The Marine Steam Engine ...Longmans, 1899 - 519 páginas |
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... taken place in marine engineering , more especially in the naval machinery with which it originally dealt . When considering the preparation either of an independent new work or the thorough revision and modernisation of the old one ...
... taken place in marine engineering , more especially in the naval machinery with which it originally dealt . When considering the preparation either of an independent new work or the thorough revision and modernisation of the old one ...
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... taken in the progress of marine engineering , for this rendered many sub- sequent advances possible . Its principal advantages , as compared with the paddle - wheel , are , that it is comparatively little affected by the rolling , or by ...
... taken in the progress of marine engineering , for this rendered many sub- sequent advances possible . Its principal advantages , as compared with the paddle - wheel , are , that it is comparatively little affected by the rolling , or by ...
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... taken to be at least 30 per cent . This gain was well authenticated , and the average amounts claimed by the principal Engineers and Steamship Companies , in reply to ques- tions by an Admiralty Committee in 1872 , was 30 to 35 per cent ...
... taken to be at least 30 per cent . This gain was well authenticated , and the average amounts claimed by the principal Engineers and Steamship Companies , in reply to ques- tions by an Admiralty Committee in 1872 , was 30 to 35 per cent ...
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... taken out . Very little further was done in this direction , until , in 1881 , Mr. Kirk fitted a set of triple expan- sion engines on board the s.s. Aberdeen , ' for the trade to Australia and China . The results in this instance were ...
... taken out . Very little further was done in this direction , until , in 1881 , Mr. Kirk fitted a set of triple expan- sion engines on board the s.s. Aberdeen , ' for the trade to Australia and China . The results in this instance were ...
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... . When , however , we consider also the time taken to perform so much work , we are considering power . Just as the term work necessarily involves distance , so does the term power involve time as well as distance . Power may be C 2 19.
... . When , however , we consider also the time taken to perform so much work , we are considering power . Just as the term work necessarily involves distance , so does the term power involve time as well as distance . Power may be C 2 19.
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The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for Engineering Students, Young ... Richard Sennett Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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action air-pump amount angle arrangement auxiliary Belleville boiler bilge blades boilers bottom cause cent centre coal cock combustion chamber compound engines compression condenser connected considerable crank crank-shaft Crown 8vo curve diameter drain draught eccentric efficiency evaporation exhaust expansion engines Fahr feed-water fire fitted friction funnel furnace gases gauge gear gunmetal heating surface high-pressure cylinder holes horizontal Illustrations increased indicator diagram initial pressure jacket lever low-pressure cylinder manganese bronze marine engines mean effective pressure motion necessary obtained orifice paddle-wheel piston plates ports position practice prevent propeller pump quantity rate of expansion reduced revolutions per minute riveted Royal Navy safety valves screw sea-water shaft ship shown in Fig side slide-valve space speed square inch steam pipes steam pressure steel stokehold stroke suction surface condensers temperature triple expansion engines tubes vertical vessels volume water-tube boilers weight
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