The Marine Steam EngineLongmans, Green, 1904 - 519 Seiten |
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action air-pump amount angle arrangement auxiliary Belleville boilers bilge blades boilers bottom cause cent centre coal cock combustion chamber compound engines compression condenser connected connecting-rod considerable crank Crown 8vo curve cut-off diameter draught eccentric efficiency evaporation exhaust expansion engines Fahr feed-water fitted friction funnel furnace gases gauge gear gudgeon pin gunmetal high-pressure cylinder holes horizontal Illustrations increased indicator diagram jacket length longitudinal seams low-pressure cylinder main engines marine mean effective pressure motion necessary nuts obtained paddle-wheel piston pitch plates ports position practically prevent propeller pump quantity reduced revolutions per minute riveted Royal Navy safety valves screw sea-water shaft ship shown in Fig side slide-valve space speed square inch stays steam pipes steam pressure steel stokehold stroke surface condensers temperature tensile strength thickness triple expansion engines tubes velocity vertical vessels volume water-tube boilers weight
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Seite 144 - I call the steam vessel, must, during the whole time the engine is at work, be kept as hot as the steam that enters it ; first, by enclosing it in a case of wood, or any other materials that transmit heat slowly ; secondly, by surrounding it with steam, or other heated bodies ; and, thirdly, by suffering neither water, nor any other substance colder than the steam, to enter or touch it during that time...
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