The Steam Engine Considered as a Thermodynamic Machine: A Treatise on the Thermodynamic Efficiency of Steam Engines, Illustrated by Diagrams, Tables, and Examples from Practice

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E. & F. N. Spon, 1890 - 426 páginas
 

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Página 27 - Engines, Varieties of. Explosives. Fans. Founding, Moulding and the practical work of the Foundry. Gas, Manufacture of. Hammers, Steam and other Power. Heat. Horse Power. Hydraulics. Hydro-geology. Indicators. Iron. Lifts, Hoists, and Elevators. Lighthouses, Buoys, and Beacons. Machine Tools. Materials of Construction. Meters. Ores, Machinery and Processes employed to Dress. Piers. Pile Driving. Pneumatic Transmission. Pumps. Pyrometers. Road Locomotives. Rock Drills. Rolling Stock. Sanitary Engineering....
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