A catechism of the steam engine in its various applications to mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture. With practical instructions for the manufacture and management of engines of every class (1864)
Bourne, John · New York, D. Appleton & co. · leaf 358
the cut, butare on the exterior case removed to show the construction. Fig. 60 is an elevation of a boiler with Clarks Patent Steamand Fire Regulator attached, for the control of the draft ofthe chimney by the pressure of steam in the boiler. It consistsof a chamber, a, with a flexible diaphragm or… … 342 posters governor. balanced damper, c, in the chimney. The weight, &, is placedat any required position on the lever, and when the pressureof steam in the boiler, exerted on the diaphragm, becomessufficient to raise the weight, the lever rises, and the damperbegins to close, and to check the…
Steam engineering · Steam-engines
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