A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 31
the de-vice very plainly. Beneath the temple-doors, in the spaceAB CD, is placed a spherical vessel, H, containing water.A pipe, F G, connects the upper part of this sphere withthe hollow and air-tight shell of the altar above, BE.Another pipe, KL M, leads from the bottom of the ves- 6 THE… … Fia. 1.—Opening Temple-Doors by Steam, E. o. 200. at their feet, and caiTying the doors above. Ropes led overa pulley, JR, sustain a counterbalance, TK On building a fire on the altar, the heated air within ex-pands, passes through the pipe, F G, and drives the watercontained in the vessel, H,…
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