The great inventions : their history, from the earliest period to the present. Their influence on civilization, accompanied by sketches of lives of the principal inventors; their labors, their hardships and their triumphs (1883)
Wilkie, Franc B. (Franc Bangs), 1832-1892 · Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co. · leaf 424
icient to secure the lowering of that end of thewalking-beam, and, at the same time, to draw the pistonto the top of the cyhnder; then steam was admittedbelow the piston and condensed by the application of * Thurston. NEWCOMEN S ENGINE. 419 surface water to the cylinder; this created a… … NEWCOMBNS ENGINE. (A. D. 1705.) cyhnder. Newcomen also used the safety-valve. Itwill be seen that the engine was an admirable pumpwith a single defect; that is the loss of time experi-enced in condensing the steam in the cylinder so as to 420 STEAM AND ITS APPLICATIONS. permit the ascent of the…
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