Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 499
itely. The Locomotive. 477. The figure represents a section of a locomotive, theprincipal parts of which are the following : The boiler, BB, with \te flues, pp, and safety-valve, M. The dottedline represents the height of the water in the boiler. The fire-box, A, communicating with the smoke-box,… … triml: MOVEB8. 497 filled with water and communicating with the boiler. E is thegrate, and D the door for the supply of fuel. The steam-pipe, SS, conveys the steam from the steam-dome tothe steam-chest. It may be closed by a valve, V, worked by alever, L. The steam dome is an elevated portion of…
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