Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to light and power plants (1902)
Thurston, Robert H[enry], 1839-1903. [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 259
This shows the method of reducing the actual indicator-diagrams to the combined form, and the variations from 226 STEAM ENGINES FOR the ideal expansion-line due to imperfections of the engineas a work of human art. Pressures are measured in poundson the square inch and volumes in cubic feet, actual… … Triple-expansion Diagram. about ■^\ cubic feet of steam enter the high-pressure cylin-der each stroke at a pressure of no pounds per squareinch above vacuum ; it expands nearly adiabatically to 95cubicfeet, is then transferred to the low-pressure, droppingfrom the terminal pressure, 40 pounds in…
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