Experimental engineering and manual for testing. For engineers and for students in engineering laboratories (1906)
Carpenter, Rolla C. (Rolla Clinton), 1852-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 754
as, for instance, those used on locomotives for operatingthe air-brakes. Piston air-compressors are employed when high air pressuresare required, but in some cases are used for low pressures, as, forinstance, for blowing-engines for supplying the necessary air forsteel furnaces. These are usually… … FlG. 326. ward and maintain contact with the walls of the surroundingcase and with each other so as to prevent leakage and a back-ward flow of the compressed air. A great variety of forms are 724 EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING. [§ 4^9. made, one of which is shown in Fig. 326. These blowers are suited for…
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