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 313
with the steam which re-sults in large wastes by cylinder-condensation in the commonforms of steam-engine. In this way a gain of from 25 to50 per cent, as compared with the latter, is to be countedupon. 276 STEAM ENGINES FOR The Dow turbine, as built for work in connection withthe Howell torpedo,… … A Sectional View of the Parsons Turbine. rim attains a speed of nearly 7 miles an hour at 10,000revolutions per minute. The designer estimates its powerat 150 pounds steam-pressure and the same speed at 40horse-power, or one horse-power to 3.75 pounds weight, andstates that this may be still…
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