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, 1822 - 8 |
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... wrought iron ; and the other end was cast iron . It ap- peared to have been previously of wrought iron , but , for some reason , the wrought iron end had been cut out , and a cast iron end substituted in its place . Was of opinion that ...
... wrought iron ; and the other end was cast iron . It ap- peared to have been previously of wrought iron , but , for some reason , the wrought iron end had been cut out , and a cast iron end substituted in its place . Was of opinion that ...
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... wrought - iron boilers were much less frequent than the cast - iron boilers , and in Wolfe's engines they were scarcely used at all . Should think that the cast - iron boilers would be cheaper than wrought , if made of equal strength ...
... wrought - iron boilers were much less frequent than the cast - iron boilers , and in Wolfe's engines they were scarcely used at all . Should think that the cast - iron boilers would be cheaper than wrought , if made of equal strength ...
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... wrought iron.- There were no boilers cast in America . Presumed that might arise from their not having founderies in which they could cast them sufficiently large . They were all wrought - iron boilers , or copper : all which had to ...
... wrought iron.- There were no boilers cast in America . Presumed that might arise from their not having founderies in which they could cast them sufficiently large . They were all wrought - iron boilers , or copper : all which had to ...
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... wrought metal , might be tried with a certain force , so small in comparison with that pressure which it was ... iron vessels burst . The wrought iron generally tore and opened out , to admit of the fluid escaping ; it was generally the ...
... wrought metal , might be tried with a certain force , so small in comparison with that pressure which it was ... iron vessels burst . The wrought iron generally tore and opened out , to admit of the fluid escaping ; it was generally the ...
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... wrought , unless where there was any cold shut in the metal . The cast would burst like a shell , projecting the par- ticles of the metal to a considerable distance.- Where wrought - iron ... iron boilers it had fre- quently been by the ...
... wrought , unless where there was any cold shut in the metal . The cast would burst like a shell , projecting the par- ticles of the metal to a considerable distance.- Where wrought - iron ... iron boilers it had fre- quently been by the ...
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