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Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)

Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 214

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of the high pressurecylinder is 21 in., the intermediate 33m., the twolow pressures 35m. All the cylinders are withoutsteam jackets, but are, of course, otherwise pro-tected. The stroke of the engines is 6ft. and thevelocity 53 revolutions, giving a piston speed of636ft. The high pressure and… … kii 191 areas of the cylinders bear the following ratio :—High pressure to intermediate, 1:2-|9; inter-mediate to low, 1:2-25; high pressure to low,1:5-61. The effective areas of the pistons, insquare inches, are as follow :—high pressure,339-56; intermediate pressure, 848-05; left-handlow…

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