 | Science - 1826 - 460 pages
...same weight and distance one quarter farther into the target than the strongest gunpowder. Mr Perkins has made another very curious discovery in experimenting...particular on this point as we could wish, on account of Mr Perkins not having completed his patent for the remedy. We feel great pleasure in adding to the above,... | |
 | Science - 1826 - 434 pages
...same weight and distance one quarter farther into the target than the strongest gunpowder. Mr Perkins has made another very curious discovery in experimenting...particular on this point as we could wish, on account of Mr Perkins not having completed his patent for the remedy. We feel great pleasure in adding to the above,... | |
 | Science - 1826 - 418 pages
...quarter farther into the target than the strongest gunpowder. Mr Perkins has made another very cunous discovery in experimenting on high steam, namely,...particular on this point as we could wish, on account of Mr Perkins not having completed his patent for the remedy, We feel great pleasure in adding to the above,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1878 - 880 pages
...between temperature and pressure in STEAM— STEAM-CARKIAGE. the foregoing table apply only so long aa the steam is in contact with the water from which it is generated. Once away from the water, its temperature may be raised without altering its pressure. Steam which... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 858 pages
...temperature at which it boils ; a deerease of pressure lowers the temperature at which it boils. 1991. When steam is in contact with the water from which it is generated, it is called saturated steam. This is the condition of steam in a boiler. According to the law just... | |
 | Mechanical engineering - 1900 - 428 pages
...of the water rises above 212 degrees. Which is correct ? A. — The statement of B is correct. When steam is in contact with the water from which it is generated the steam and water have the same temperature. A rise of pressure cannot take place without a corresponding... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Nonferrous metals - 1902 - 654 pages
...temperature at whic/i it boils ; a decrease of pressure lowers the temperature at whieh it boils. 1991. When steam is in contact with the water from which it is generated, it is called saturated steam. This is the condition of steam in a boiler. According to the law just... | |
 | Civil engineering - 1905 - 696 pages
...temperature at which it boils ; a decrease of pressure lowers the temperature at which it boils. 1991. When steam is in contact with the water from which it is generated, it is called saturated steam. This is the condition of steam in a boiler. According to the law just... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Plumbing - 1905 - 448 pages
...changing water (or other liquids) into vapor by means of heat is called evaporation or vaporization. When steam is in contact with the water from which it is generated it is called saturated steam. Steam, if not in contact with water, may be heated like air or any other... | |
 | William Ernest Dalby - Steam engineering - 1915 - 816 pages
...the pressure in pounds per square inch with sufficient accuracy for ordinary purposes. In the boiler the steam is in contact with the water from which it is produced, and in the condenser it is in contact with the water to which it is reduced, and in these... | |
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In some of these experiments, a pressure of 1600 pounds to the square inch has been used with perfect safety, and was found to project musket balls of the same weight and distance one quarter farther into the target than the strongest gunpowder. Mr Perkins... 
