Handbook of the steam-engine. Containing all the rules required for the right construction and management of engines of every class, with the easy arithmetical solution of those rules. Constituting a key to the 'Catechism of the steam-engine.' (1874)
Bourne, John · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 357
within the cylinder measured downward from the at-mospheric line m l ; and ccc represent the three points at whichcompression begins, answering to the three degrees of expansion.The letters a, a\ V, b, and c represent the corresponding pointsfor each of the three diagrams taken from the bottom of… … DIAGKAMS TAKEN FROM HOLYHEAD FADDLE-STEAMER ULSTER WHEN UNDER WAT. \nder. The diagrams given above were taken from the Holy-head steam-packet Munster, the engines of which were con-structed by Messrs. Boulton and Watt. The cylinders are oscil-lating, of 96 inches diameter and T feet stroke. The…
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