id of the air is insurmountable. Supposea Condenser to be made on his plan, as represented by Figure 1.Suppose A to be the cylinder, B the Condenser, C the Air Pump.When the steam is let out of the Great Cylinder to the Con-denser, I expect that the steam is destroyed by the time that itarrives at… … Fig. 1. Dr. Thoratons Condenser, Cylinder, and Air-pump, in the great Cylinder. The great Cylinder, being hot, expandsthe air, and opposes the piston nearly equal to Common air;and when it is drove back again by the steam to the Cold Cou-densor, it becomes nearly equal to common air in density,…
Fitch, John, 1743-1798 · Steam-navigation
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