Modern Steam Engineering in Theory and Practice: A New, Complete, and Practical Work for Steam-users, Electricians, Firemen, and Engineers ... Over Two Hundred Questions, with Their Answers, Likely to be Asked by the Examining Boards are Given, as Well as Forty Tables of the Properties of Steam for Power and Other Uses |
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Page 210 - The horse power of a steam engine is given by the equation , plan = ~ where p = mean effective pressure in pounds per square inch, l = length of stroke in feet, a = area of piston in square inches, n = number of strokes per minute, or twice the number of revolutions per minute.