Model engine construction, with practical instructions to artificers and amateurs (1894)
Alexander, John Henry. [from old catalog] · London, New York, Whittaker · leaf 71
done inmost models, will render these boilers pretty nearlyfailures, for no strength of steam can be kept up,with an engine running at the same time. Spirits 52 MODEL ENGINE CONSTRUCTION. of wine is poured into the lamp through the verticallamp-funnel when required, to keep the flames briskwhen… … Fig. 11b. is to be drawn, it is best with a cloth to lift theboiler off the lamp, and then smother the flameswith the same cloth rapidly brought down, so as toextinguish them. The flames do not blow out veryeasily, and not at all when in the fire-box, whileto allow the methylated spirits to burn…
Steam-engines · Machinery
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