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A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)

Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 60

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e two systems of receiversand pipes being worked alternately by the single boiler.In another and still simpler little machine, which he Fig. 11.—Saverys Model, 1698. Bradley, New Improvements of Planting and Gaidening.Hydrostatics, ]729. Switzer, THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION. 35 erected at Kensington… … Tio. 12.—Saverys Engine, capacity ; a forcing-pipe, J), 42 feet high, with the con-necting pipe and cocks, M F Q; and the method ofoperation was as already described, except that surface-condensation was employed, the cock, F, being arrangedto shower water from the rising main over the receiver,as…

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