...cu- engines, tho appagl"c * ratus for condensing tho steam alternately above or below the piston, is dispensed with, and the steam, after it has moved the piston from one end of tho cylinder to the other, is allowed to escape, by the opening of a valve, directly into tho air....

...as are used in most sea-going ships, the ' used steam ' — that is, the steam which has just driven the piston from one end of the cylinder to the other— is allowed to escape into a secondary vessel, called the 'condenser,' where it is met by a dash of cold salt water, which...

...piston is moved back again to its former position ; and so by a repetition of these acts, the motion of the piston from one end of the cylinder to the other is maintained. Without entering into any explanation of the prodigious power or strength of the steam-engine,...

...en- engines, the appaP ne? ratus for condensing tho steam alternately above or below tho piston, is dispensed with, and the steam, after it has moved the piston from one end of the cylinder to tho other, is allowed to escape, by the opening of a valve, directly into the air. To accomplish this,...

...en- engines, the appaG' ne? ratus for condensing the steam alternately above or below the piston, is dispensed with, and the steam, after it has moved...atmosphere, or it could not expand and drive out the wasta Eteam on the other side of the piston, in opposition to the pressure of the air. An engine of...

...? ratus for condensing the steam alternately above or below the piston, is dispensed with, and tho steam, after it has moved the piston from one end...atmosphere, or it could not expand and drive out the wasto steam on the other side of the piston, in opposition to the pressure of the air. An engine of...

...en81116 ? engmes, the apparatus for condensing the steam alternately above or below the piston, is dispensed with, and the steam, after it has moved...than the pressure of the atmosphere, or it could not and drive out the waste Bteam on the other side of the piston, in opposition to the pressure of the...

...eu- engines, the appaP"6 f ratus for condensing the steam alternately above or below the piston, is dispensed with, and the steam, after it has moved...accomplish this, it is evident that the steam must have an clastic force greater than the pressure of the atmosphere, or it could not expand and drive out the...

...apparatus for condensing the steam alternately above or below the piston is dispensed with, and vVnat is a the steam, after it has moved the piston from one end of high-pressthe cylinder to the other, is allowed to escape, by the ure eng'ne ? opening of a valve,...

...in most land service) " the apparatus for condensing steam alternately above and below the piston is dispensed with, and the steam, after it has moved...an elastic force greater than the pressure of the air, or it could not expand and drive out the -waste steam on the other side of the piston, in opposition...