A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 78
water-wheel. Nouvelle manifere dClever IEau par la Force du Peu, mis en Lu-mifere, par D. Papin. Cassel, 1707. THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION. 53 The sketch is that given by the inventor in his memoir.It consists (Fig. 18) of a steam-boiler, a, from which steam isled through the cock, c, to the working… … Tis. IS.—Papins Engine and Water-Wheel, A. d. 1707. is a large air-chamber, and which serves to render the out-flow of water comparatively uniform, and the discharge oc-curs by means of the pipe g, from which the water rises tothe desired height. A fresh supply of water is introducedthrough the…
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