The History of North Atlantic steam navigation with some account of early ships and shipowners (1896)
Fry, Henry · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 69
butmuch depends on the quality of the coal, the work of the firemen, 1 Sir John Burns. 48 THE HISTORY OF NORTH ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION. and the character of the boilers. Warm water is also returnedfrom the condenser to the boilers, which is another economy, andthe steam is super-heated to… … COMPOUND ENGINE. Some one professes to have discovered a means ol returningsteam to the boilers, which, if successful, would of course produceanother revolution in steam engines. Quadruple cylinders havealso been adopted in a few ships. There is still plenty of room forfurther reduction in the…
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