A manual of the mechanics of engineering and of the construction of machines. Designed as a text-book for technical schools and colleges, and for the use of engineers, architects, etc. (1878)
Weisbach, Julius Ludwig, 1806-1871, Du Bois, A. Jay (Augustus Jay), 1849-1915, Buel, Richard H. (Richard Hooker), b. 1842 · New York. J. Wiley & Sons, 1878- · leaf 136
is ether producescold in D, whereon a diminution oftension of the ethereal vapor in thewhole apparatus occurs, and there is not only the conden-sation of this vapor in D, but also new vapor rises in A andthe bulb A is cooled. In the main, the h3grometer of Regnault as also the psy-chrometer of… … 124 HEAT, STEAM, AND STEAM ENGINES. [§ 398. Combustion consists in the rapid union of the fuel (Fr.combustible; Ger. Brennstoff) with oxygen. Carbonaceousbodies are chiefly used as fuel, but the oxygen is suppliedby the atmospheric air, which, in its usual condition, con-tains about 23 per cent.…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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