Thermodynamics of the steam-engine and other heat-engines (1907)
Peabody, Cecil H. (Cecil Hobart), 1855-1934 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 295
ivenabove. The following table gives the mechanical efficiencies of anumber of engines, determined by brake-tests, or, in case of the Table XXIX. MECHANICAL EFFICIENCIES OF ENGINES. Kind of Engine. Simple engines: Horizontal portable Horizontal portable Hoadley .... High-speed, straight-line… … Efficiency. 0.860.910.960.810.86 0.880.880.900.860.92 0-930.90 INITIAL FRICTION AND LOAD FRICTION 287 pumping-engines, by measuring the work done in pumpingwater. Initial Friction and Load Friction. — A part of the friction ofan engine, such as the friction of the piston-rings and at…
Thermodynamics · Steam-engines · Heat-engines
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