Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 137
lishing thisresult. Referring to the typical river-boat engine. Fig. 30, itwill appear that attached to the bottom of the condenser anddriven from the beam of the engine is a lifting-pump havinga valve in its piston or bucket. This pump is called the air-pump, and the plan of driving it from the… … SUCTION TANJ^ Fig. 74. CONDENSING AND NON-CONDENSING ENGINES. lOI The air-pump must be a lifting or sucking piston-pump.It must meet the difficult condition of withdrawing water andair from a vessel within which the pressure is less than theatmosphere, and therefore atmospheric pressure cannot…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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