A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Charles Joseph Singer Clarendon Press, 1958 - 728 pages |
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Page 165
... steam . Evans and Trevithick worked with a steam - pressure of 3.5 atm in 1810 , this rising to 5 to 6 atm by 1830 ( p 190 ) . Between 1840 and 1850 many older engines were converted into high - pressure engines . However , the inter ...
... steam . Evans and Trevithick worked with a steam - pressure of 3.5 atm in 1810 , this rising to 5 to 6 atm by 1830 ( p 190 ) . Between 1840 and 1850 many older engines were converted into high - pressure engines . However , the inter ...
Page 182
... steam which entered it ; and secondly , that when the steam was condensed , the water of which it was composed , and the injection itself , should be cooled down to 100 ° , or lower where that was possible . The means of accomplishing ...
... steam which entered it ; and secondly , that when the steam was condensed , the water of which it was composed , and the injection itself , should be cooled down to 100 ° , or lower where that was possible . The means of accomplishing ...
Page 188
... steam - pressure higher than a few pounds above atmospheric , because of supposed danger . In his first patent of 1769 , he made a claim for non - condensing engines that ' may be wrought by the force of steam only , by discharging the ...
... steam - pressure higher than a few pounds above atmospheric , because of supposed danger . In his first patent of 1769 , he made a claim for non - condensing engines that ' may be wrought by the force of steam only , by discharging the ...
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GLASS by L M ANGUSBUTTERWORTH Director The Newton Heath Glass | 12 |
TELEGRAPHY by G R M GARRATT Deputy Keeper Department of Electrical | 22 |
FISH PRESERVATION by C L CUTTING Officer in Charge Humber | 44 |
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