Flame, electricity and the camera; man's progress from the first kindling of fire to the wireless telegraph and the photography of color (1900)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday & McClure co. · leaf 81
ngenious method by which its steam isused expansively. In a piston-engine the cylinder is filledto one-twelfth or one-fifteenth of its capacity with high-pressure steam, when communication with the boiler is cutoff; during the remainder of its stroke the piston is urgedsolely by the steams… … 54 MOTIVE POWER FROM FIRE and velocity (Fig. lo). The illustration shows the arrange-ment of moving-blades and guide-vanes, the top outercover of the case having been removed. The revolvingbarrel has keyed into its curve the moving-blades. The end of one row of theguide-blades can be seenin the…
Fire · Electricity · Color photography
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