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 381
erating steam is unsurpassed. No fan or arti-ficial blower is ever used or needed, the natural draft of theboiler being always suflicient. Starting with cold water in theboiler, a working head of steam can be generated in less thanfive minutes from the time of kindling the fire. The engine… … AMOSKEAG STEAM EIEE ENGINE, 367 are made and proved so as to be safely run at a steam pressureof 140 to 150 lbs. to the square inch; but the engines are con-structed so as to give the best streams at a pressure of about100 lbs. to the square inch, and for service at fires a steampressure of about…
Steam engineering · Steam-engines
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