The life, times, and scientific labours of the second Marquis of Worcester : to which is added a reprint of his Century of inventions, 1663, with a commentary thereon (1865)
Dircks, Henry, 1806-1873 · London : B. Quaritch · leaf 457
cylinders C, B, con-nected at the lower end with a steampipe, supplied with the steam-cock •A. A cord passing over the drumwheel D, is connected at its endswith the pistons B, C; and thewhole stands in a trough E.Steam having been admitted to B,and then cut off, condensation hasensued, the piston B… … WITH NOTES. 425 a weight under guch circumstances, nevertheless, takeup tvvo hundred pounds,^ that is, including the water.A very similar kind of piston to the one here shown,is suggested by Fludd, Besson, and others, to he workedby a spiral spring, which being drawn to the bottomof a cylindrical…
Worcester, Edward Somerset, Marquis of, 1601-1667 · Inventions · Industrial arts -- History
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