Useful Information for Engineers; Being a Series of Lectures Delivered to the Working Engineers of Yorkshire and Lancashire; Together with a Series of Appendices, Containing the Results of Experimental Inquiries Into the Strength of Materials, the Causes of Boiler Explosions, Etc |
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... safety - valves and other adjuncts calculated to ensure safety . On high - pressure steam worked expansively 163 165 · On management · 168 LECTURE VIII . On the Consumption of Fuel and the Prevention of Smoke . The constituents of coals ...
... safety - valves and other adjuncts calculated to ensure safety . On high - pressure steam worked expansively 163 165 · On management · 168 LECTURE VIII . On the Consumption of Fuel and the Prevention of Smoke . The constituents of coals ...
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... safety - valve or the usual channels when so generated , the greatest danger may be apprehended from the continuous ... valves are either inadequate to the full discharge of the surplus steam , or that they are entirely inoperative ...
... safety - valve or the usual channels when so generated , the greatest danger may be apprehended from the continuous ... valves are either inadequate to the full discharge of the surplus steam , or that they are entirely inoperative ...
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... safety valve should also be equal to 100 , in order to prevent a continuous increase of pressure ; or in case of the adhesion of any of the valves , it is desirable that their areas should , collectively , be equal to 100. If two or more ...
... safety valve should also be equal to 100 , in order to prevent a continuous increase of pressure ; or in case of the adhesion of any of the valves , it is desirable that their areas should , collectively , be equal to 100. If two or more ...
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... safety - valves ; one under the immediate control of the engineer , and the other , as a reserve , under the keeping of some competent authority . 2nd . Explosions from deficiency of water . This division of the subject requires the ...
... safety - valves ; one under the immediate control of the engineer , and the other , as a reserve , under the keeping of some competent authority . 2nd . Explosions from deficiency of water . This division of the subject requires the ...
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... safety - valves not excepted - than that which supplies it with water . A well - constructed pump , and self - acting feeders , when boilers are worked at a low pressure , are in- dispensable ; and where the latter cannot be applied ...
... safety - valves not excepted - than that which supplies it with water . A well - constructed pump , and self - acting feeders , when boilers are worked at a low pressure , are in- dispensable ; and where the latter cannot be applied ...
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