The American Steam Engineer, Theoretical and Practical: With Examples of the Latest and Most Approved American Practice in the Design and Construction of Steam Engines and Boilers of Every Description. For the Use of Engineers, Machinists, Boiler Makers, and Students |
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... shown . A brick will hold a large amount of water and be no larger ; the water simply enters the large pores . If a brick be powdered up very fine so that its particles can be packed Liquids have very close together , it will be found ...
... shown . A brick will hold a large amount of water and be no larger ; the water simply enters the large pores . If a brick be powdered up very fine so that its particles can be packed Liquids have very close together , it will be found ...
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... common substances . The strength of any piece of sub- stance shown in the table can be found by meas- uring or calculating the number of square inches area of the piece and multiplying the result by the xlvi INTRODUCTION . 128.
... common substances . The strength of any piece of sub- stance shown in the table can be found by meas- uring or calculating the number of square inches area of the piece and multiplying the result by the xlvi INTRODUCTION . 128.
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... shown in the table : SUBSTANCE . Wrought copper Copper wire Cast iron - American English 66 Iron wire .. English bar Boiler plate . Cast lead . Platinum wire Cast silver . Bar cast steel . • . POUNDS . • 34,000 61,200 31,800 19,500 ...
... shown in the table : SUBSTANCE . Wrought copper Copper wire Cast iron - American English 66 Iron wire .. English bar Boiler plate . Cast lead . Platinum wire Cast silver . Bar cast steel . • . POUNDS . • 34,000 61,200 31,800 19,500 ...
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... shown by a rise in the temperature , ( 2 ) in separating the molecules , as shown by expansion , and ( 3 ) in re - arranging its molecules , or causing a change of condition . The work performed is partly internal and partly external ...
... shown by a rise in the temperature , ( 2 ) in separating the molecules , as shown by expansion , and ( 3 ) in re - arranging its molecules , or causing a change of condition . The work performed is partly internal and partly external ...
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... shown by Faraday in a lec- ture experiment , and his illustration goes to the substance of the whole matter . The device was to soak a little cotton - wool in any hydrocarbon liquid , and set it on fire in a jar of oxygen gas . In such ...
... shown by Faraday in a lec- ture experiment , and his illustration goes to the substance of the whole matter . The device was to soak a little cotton - wool in any hydrocarbon liquid , and set it on fire in a jar of oxygen gas . In such ...
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