Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 394
enon of concussiveebulHtion under certain conditions of heat and pressure; butworse than this, the water is sometimes hfted bodily out ofthe pocket with the steam-velocity, and considerable massesof it fetch up against an abutting surface upon which theystrike a smashing blow which it may not be… … Fig. 303. pipe with the steam which flows through the branch. A fewpounds of water moving several hundred feet with a velocityof nearly a mile a minute, represents a mighty store of energyand is capable of most disastrous results. The presence ofwater in such pockets is also the occasion of…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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