An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a General View of the Various Modes of Employing Elastic Vapour as a Prime Mover in Mechanics; with an Appendix of Patents and Parliamentary Papers Connected with the SubjectJ. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1822 - 277 pages |
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Page 11
... steam or atmospheric engine acts , we have only to procure an hollow bulb of glass , con- nected with a tube of the same material , about four or five inches in length , and furnished with a piston or plug , sliding air - tight . A ...
... steam or atmospheric engine acts , we have only to procure an hollow bulb of glass , con- nected with a tube of the same material , about four or five inches in length , and furnished with a piston or plug , sliding air - tight . A ...
Page 17
... tight , and indeed in all respects similar to a common sy- ringe . At the bottom of this are several apertures : one to communicate with the steam boiler , and furnished with a cock to open and shut the com- munication at pleasure ...
... tight , and indeed in all respects similar to a common sy- ringe . At the bottom of this are several apertures : one to communicate with the steam boiler , and furnished with a cock to open and shut the com- munication at pleasure ...
Page 27
... tight vessel , immersed in water for the purpose of condensa- tion . If the piston be then raised , and the communica- tion with the condenser cut off , the steam will speedily expel the air ; when this is effected , the further ...
... tight vessel , immersed in water for the purpose of condensa- tion . If the piston be then raised , and the communica- tion with the condenser cut off , the steam will speedily expel the air ; when this is effected , the further ...
Page 29
... tight . The force of steam was then substituted for that of the atmosphere , and at a pressure of more than fifteen pounds on the square inch ; so that when a vacuum was formed beneath the piston , steam of considerable impellent force ...
... tight . The force of steam was then substituted for that of the atmosphere , and at a pressure of more than fifteen pounds on the square inch ; so that when a vacuum was formed beneath the piston , steam of considerable impellent force ...
Page 37
... tight , and connected with a forcing pump . When steam of considerable elasticity is ad- mitted at the bottom of the first cylinder , it is forced upwards , carrying with it the lever of the pump ; at the same time that the steam or air ...
... tight , and connected with a forcing pump . When steam of considerable elasticity is ad- mitted at the bottom of the first cylinder , it is forced upwards , carrying with it the lever of the pump ; at the same time that the steam or air ...
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acting action admitted air-pump alternately annulus apparatus applied atmospheric engine axis beam boats boiling bottom Boulton and Watt bushel of coals cast iron cast-iron boilers centre chimney cistern coal cock cold water communication condenser connected considerable construction consumed copper Cornwall crank cylinder diameter effect elastic vapour employed equal erected examined expansive force expense feet fire flue fly-wheel formed fuel furnace furnished gine heat high-pressure engine holes Holyhead horizontal improved inch invention lever London low-pressure engine machine means mercury Messrs metal MICHAEL ANGELO TAYLOR mode moveable navigation passage passing patent pipe piston piston-rod placed plate ployed pounds pressure principle produced pump purpose quantity raised ratchet-wheel reciprocating engine revolving rotatory motion safety-valve sailing Savery's screws shaft side smoke square steam engine steam vessel steam-boats steam-pipe steam-tight stroke sufficient supply surface THOMAS TREDGOLD tion tube upper vacuum valve Watt's weight wheel wrought wrought-iron boiler