Treatise on the Steam EngineCarvill & Company, 1839 - 327 頁 |
其他版本 - 查看全部
常見字詞
action adapted advantage air-pump applied atmosphere axis bituminous coal boats body boiling calculation capable cast iron centre of gravity chimney circular cistern coal coefficient combustion condensing engine connecting rod consequence constant constructed crank cubic cubic foot cylinder density diameter diminished effect employed equal exerted expansive force experiments feet flame flaunches flues fluid fly-wheel forcing pump friction fuel Fulton furnace gine given greater heat Hence high pressure engine horse power increase invention length less lever beam liquid load locomotive engines maximum mercury method miles per hour mode moving New-York paddle paddle-wheel parallel motion passes performed pipe piston piston-rod plate practice pressure boilers produced proper pump quantity of water raised ratio resistance rotary motion safety valve side solid space square inch steam engine steam-boats stroke surface temperature tension theory tion tube usually vacuum vapour velocity Watt Watt's weight West Point Foundry wheel
熱門章節
第 180 頁 - I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three quarters full of water, stopping and screwing up the broken end, as also the touchhole ; and making a constant fire under it, within twenty-four hours it burst and made a great crack...
第 180 頁 - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected, which (my former notes leing lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful friend.
第 180 頁 - ... a way to make my vessels, so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other. I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water.
第 181 頁 - ... though it work day and night, from one end of the year to the other, it will not require forty shillings reparation to the whole engine, nor hinder one day's work.
第 180 頁 - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...
第 182 頁 - ... part that works it, may be by one man still guided to take advantage of the stream and yet to steer the boat to any point ; and this engine is applicable to any vessel or boat whatsoever, without being therefore made on purpose ; and...
第 181 頁 - Operation continueth, and advanceth none of the motions abovementioned, hindering, much less stopping the other; but unanimously, and with harmony agreeing they all augment and contribute strength unto the intended work and operation : And therefore I call this A Semi-omnipotent Engine, and do intend that a Model thereof be buried with me.
第 180 頁 - A CENTURY OF THE NAMES AND SCANTLINGS OF SUCH INVENTIONS, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected which (my former notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now in the year 1655 to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice.
第 183 頁 - Vauxhall, beyond the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to see an hydraulic machine invented by my Lord Somerset, Marquis of Worcester. It raises water more than forty geometrical feet, by the power of one man only ; and in a very short space of time will draw up four vessels of water through a tube or channel not more than a span in width...
第 181 頁 - ... to keep them sweet, running through several streets, and so performing the work of scavengers, as well as furnishing the inhabitants with sufficient water for their private occasions...