er end being connected with the crank, whichis formed directly upon the screw-shaft. The air-pump lies in a horizontalposition, is double-acting, and placed within the condenser. A large pipe,called the eduction pipe, leads from the cylinder to the condenser, wherethe condensation is produced by a… … pump only are represented, but it must be understood that there are two,precisely similar to each other, placed side by side. The valves by whichthe water is admitted to the air-pump from the condenser, and those bywhich it passes from the air-pump to the hot well and waste-pipe, con-sist of…
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