Modern American locomotive engines; their design, construction and management. A practical work for practical men (1883)
Edwards, Emory, b. 1841 · Bridgeport, Conn., Frederick Keppy · leaf 240
that the amount of water that the injector throwsmust increase in proportion to the amount of steamused, when the temperature of the feed-water is raised. It is obvious that it requires a greater amount ofwater to condense the steam, and be at a lower tem-perature than say 195° Fahr., than it would… … Fig. 73—THE RUE LITTLE GIANT INJECTOR. also diminishes. This also applies to the above, whenthe temperature of the feed-water is raised. With a certian pressure of steam and temperatureof feed-water, the power of the mixture may be justcufificient to overcome the boiler pressure; whereas,if the…
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