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An enormous amount of work , trouble , and anxiety is devoted by the members of
my profession to advising and estimating upon requirements ignorantly stated , or
in which essential points are ignored , both to the loss of their clients and ...
An enormous amount of work , trouble , and anxiety is devoted by the members of
my profession to advising and estimating upon requirements ignorantly stated , or
in which essential points are ignored , both to the loss of their clients and ...
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Further inquiry elicits another factor in favour of steam , for there is an immense
amount of waste cane , from which the juice has been extracted , which may be
made to serve as fuel under the boiler . On the other hand , there may be cases ...
Further inquiry elicits another factor in favour of steam , for there is an immense
amount of waste cane , from which the juice has been extracted , which may be
made to serve as fuel under the boiler . On the other hand , there may be cases ...
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CHAPTER V . POWER DEFINED AND COMPARED . The term “ Power " involves
not merely a pull , push , or pressure of a given amount , but a distance over
which either is exercised for a given period . Morin established , as a unit of
power ...
CHAPTER V . POWER DEFINED AND COMPARED . The term “ Power " involves
not merely a pull , push , or pressure of a given amount , but a distance over
which either is exercised for a given period . Morin established , as a unit of
power ...
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... COMMERCIAL ” horse - power is a term which has been widely used in the
United States , since its adoption as a standard of comparison by the judges at
the Centennial Exhibition . It represents an amount of 30 pounds of water
evaporated ...
... COMMERCIAL ” horse - power is a term which has been widely used in the
United States , since its adoption as a standard of comparison by the judges at
the Centennial Exhibition . It represents an amount of 30 pounds of water
evaporated ...
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Thus , 10 effective horse - power employed to rotate a dynamo will not produce
full 10 effective horse - power of electricity , but a less amount , which may safely
be taken as eighty per cent . , or 8 effective horse - power , and is so taken in the
...
Thus , 10 effective horse - power employed to rotate a dynamo will not produce
full 10 effective horse - power of electricity , but a less amount , which may safely
be taken as eighty per cent . , or 8 effective horse - power , and is so taken in the
...
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