A History of the Growth of the Steam-engineD. Appleton, 1902 - 530 pagini |
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... mighty rivers sprang , also clothed with divinity , and raised altars in honor of , inventors of the saw , the plough , the potter's wheel , and the loom . " - STUART . ] xviii THE GROWTH OF THE STEAM - ENGINE . CHAPTER I.
... mighty rivers sprang , also clothed with divinity , and raised altars in honor of , inventors of the saw , the plough , the potter's wheel , and the loom . " - STUART . ] xviii THE GROWTH OF THE STEAM - ENGINE . CHAPTER I.
Pagina 13
... raise a column of water . It in- cluded the application of the condensation of steam to the production of a vacuum ... raising water , as shown in Fig . 4 , which differs from one shown by Hero in the use of steam pressure , instead of ...
... raise a column of water . It in- cluded the application of the condensation of steam to the production of a vacuum ... raising water , as shown in Fig . 4 , which differs from one shown by Hero in the use of steam pressure , instead of ...
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... raise water by the expanding power of steam . In the sketch here given ( Fig . 5 ) , and which is copied from the ... raising it to a height limited only by either the desire of the builder or the strength of the vessel . In 1629 ...
... raise water by the expanding power of steam . In the sketch here given ( Fig . 5 ) , and which is copied from the ... raising it to a height limited only by either the desire of the builder or the strength of the vessel . In 1629 ...
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... raising water . A patent , dated January 21 , 1630 , was granted to David Ramseye by Charles I. , which covered a ... raise water from low pitts by fire . 3. To make any sort of mills to goe on standing waters by continual motion ...
... raising water . A patent , dated January 21 , 1630 , was granted to David Ramseye by Charles I. , which covered a ... raise water from low pitts by fire . 3. To make any sort of mills to goe on standing waters by continual motion ...
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... raising wa- ter by steam . The description was not accompanied by a drawing , but the sketch here given ( Fig . 7 ) is thought probably to resemble one of his earlier contrivances very closely . Steam is generated in the boiler a , and ...
... raising wa- ter by steam . The description was not accompanied by a drawing , but the sketch here given ( Fig . 7 ) is thought probably to resemble one of his earlier contrivances very closely . Steam is generated in the boiler a , and ...
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adopted application beam boat boiler Boulton Boulton & Watt Boulton and Watt built carriage carried century Charlotte Dundas coal compound engine condenser connected connecting-rod construction crank cross-head cut-off cylinder driving efficiency energy expansion experiments feet long feet stroke fire-box fire-engine Fitch flue fuel Fulton furnace gases George Stephenson gine heat heating-surface horse-power hull improvement inches in diameter introduced invention inventor James Watt later locomotive machine machinery mechanical method miles an hour motion Newcomen engine Oliver Evans paddle-wheels Papin patent pipe piston-rod placed pounds per square pressure propelling proposed pump pumping-engine railroad raised Richard Trevithick road Ross Winans Savery screw secured seen shaft sketch Soho speed square inch steam steam-boiler steam-carriage steam-cylinder steam-engine steam-pipe steam-pressure steam-valve steamboat steamers Stephenson Stevens stroke of piston success temperature Thomas Savery tion tons Trevithick tubes usually valve valve-gear vessel Watt Watt's weight wheels York
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Pagina 190 - What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage-coaches! We would as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.
Pagina 438 - That the quantity of heat produced by the friction of bodies, whether solid or liquid, is always proportional to the quantity of force expended.
Pagina 97 - I intend, in many cases, to employ the expansive force of steam to press on the pistons, or whatever may be used instead of them, in the same manner as the pressure of the atmosphere is now employed in common fire engines. In cases where cold water cannot be had in plenty, the engines may be wrought by this force of steam only, by discharging the steam into the open air, after it has done its office.
Pagina 256 - ... beneath their decks from the terrific sight, and left their vessels to go on shore ; while others prostrated themselves, and besought Providence to protect them from the approach of the horrible monster which was marching on the tides, and lighting its path by the fires which it vomited.
Pagina 97 - In engines that are to be worked wholly or partially by condensation of steam, the steam is to be condensed in vessels distinct from the...
Pagina 153 - The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines, from one city to another, almost as fast as birds fly, fifteen or twenty miles an hour.
Pagina 98 - ... the valves successively to give a circular motion to the wheel; the valves opening in the direction in which the weights are pressed, but not in the contrary. As the...
Pagina 104 - ... distance between it and the next valve is filled with steam, shut the valve, and the steam will continue to expand and to press round the wheel with a diminishing power, ending in one-fourth of its first exertion. The sum of this series you will find greater than one-half, though only one-fourth steam was used.
Pagina 167 - Committee to believe that the substitution of inanimate for animal power, in draught on common roads, is one of the most important improvements in the means of internal communication ever introduced. Its practicability they consider to have been fully established ; its general adoption will take place more or less rapidly, in proportion as the attention of scientific men shall be drawn by public encouragement to further improvement.