Compound Engines: With Results of European Practice. History and theory of action, Part 1 |
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1+e log action admission amount anthracite coal atmosphere boiler tests calculated Capacity Tests carbon cent CENTENNIAL BOILER compound engines consumption contains corresponding crank Cut-off cylinder engines cylinder not jacketed dead space diameter double-cylinder engines Economy Tests efficiency employed ether evaporated per hour experiments fire-tube boiler flue gines heat of combustion heat units heating power heating surface heating-sur high-pressure indicated horse-power indicator diagrams Initial pressure intermediate reservoir Kestner and Meunier large cylinder large piston low-pressure Manosque marine boiler marine engines mean effective pressure ments Mulhouse Number of Engine pansion patent performance pipe piston pound of fuel pressure of steam rate of combustion Ratio of expansion Ronchamp second cylinder sectional boiler sensible steam Single-cylinder sion small cylinder steam engine Steamer stroke SUPERHEATED STEAM surface condensation Table XXV temperature tension thermal units tion total expansion total heat valve water evaporated water-tube boiler Woolf Woolf's engine