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 319
e case of a condensing engine, to that of the con-denser, and its potential energy thus converted into the I. History of the Steam-engine, by R. H. Thurston, Fig. 6; N. Y., D. Appleton& Co. STEAM ENGINES FOR kinetic form and with as complete utilization of all storedenergy, whether that of… … Barcas Steam-engine a.d. 1629. and would be completely deprived of its energy by transferto the machinery were it practicable to drive it up to theneeded velocity of rotation ; but friction and insufficientspeed of rotation together waste much of the power storedin the outflowing vapor. The…
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