The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 424
r to. the top of the cylinder, and thepassase from B to C open to allow the escape of hesteam Irom below the piston to the condenier, whenthe diagonal ,s turned across to the opposite dii^ction,he passages are then reversed, the steam from theboiler will then pass to the bottom of the cvlinder… … and must consequently cool down the surfaces of the metallic cylinder,o])en at the top, which the cold air successively covers throughout.* Thiscooling down is only overcome dming the ascending course of the piston,at the expense of a certain quantity of steam. No loss of this kind, how-ever,…
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