A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 367
ence of combination with the running parts, are securedby the adoption of this form. It is frequently used alsofor portable and stationary engines. It was invented inFrance by M. S6guin, and in England by Booth, and usedby George Stephenson at about the same time—1828 or1829. Since the efficiency… … Fio. 109.—stationary Locomotive Boiler. expedients are sometimes adopted, having for their objectthe increase of heating-surface, without change of form ofboiler and without proportionate increase of cost. One of these methods is that of the use of Gallowayconical tubes (Fig. 110). These are very…
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