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 77
Log. [b - /i) If the differences /i — /z, and /i — /i., of the manometer aresmall, then we can put 64 HE A T, STEAM, AND STEAM ENGINES. [§ 37/. (b — h,\ ^ ( h — h,\ h — h,Log- (,-^/j = Log. (i + ^—^j = ^-^, and L^- {y^i) = ^^- i ■ h^) = /i Hence we obtain for k the simpler expression, (o h — h^ ~… … with compressed air, then by means of a cock //opened theorifice F for a few moments, whereby a discharge of air, asalso a rarefication and cooling of that retained in the boiler,took place. If, now, h is the original height of the mano-meter CD h^ that shortly after closing the orifice F, and h^…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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