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Pagina 43
... fire was under it , and as a consequence , one - third of the lower surface became red hot . In this state 4 gallons of hot feed water were let into it slowly , which produced a roaring sound , but not sufficient steam to raise a safety ...
... fire was under it , and as a consequence , one - third of the lower surface became red hot . In this state 4 gallons of hot feed water were let into it slowly , which produced a roaring sound , but not sufficient steam to raise a safety ...
Pagina 46
... fire , but the temperature of which is mode- rated by the proximity of the boiler ) , inclosing another open cylinder , which also contains a piston . The regenerator is connected at the bottom with an- other cylinder , exactly similar ...
... fire , but the temperature of which is mode- rated by the proximity of the boiler ) , inclosing another open cylinder , which also contains a piston . The regenerator is connected at the bottom with an- other cylinder , exactly similar ...
Pagina 47
... fire . High - pressure steam being admitted into the regenerator , passes through the respirator into the working cylinder . Arriving there in a highly - heated and compressed state it raises the piston . Becoming cool by expansion , it ...
... fire . High - pressure steam being admitted into the regenerator , passes through the respirator into the working cylinder . Arriving there in a highly - heated and compressed state it raises the piston . Becoming cool by expansion , it ...
Pagina 49
... fire box . spring balance is set at the pressure to be carried - 60 or 80 lbs . — and the valve then covers the tube leading into the furnace . Whenever the pressure in the boiler on the small piston exceeds that at which the spring ...
... fire box . spring balance is set at the pressure to be carried - 60 or 80 lbs . — and the valve then covers the tube leading into the furnace . Whenever the pressure in the boiler on the small piston exceeds that at which the spring ...
Pagina 50
... fire- box a series of tubular flues rise to the upper part , where they communicate with a chamber which is surrounded with the steam in the upper part of the boiler . The heated air and products of combustion then pass down from each ...
... fire- box a series of tubular flues rise to the upper part , where they communicate with a chamber which is surrounded with the steam in the upper part of the boiler . The heated air and products of combustion then pass down from each ...
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Pagina 260 - ... wrought into the forms and shapes required, provided that we increase the size and power of our machinery to the extent necessary to deal with such large masses of metal. A few minutes...
Pagina 258 - ... carbon present allows a part of the oxygen to combine with the iron, which undergoes combustion and is converted into an oxide. At the excessive temperature that the metal has now acquired, the oxide as soon as formed undergoes fusion, and forms a powerful solvent of those earthy bases that are associated with the iron ; the violent ebullition which is going on mixes most intimately the...
Pagina 305 - Stream, the sounding from Lat. 31° 32', Long. 79° 35', depth 150 fathoms, is mentioned as " a mixture in about equal proportions of Globigerina and black sand, probably greensand, as it makes a green mark when crushed on paper.
Pagina 400 - STRENGTH AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF METALS; Reports of Experiments on the Strength and other Properties of Metals for Cannon. With a Description of the Machines for Testing Metals, and of the Classification of Cannon in service. By Officers of the Ordnance Department, US Army. By authority of the Secretary of War. Illustrated by 25 large steel plates. Quarto . $10.00 SULLIVAN. — Protection to Native Industry. By Sir EDWARD SULLIVAN, Baronet, author of " Ten Chapters on Social Reforms.
Pagina 144 - May, and published in the proceedings, shows that a wire of six times the length of the Varna and Balaklava wire, if of the same lateral dimensions, would give thirty-six times the retardation, and thirty-six times the slowness of action.
Pagina 400 - Gift of the State of New York. 13034, 0. 5. Sixth annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, &o.
Pagina 395 - A communication from Professor Henry of Washington having been read, containing a proposal for the publication of a catalogue of philosophical memoirs scattered throughout the Transactions of Societies in Europe and America, with the offer of co-operation on the part of the Smithsonian Institution, to the extent of preparing and publishing in accordance with the general plan which might be adopted by the British Association, a catalogue of all the American memoirs on physical science, — the Committee...