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The steam-engine and other heat-motors (1909)

Creighton, William Henry Paul, 1859- · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 328

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r, we may assume their volume as zero. Lay off on AB the pressure 100 pounds abs. Lay off on BC the volume of the L.P. cyl., 16 cubic feet. Lay off AD = 2 cubic feet = 1/2 the volume of the H.P. cyl. At steam cut-off in the H.P. cyl. PJ^ = 100x2 = 200, the con-stant mass passing through the system.… … 200The volume of the L.P. cyl. = 16. .*. P3 = -t7t = 12J pounds, giving point F. At the end of the high-pressure stroke we have the H.P. cyl.full of steam at pressure of 50 pounds. The opening of the exhaust-valve admits tins pressure on the L.P. piston without change, asthe volume of the…

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