot funnel, flue, or oven, before it comes to the bottom of the boiler, or to the part of the furnace where it is proposed to melt metal or perform any other office, by which means the smoke is still more effectually consumed.
Σελίδα 175 - steam below it, instead of being allowed to escape into the atmosphere, or applied to any other purpose, will pass into the larger cylinder above its piston, which will take its downward stroke at the same time that the piston of the smaller cylinder is doing the same thing; and
Σελίδα 618 - has become absolutely necessary, to conduct the increasing trade of the country with speed, certainty, and economy." It was accordingly determined to establish a company for the formation of a double rail-way from Liverpool to Manchester, and on the 29th of October, 1824, the