Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 51Institution of Civil Engineers, 1878 - Civil engineering |
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... inch ; and one of 11 feet 3 inches in diameter , in which the percentage of materials left in the plate was 53 , and thickness of plate at fracture & inch . As they both went by the plate giving way he would not enter into any more ...
... inch ; and one of 11 feet 3 inches in diameter , in which the percentage of materials left in the plate was 53 , and thickness of plate at fracture & inch . As they both went by the plate giving way he would not enter into any more ...
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... inches in length , and about 22 inches in diameter ; and it came out that when the engine was working at the highest power , and at its greatest speed , the work delivered in the shape of friction on the surface of the crank pin ...
... inches in length , and about 22 inches in diameter ; and it came out that when the engine was working at the highest power , and at its greatest speed , the work delivered in the shape of friction on the surface of the crank pin ...
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... inches in diameter and 2 feet 6 inches in length along the screw shaft might contain a turbine , which would take up 3,000 HP . when rotated at about 90 revolutions . He was expecting an order from the Admiralty to get such an ...
... inches in diameter and 2 feet 6 inches in length along the screw shaft might contain a turbine , which would take up 3,000 HP . when rotated at about 90 revolutions . He was expecting an order from the Admiralty to get such an ...
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... inches water- pressure in the stoke - hole , when they had been rather pressed for steam ; but their best results had been obtained with about 2 inches water - pressure . He had heard of the excellent re- sults obtained by the Author's ...
... inches water- pressure in the stoke - hole , when they had been rather pressed for steam ; but their best results had been obtained with about 2 inches water - pressure . He had heard of the excellent re- sults obtained by the Author's ...
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... inches in length widened by the erosive action of the leaking steam , at the end of five or six years , to be about inch open at the middle . The diagram revealed the existence of this leak and indicated its locality . About boiler ...
... inches in length widened by the erosive action of the leaking steam , at the end of five or six years , to be about inch open at the middle . The diagram revealed the existence of this leak and indicated its locality . About boiler ...
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