Ripper, William, 1853-1937 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 189
obtained. From trials made by Prof. Osborne Reynolds of the triple-expansionfully jacketed engines at the Owens College, it was found that withjackets filled throughout with boiler piessure, 19-4 per cent, of thetotal heat supplied was converted into work. Without steam in anyof the cylinder… … THE INJECTOR. The injector is an instrument for feeding boilers, and is used insteadof, or in conjunction with, a feed pump. It was invented in 1858 by M. Giffard, a Frenchengineer, who estabhshedbeyond doubt the powerof a jet of steam, passingfrom the steam space ofa boiler, to force waterinto the…
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