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" Divide the continued product of the mean effective pressure in pounds per square inch, the length of the stroke in feet, the area of the piston in square inches, and the number of strokes per minute by 33,000; the result will be the horsepower. "
A Textbook on Mining Engineering - Page 50
1900
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Proceedings of the American Gas Light Association ...

American Gas Light Association - Gas - 1902 - 594 pages
...continued product of the mean effective pres-mre in pounds per square inch of the steam in the cylinder, the length of the stroke in feet, the area of the...square inches and the number of strokes per minute. This product is then divided by 33,000. The rule may be expressed in the following formula : HP = 3...
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A Textbook on Plumbing, Heating, and Ventilation, Volume 1

1897 - 366 pages
...well-known rule for finding the horsepower of a steam-engine, which may be stated as follow : Divide the continued product of the mean effective pressure in...square inches, and the number of strokes per minute, by 88,000 ; the result ioill be the horsepower. This is a very simple rule, and very little, if anything,...
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Higher Arithmetic

Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1897 - 256 pages
...p, I, o, n are abstract numbers representing the pressure in pounds per square inch on the piston, the length of the stroke in feet, the area of the...square inches, and the number of strokes per minute. Calculate the horse-power, to the nearest unit, of each of these engines : (a) p = 20, I - 6, a = 400,...
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Higher Arithmetic

Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1897 - 234 pages
...abstract numbers representing oo,UUU the pressure in pounds per square inch on the piston, the tength of the stroke in feet, the area of the piston in square inches, and the number of strokes per minute. Calculate the horse-power, to the nearest unit, of each of these engines : (a) p = 2G, 1=6, a= 400,...
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A Textbook on Marine Engineering ...: Steam and Steam Boilers, Steam Engines ...

International Correspondence Schools - Marine engineering - 1900 - 614 pages
...well-known rule for finding the horsepower of a steam-engine, which may be stated as follows: Divide the continued product of the mean effective pressure in...square inches, and the number of strokes per minute, by 83,000 ; the result will be the horsepower. This is a very simple iule, and very little, if anything,...
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A Textbook on Metallurgy of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc, Volume 1

International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1902 - 794 pages
...well-known rule for rinding the horsepower of a steam engine, which may be stated as follows: Divide the continued product of the mean effective pressure in...square inches, and the number of strokes per minute, by 83,000 ; the result will be the horsepower. This is a very simple rule, and very little, if anything,...
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A Textbook on Steam Engineering, Volume 1

Engineering - 1902 - 514 pages
...follows : Divide the continued product of the mean effective pressure in pounds per square inch, t lie length of the stroke in feet, the area of the piston...square inches, and the number of strokes per minute, by 38,000 ; the result will be the Jwrsepoiver. This is a very simple rule, and very little, if anything,...
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Steam Engines, Elevators

Elevators - 1902 - 658 pages
...constant for this case can, therefore, be found by the following rule : Rule 0. — Multiply together the length of the stroke in feet, the area of the piston in square inches, and the number of working strokes per minute, and divide the product by 33,000 ; the quotient will be the engine constant....
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International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for ..., Volume 8

Agriculture - 1902 - 672 pages
...constant for this case can, therefore, be found by the following rule: Rule 6. — Multiply together the length of the stroke in feet, the area of the piston in square inches, and the number oj working strokes per minute, and divide the product by 33, 000; the quotient will be the engine constant....
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A Textbook on Steam Engineering ...

Engineering - 1902 - 524 pages
...the following rule: Rule 1O. — Multiply together tlic scale of the indicator spring, the length of stroke in feet, the area of the piston in square inches, and t lie number of working strokes per minute. Divide this product by the product of 33,000 and the number...
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