A Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime MoversC. Griffin, 1897 - 640 Seiten |
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... increased strength during the middle ages , and aided by the prevalence of the belief in sorcery , rendered the records of the progress of practical mechanics , until about the end of the fifteenth century , almost a blank . Those ...
... increased strength during the middle ages , and aided by the prevalence of the belief in sorcery , rendered the records of the progress of practical mechanics , until about the end of the fifteenth century , almost a blank . Those ...
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... increase of the size , power , and speed of steam - ships , and the extent of their voyages - the largest vessel yet built being the " Great Eastern , " 680 feet long , 83 feet broad . This vessel has now been broken up . The largest ...
... increase of the size , power , and speed of steam - ships , and the extent of their voyages - the largest vessel yet built being the " Great Eastern , " 680 feet long , 83 feet broad . This vessel has now been broken up . The largest ...
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... increased to many times the rate at which fuel is burned in the furnace of a stationary engine of the same size ; and that the surface through which heat is communicated from the burning fuel to the water shall be very large compared ...
... increased to many times the rate at which fuel is burned in the furnace of a stationary engine of the same size ; and that the surface through which heat is communicated from the burning fuel to the water shall be very large compared ...
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... increase the amount of heat in the universe , or create caloric ; -a consequence opposed to the original assumption ... increased the exactitude of his methods of experimenting , until he succeeded in ascertaining , by experiments on the ...
... increase the amount of heat in the universe , or create caloric ; -a consequence opposed to the original assumption ... increased the exactitude of his methods of experimenting , until he succeeded in ascertaining , by experiments on the ...
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... increased indefinitely in number , and dimi- nished indefinitely in length , being the area OEG F , and the exact representation of the work performed , is denoted by and the mean resistance by √ Rds ;. [ Rds S B ... ( 2 . ) ( 3. ) To ...
... increased indefinitely in number , and dimi- nished indefinitely in length , being the area OEG F , and the exact representation of the work performed , is denoted by and the mean resistance by √ Rds ;. [ Rds S B ... ( 2 . ) ( 3. ) To ...
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