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Thermodynamics of the steam-engine and other heat-engines (1889)

Peabody, Cecil Hobart, 1855-1934 · New York, Wiley & Sons · leaf 230

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gine, ABCD, Fig. 50, is the diagram for thesmall cyhnder. The steam line and expansion line AB and BC 204 COMPOUND ENGINES. 205 are like those of a simple engine. When the piston of thesmall cylinder begins the return stroke, communication isopened with the large cylinder, and the steam passes from… … psr Fig. 49. Fig. the small cylinder, and the admission line HI for the largecylinder, gradually fall on account of this expansion. The dia-gram for the large cylinder is HIKG, which is turned towardthe left for convenience. To combine the two diagrams, draw the Hne abed, parallelto VOV, and from b…

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