 | Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne, Ernest Spon, Francis N. Spon - 1874 - 396 pagina’s
...introduced and still prevnils between the nominal und the actual horse-power, the former being applied to th size of engines, irrespective of the pressure or speed...tell, in any case, precisely what is meant by it. The indicator furnishes one of the data for ascertaining the actual power exerted by the steam-engine... | |
 | Charles Talbot Porter - 1874 - 294 pagina’s
...distinction was introduced, and still prevails, between the " nominal " and the "actual" horse-power, the former being applied to the size of engines, irrespective...has, moreover, acquired a variety of significations n different localities, and it has become difficult to tell, in any case, precisely what is meant by... | |
 | Charles Talbot Porter - 1888 - 322 pagina’s
...distinction was introduced, and still prevails, between the " nominal" and the "actual" horse-power, the former being applied to the size of engines, irrespective...has, moreover, acquired a variety of significations THE RICHARDS STEAM-ENGINE INDICATOR. 85 in different localities, and it has become difficult to tell,... | |
 | William Barnet Le Van - 1889 - 524 pagina’s
...prevails, between the nominal and the actual horse-power; the former being applied to the size of engine, irrespective of the pressure or speed employed, and the latter to the pmver which they exert. The term nominal horse-power has, moreover, acquired a variety of significations... | |
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... the former being applied to the size of engines, irrespective of the pressure or speed employed, and the latter to the power which they exert. The term " nominal horse-power " has, moreover, acquired a variety of significations in different localities,... 