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 263
ntric from the circumstance of the wheel not being concentric, orhaving a common center with the crank-shaft upon which it is fixed. It becomes, there-fore, a substitute for a short crank, and transmits a reciprocating movement to the rodZ, which is connected with the valves at 6 by the lever Y.… … A very great improvement was FiG. 216. effected in the construction of steam-boilers by placing a cylindrical fur-nace within a cylindrical boiler, thus surrounding theheated surfaces with water upon all sides. By thismethod, all the heat, except what escapes up thechimney, is communicated to the…
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