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 358
f the stroke, and thus to keep within the cylinderany vapour left in it when the valve has been shut, and whichis thereafter compressed by the piston until the end of the strokeis reached, or until the valve opens the communication with theboiler. Fig. 9 represents a diagram taken from the top, and… … DIAGRAMS FROM STEAMER ULSTER AT 4 1-2 STROKES.(STEAM THEOTTLED BY THE LESX.) and Watt. When these diagrams were taken the pressure of thesteam in the boiler was 28 lbs. per square inch, the vacuum inthe condenser 13 lbs. per square inch, and the engine was mak-ing 23 strokes per minute. The mean…
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