A catechism of the steam engine and its various applications to mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture (1876)
Bourne, John, civil engineer. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 366
m and water pipes, without altering the handles on theinjector; a graduated cock on the water supply pipe is veryconvenient for this purpose. The machines are manufactured by Wm. Sellers & Co.Philadelphia. As an example of Portable Steam Engines, of which thereare large numbers in this country… … 352 hoadleys portable engine. motive engine are adapted to the requirements of stationarypower, for all purposes under forty horse power. The leadingideas are: high velocity, high pressure, good valve motion,large fire-box, numerous and short flues, and steam blast. Thecharacteristic features are :…
Steam engineering · Steam-engines
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