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While the settlement under very difficult conditions of the best motive power to be
adopted , remains undoubtedly a matter in which the experience of an engineer
is most properly applied , it has appeared to me that a compilation , or a ...
While the settlement under very difficult conditions of the best motive power to be
adopted , remains undoubtedly a matter in which the experience of an engineer
is most properly applied , it has appeared to me that a compilation , or a ...
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... machinery of less than proper dimensions . These misnomers and
misunderstandings are kept alive by the absence of a direct and simple definition
of the essential feature in common of engines and boilers ; and this I have in this
book not ...
... machinery of less than proper dimensions . These misnomers and
misunderstandings are kept alive by the absence of a direct and simple definition
of the essential feature in common of engines and boilers ; and this I have in this
book not ...
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The smell of oil - or gas - engines and the vibration due to them or to steam -
engines may have to be provided against , and can be overcome by proper
arrangements . So , also , may the noise of motive machinery of all kinds , when
properly ...
The smell of oil - or gas - engines and the vibration due to them or to steam -
engines may have to be provided against , and can be overcome by proper
arrangements . So , also , may the noise of motive machinery of all kinds , when
properly ...
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when properly made and regulated . “ Pounding ” in ... Smoke is a fruitful cause of
trouble , especially with old boilers , but may be almost entirely obliterated by
proper arrangements as to the furnace , or by suitably proportioned chimneys .
when properly made and regulated . “ Pounding ” in ... Smoke is a fruitful cause of
trouble , especially with old boilers , but may be almost entirely obliterated by
proper arrangements as to the furnace , or by suitably proportioned chimneys .
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We next come to the calculation of the proper area of sail to represent a given
power . This area in square feet equals Horse - power X 1 , 080 , 000 The velocity
of the wind in feet per second , cubed , or Horse - power X 1 , 080 , 000 V3 ...
We next come to the calculation of the proper area of sail to represent a given
power . This area in square feet equals Horse - power X 1 , 080 , 000 The velocity
of the wind in feet per second , cubed , or Horse - power X 1 , 080 , 000 V3 ...
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