A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 114
ve. Another vertical pipe, about an inch indiameter, was connected to the condenser, and was fittedwith a piston, with a view to using it as an air-pump.The whole was set in a cistern of cold water. The piston-rod of the little steam-cylinder was drilled from end to endto permit the water to he… … Fig. 25.—Watts Experiment sketch. A larger model was immediately afterward con-structed, and the result of its test confirmed fully the antici-pations which had been awakened by the first experiment. Having taken this first step and made such a radicalimpi-ovement, the success of this invention was…
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