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 |
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... bushel of coals is equal to two horses , and that every inch of the cylinder performs nearly the work of a man . An engine upon Captain Savery's plan , constructed by Mr. Keir , has been found to raise nearly three millions of pounds of ...
... bushel of coals is equal to two horses , and that every inch of the cylinder performs nearly the work of a man . An engine upon Captain Savery's plan , constructed by Mr. Keir , has been found to raise nearly three millions of pounds of ...
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... bushel of Newcastle coals ; but Mr. Watt undertook to raise 24,553,571 pounds , with the same amount of fuel . The increasing depth of some of the larger works in 32 Historical Account.
... bushel of Newcastle coals ; but Mr. Watt undertook to raise 24,553,571 pounds , with the same amount of fuel . The increasing depth of some of the larger works in 32 Historical Account.
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... bushels of wheat with one bushel of coals ; while the average effect of Boulton and Watt's engine , or the low - pressure engines , was the grinding of from ten to twelve bushels of wheat with a bushel of coals . - SETH HUNT , Esq . was ...
... bushels of wheat with one bushel of coals ; while the average effect of Boulton and Watt's engine , or the low - pressure engines , was the grinding of from ten to twelve bushels of wheat with a bushel of coals . - SETH HUNT , Esq . was ...
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... bushel of coals : that , by the introduction of high - pressure steam , under the best mode of management , an ... coal , thereby producing above double the effect . - Apprehended that condensing or low - pressure engines were equally ...
... bushel of coals : that , by the introduction of high - pressure steam , under the best mode of management , an ... coal , thereby producing above double the effect . - Apprehended that condensing or low - pressure engines were equally ...
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... bushel of coals , or two of coke , serving the boiler about two hours and three - quarters . The Atmospheric Steam - engine , which is next in the order of invention , is now but little employed ; indeed , if we except the mining ...
... bushel of coals , or two of coke , serving the boiler about two hours and three - quarters . The Atmospheric Steam - engine , which is next in the order of invention , is now but little employed ; indeed , if we except the mining ...
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