Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 764
. Each successive link receives thesame quantity, so that, in one entire revolution of the disk and drum, 745 cubic inches of coal (equal to21 pounds) are distributed over a heated surface of 2016 square inches, and converted into gas. Eighty-four pounds of coal will by tliis process make 450 cubic…
Mechanical engineering
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