Thermodynamics of the steam-engine and other heat-engines (1889)
Peabody, Cecil Hobart, 1855-1934 · New York, Wiley & Sons · leaf 170
the overflowopen the steam-valve until it ceases to overflow. When the steam-valve is first opened a part of a turn thehollow spindle 5 is farther to the left and closes the orifice 6.A small stream of steam flows past 5, passes through the con-ical passage, and out at the overflow. The stream of… … flow in a continuous stream. When this stream is well estab-lished the steam-valve is opened wide, and a large jet flows past6, and is condensed in contact with the stream of water. Thestream of water flowing through the conical passage has nowsufficient velocity to leap across the opening at o and…
Thermodynamics · Steam-engines · Heat-engines
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