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 89
m, wepull the piston K further upwards, then themanometer will sink, and the force of expansion will be-come less. This decrease of the force of expansion iswholly in accordance with the law of Mariotte (see Vol.!•> § 387)—i- c., from that point where all the water is con-verted into steam, the… … ^ 382.] STEAM. yy of the piston, then the mercurial column h supported bythe steam will only be half as great as at first. By grad-ually lessening the space filled by the steam, by depressingthe piston, the manometer will rise up to the height whichit had at the moment all the water was converted…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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