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The mechanical engineering of power plants (1906)

Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 181

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nt of the lower line of thehigh-pressure diagram, because the larger piston is beingdriven by the steam which escapes from the smaller cylinder.Any discrepancy or lack of harmony between these lines in aWoolf engine without receiver indicates losses from friction,condensation, or unnecessary… … and giving it out unaltered to the succeeding stroke of thelow-pressure cylinder. Any discrepancy between the lines ofthe two diagrams for the two cylinders indicates a drop causedby free expansion from the high-pressure cylinder into thereceiver without doing work in driving the…

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