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 526
1416, or about \. There is therefore only about 4 of the entire work cor-responding to the heat imparted, performed. According-to § 490, this is the theoretical efficiency of a steam engineunder the most favorable circumstances, and only for veryhigh tensions. § S14.—Caloric Engine.—Fig. 806 gives… … voir B. At /^ is a grate, by which the air in B is heated be-fore it enters the large cylinder C. Finally, 6 is a valve,by which the entrance of the air from B to C and the exit ofthe same from C into the outer air is regulated. If / is the tension of the outer air, and /, that in the res-ervoir B;…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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