Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 1024
is soas to replenish the air that gradually leaks out of the pres-sure tank. Even if there were no difficulty in pumping airinto a high-pressure tank, the accumulator would be pref-erable, because with it the pressure depends upon theweight on top of the plunger, not on the height of the Hydraulic… … Fig. 413 The arrangement of the entire apparatus of an Otis high-pressure vertical elevator is shown in Fig. 413. This il-lustration shows several parts not represented in the ele-mentary diagram, Fig. 412. The main pump is at A and 990 Steam Engineering at B is shown the prime mover, which in this…
