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The mechanical engineering of power plants (1897)

Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 636

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nduce a current of air to flow with it,so that by this action the air above the waterin the supply-pipe to the injector will be rarefied and removed, permitting atmosphericpressure unbalanced in the water-pipe to forcethe water up through the steam-nozzle, and Fig. 487.thus make the instrument a… … 600 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. sation of that steam when it meets the water. These rapidlymoving masses of water carry with them the excess of watersupphed, and the rapid flow of the weight of water thus set inmotion produces a continuous impact on the underside of thecheck-valve which…

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