International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 447
us admitting steamto the passages C, H, K. This steam draws water from Gthrough the opening surrounding H and discharges itthrough K with such a high velocity that it rushes past PNEUMATICS. 435 the opening T into the nozzle M and thence into theboiler. THE LOCOMOTIVE BLAST. 1077. Fig. 204 shows… … Fig. 204.exhaust steam has a pressure of about two pounds above theatmosphere, and rushes through the exhaust pipe E and upthe smokestack 5 with a very high velocity, taking the airout with it, and producing a partial vacuum in the space infront of the tubes. No air can get in this space…
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