A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 67
e-fifth the capacity of the boiler—of slender cy-lindrical form, and attached a pipe leading the water forcondensation into the vessel, and effected its distribution bymeans of the rose, or a sprinkling-plate, such as is stillfrequently used in modern engines having jet-condensers.This substitution… … Fig. 14.—Paplns Two-Way Cook. being turned the other way, admitted the cold condensingwater. The dispersion of the water in minute streams ordrops was a very important detail, not only as securing great THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION. 43 rapidity of condensation, but enabling the designer to em-ploy a…
Steam-engines
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