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The Locomotive (1867)

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h the 5-inch pipe. A 50 horse-power boiler having about one-third of thecapacity required to do the work in 10.6 minutes, might be able to do it in 3 X 10.6 =31.8 minutes, though the loss by radiation from the tank would be much greater in halfan hour, than it would be in ten minutes; and therefore… … FROM ~P ENGINE ) Fron High Pressure Service < H ■ Stop Valve Fig. 2.—Connections for Using Live Steam with the Exhaust. tion, it might do the work in 6 x 10.6 = 63.6 minutes, or something over an hour. Butwhen the process is carried out as slowly as this, the radiation of heat from the tankwould…

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