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Van Nostrand's engineering magazine (1879)

[New York : D. Van Nostrand] · leaf 283

An illustration from Van Nostrand's engineering magazine, 1879, leaf 283
advan- The vacuum thus created in the cylinder tage, but in order that a passage might be maintained from the forward to the causes the water to rise partly through after part of the ship below the deck. the nozzle, but principally through a suc- The performance of this vessel will like- tion-valve… … Plan of Dischaege-Pipes of Swedish Hydeaulio Vessel. and the float rises to the top, in doing In 1879, the "Fleischer Hydrometer," a ship of a different design, but still pro- which it closes the exhaust and opens the pelled by the reaction of jets of water, steam-valve, when the operation is re-…

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