HISTORICAL. 1. In 1781 Jonathan Hornblower constructed and patented an engine, similar to the present " compound," that had two cylinders of different sizes. Steam was first admitted into the smaller cylinder and then passed over into the larger, doing... Steam Engines, Elevators - Página 471902 - 640 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Alfred Ewing - 1894 - 424 páginas
...first admitted into the smaller cylinder, and then passed over into the larger, doing work against a piston in each. In Hornblower's engine the two cylinders...pistons acted on the same end of a beam overhead. This was an instance of the use of steam expansively, and as such was earlier than the patent, though... | |
| 1902 - 524 páginas
...lowers the temperature of the hotwell and of the discharged condensing water, the indications are that an air leak exists somewhere about the condenser or...air pump. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the compound engine was revived by Woolf, with wh se name it is often associated, and who expanded... | |
| 1902 - 870 páginas
...will be within 2 inches of the theoretical vacuum. COMPOUND ENGINES. ADVANTAGES OF COMPOU]ST>I]SrG. HISTORICAL. 1. In 1781 Jonathan Hornblower constructed...air pump. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the compound engine was revived by Woolf, with whose name it is often associated, and who expanded... | |
| 1902 - 672 páginas
...within £ inches of th>; theoretical vacuum. COMPOUND ENGINES. ADVANTAGES OF C HISTORICAL. « 1. In 1731 Jonathan Hornblower constructed and -patented an engine,...air pump. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the compound engine was revived by Woolf, with whose name it is often associated, and who expanded... | |
| James Alfred Ewing - 1910 - 638 páginas
...first admitted into the smaller cylinder, and then passed over into the larger, doing work against a piston in each. In Hornblower's engine the two cylinders...side, and both pistons acted on the same end of a boam overhead. This was an instance of the use of steam expansively, and as such was earlier than the... | |
| 1923 - 748 páginas
...practice will be within 2 inches of the theoretical vacuum. COMPOUND ENGINES. APVAXTACJES OF rOMPOUXDIXG. HISTORICAL. 1. In 1781 Jonathan Hornblower constructed...air pump. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the compound engine was revived by Woolf, with wlv.se name it is often associated, and who expanded... | |
| 688 páginas
...first admitted into the smaller cylinder, and then passed over into the larger, doing work against a piston in each. In Hornblower's engine the two cylinders...pistons acted on the same end of a beam overhead. This was an instance of the use of steam expansively, and as such was earlier than the patent, though... | |
| 1914 - 926 páginas
...first admitted into the smaller cylinder, and then passed over into the larger, doing work against a piston in each. In Hornblower's engine the two cylinders were placed side by side, and both pistons worked on the same end of a beam overhead. This was an instance of the use of steam expansively, and... | |
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