Practical instructor and reference book for locomotive firemen and engineers: a practical treatise .. (1911)
Lockhart, Charles F. (Charles Fulton), b. 1872 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 89
very tube. 275. The velocity of the water when expelled from theinjector into the branch pipe causes it to have a penetrat-ing force much greater than the resistance of the steamand water in the boiler. It is this velocity which causesthe boiler check valve to raise and the water to enter… … Fig. 12.—Simplex Injector, Sectional View. steam directly against the solid water in the combiningchamber. Other authorities hold the more generallyaccepted theory that the water is forced into the boilerby the velocity of the steam in passing through the injectorfrom the boiler and the induced…
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