Things: A Volume of Objects Devised by Man's Genius which are the Measure of His CivilizationGeoffrey Grigson, Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith Hawthorn Books, 1957 - 466 Seiten |
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... engine firmly and a little cum- brously in the seat of power , the idea of generat- ing power in small engines without boilers and the consequent loss of heat between boiler and cylinder made much appeal to inventors . But first came ...
... engine firmly and a little cum- brously in the seat of power , the idea of generat- ing power in small engines without boilers and the consequent loss of heat between boiler and cylinder made much appeal to inventors . But first came ...
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... engine ' , which he described in The Miners ' Friend in 1702 , water could indeed be raised from mines ; and several such engines were erected , though it is not upon record that they were really successful . Savery worked with the ...
... engine ' , which he described in The Miners ' Friend in 1702 , water could indeed be raised from mines ; and several such engines were erected , though it is not upon record that they were really successful . Savery worked with the ...
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... engine . Briefly , in such an engine the steam is first expanded down to a particular pressure in the first cylinder and then expanded for another and further stage in the second , and of necessity , larger , cylinder . By this means ...
... engine . Briefly , in such an engine the steam is first expanded down to a particular pressure in the first cylinder and then expanded for another and further stage in the second , and of necessity , larger , cylinder . By this means ...
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GROTTO at Painshill Park Surrey SirènChina | 186 |
Kircher Ars magna lucis | 294 |
Mavungu Pitt Rivers Museum | 399 |
Urheberrecht | |
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