Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 361
nding grades the full pres-sure of the steam may be made available in both cylinders, greatly increasing the power. Compressed-Air Locomotive—M. L. Mekarski has successfully introduced tins style of locomotiveon French tramways. It consists of a reservoir containing air compressed to about 450 lbs.… … F. initial temperature, where it becomes saturated with steam, thus increasing its density and tem-perature. In this state the air can be used expansively without producing freezing temperatures,which would present many inconveniences. The air is admitted at a constant pressure to the cylin-ders by…
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