Ripper, William, 1853-1937 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 135
Fig. 132. Fig. 133. .PRESSU RE AT STOP-VALVE admission line and the back-pressure line are both taken back to the water-line, and the compression curve is neglected. If there were no losses whatever in steam-engine cylinders, the diagrams of work done per pound of steam would fill the whole area…
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