 | Industrial arts - 1827 - 600 pages
...that exertion of Boring force which, betides overcomdiameter of the cylinder in inches, by the motion of the piston in feet per minute, and divide the product by C050 ; the quotient is the power of the engine in horse power.t Example. — Cylinder 23J inches diameter,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1827 - 588 pages
...power.* RULE. — Multiply the gquare of the 871 diameter of the cylinder in inches, by the motion of the piston in feet per minute, and divide the product by 6050 ; the quotient is the power of the engine in horse power.-)Example. —Cylinder 23J inches diameter,... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1844 - 298 pages
...rule for either engine is, multiply the effective pressure upon the piston in Ibs. per square inch by the velocity of the piston in feet per minute, and divide by 33000. To find the Volume the Steam of a Cubic Foot of Water occupies (separated from the Water),... | |
 | Mechanical engineering - 1847 - 190 pages
...capacity, and steam at any density requiredRule — Multiply 375 times the area of the cylinder in feet by the velocity of the piston in feet per minute, and divide the product by the volume of steam to 1 of water at the density required, (see Table, page 91 ;) and the quotient... | |
 | Artizan club (London, England) - Steam engineering - 1847 - 338 pages
...— Subtract 1 from the diameter of the cylinder in inches, and square the remainder, which multiply by the velocity of the piston in feet per minute, and divide by 5640 : the result is the horse-power. The speeds of piston, with different lengths of stroke, are... | |
 | Thomas Kelt - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 424 pages
...capacity, and steam at any density required. Ride. — Multiply 375 times the area of the cylinder in feet by the velocity of the piston in feet per minute, and divide the product by the volume of steam to 1 of water at the density required, (see Table, page 91 ;) and the quotient... | |
 | John Bourne (C.E.) - 1850 - 298 pages
...be ascertained by the following rule : multiply the square of the diameter of the cylinder in inches by the velocity of the piston in feet per minute, and divide the product by 6000 ; the quotient is the number of nominal horses power. In using this rule, however, it is necessary... | |
 | John Bourne (C.E.) - Steam engineering - 1850 - 326 pages
...high or low pressure : — multiply the square of the diameter of the cylinder in inches by the speed of the piston in feet per minute, and divide the product by 375 times the pressure on the boiler per square inch ; T 4 the quotient is the proper area of the safety... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...computed by the following rule : — Multiply the square of the diameter of the cylinder in inches by the velocity of the piston in feet per minute, and -divide the product by 6,000 ; the quotient is the number of nominal horses power. In using this rule, however, it is necessary... | |
 | John Bourne - Steam engineering - 1851 - 346 pages
...diameter of the cylinder, multiply by the effective pressure per square inch, and by the Fig. 340. motion of the piston in feet per minute, and divide the product by 42,017, which gives the same result. A horse-power is represented by a load of 33,000 Ibs., raised... | |
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Multiply the square of the diameter of the cylinder in inches by the velocity of the piston in feet per minute, and -divide the product by 6,000 ; the quotient is the number of nominal horses power. 
