Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 258
bo open, and that in B to be shut; steam then passing into the cylinder from the boiler will force the piston up to the top of the cylinder. Let the valve in E, then be shut, and the valve in B be opened; the steam contained in the cylinder will pass out of the pipe B, and coming in contact with… … Pig. 212. beneath the piston. The pressure of the atmosphere then acting upon theother side of the piston, ■will driveit do^-n. The position of the valvesin R and B being reversed, the pistonmay be raised anew- by the admis-sion of more steam, to be condensedin its turn, and in this manner…
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