Thermodynamics of the steam-engine and other heat-engines (1889)
Peabody, Cecil Hobart, 1855-1934 · New York, Wiley & Sons · leaf 199
at different pressures will be represented by the hyper-bola EF. To find the actual diagram ABCD\ draw anyhorizontal line, as sy, cutting the true diagram at u and v^ andthe hyperbola EF at t; make ux and vy equal to st; then xand y are points of the actual diagram. The indicator willdraw an oval… … Fig. 41 5 —A. .-•A A — Qy The diagram in Fig. 42 was reduced from an indicator-cardfrom a recent hot-air engine made on the same principle asStirlings hot-air engine. To avoid destruction of the lubricantin the working cylinder Stirling found it advisable to connectonly the cool end of the…
Thermodynamics · Steam-engines · Heat-engines
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