Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 462
is veryrapid and intense, the fire-boxes are frequently made of copper, a muchbetter conductor of heat than either iron or steel. 467. Cornish eng-ine.—Fig. 411 shows the oldest of all the types ofengines still in use, the Cornish piunping engine., which is worth examina-tion both for its… … Fig. 411. cylinder A (often of very great size, and with as much as 10 or 11 ft. stroke),in which works a piston P, whose rod is connected by a chain to a sector onthe end of a beam B. Beside the cylinder is a chamber C containing thevalves for admitting and discharging steam, whose mode of working…
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