Rankine, William John Macquorn, 1820-1872, Millar, William J, Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901 · London, C. Griffin and company · leaf 505
Fi& 1. 456 THE WORKING OF STEAM IN COMPOUND ENGINES. diagram of the low-pressure cylinder for combination with that of thehigh-pressure cylinder, the lengths of its base, and of every line in it … OP li Fig. 2. parallel to its base, are to be increased in the ratio in which the effectivecapacity of the low-pressure cylinder is greater than that of the high-pressure cylinder.* (When thereare a pair of low-pressure cylinderscombined with one high-pressurecylinder, they are equivalent toone…
