Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 31
sure ofthe steam by means of a small pump worked by the engine. In the en-graving of Watts engine this pump is shown at M. But recently the feed-pump has been to a great extent superseded by a singular apparatus in-vented by M. Giffard, and known as Giffards Injector. In this a jet ofsteam from the… … Fig. 6.- Section of Giffards Injector. the current of steam is made to operate on the jet of water. The steamfrom the boiler passes through the pipe A and into the tube B through theholes. The nozzle of this tube is of a conical shape, and its centre is occu-pied by a rod pointed to fit into the…
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