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The boys' book of engine-building; (1918)

Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · Boston, Small, Maynard and company · leaf 19

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y the god Eolus. This is thereason an engine of this kind is called a re-actionengine. Branca Devises a New Engine.—Strangelyenough nothing more worth while was done in 4 The Boys Book of Engine-Building the way of transforming the energy of steam intomechanical motion during all the long… … Fig. 2. Brancas Impulse Engine or Turbine nozzle, against the paddles, or blades, as shown inFig. 2, the force of the impulses of the steamstriking them made the wheel revolve. For thisreason an engine of this kind is called an impulseengine. In those early days the Italians put an artistictouch on…

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