The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 11
ns both perform astroke of 10 feet in length: each pump by calculation should deliverG02 tons of water per stroke, or GG22 tons for the eleven pumps;but by actual admeasurement of the quiuitity delivered, it is found tobe 03 tons. The loss might be reduced, but probably at the expenseof increased… … balances a, h, c, are placed at 120 degrees from each other; dd, ee, ff^g, are placed opposite each other: therefore, by this arrangement,the equilibrium of the great cap of the engine, under which the innerends of all the balances are concentrated, is not in any way disturbed.If any of the puaqis…
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