Proceedings - Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Volume 6Institution, 1852 - Mechanical engineering Includes supplements. |
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action amount applied APPOLD ARCHIBALD SLATE axle-box back pressure Birmingham blades blast boiler break brick Caledonian Railway carbonic carbonic acid carriage cent centre centrifugal pump CHAIRMAN CHARLES BEYER coke compression condensation consequently construction consumption Continuous Expansion Engine Cornish Engine curve degree of expansion discharge ditto ditto Ebbw Vale economy employed exhaust expanded steam experiments feet fixed flues friction furnace gases greater groove horse-power Inches of Stroke increase India-rubber indicator diagrams iron link-motion locomotives loss McCONNELL miles miles per hour motion moving power Newhall Street notch observed obtained ordinary paper per-centage period of admission pipe piston Plate platinum portion practical present Propeller pyrometer quantity of steam rails Railway retorts revolutions per minute ROBERT STEPHENSON Scale screw second cylinder shown in Fig slide speed spring temperature trial tube valve variation velocity vessel waggons weight wheel