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Excerpt from A Popular and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a General View of the Various Modes of Employing Elastic Vapour as a Prime Mover in Mechanics; And on Steam Navigation; With an Appendix of Patents and Parliamentary Papers Connected With That Subject
The use of water as an impelling power, both for the turning of machinery and other purposes connected with the useful arts, appears to have been known at a very early period. Vitruvius describes a variety of machines for this purpose, the earliest of which were employed merely to raise a portion Of the ?uid by which they were impelled. The most simple method of applying this element as a mechanical agent evidently con sisted in the construction of a wheel, the periphery of which was composed of a number of ?oat boards. This, on being exposed to the action Of a running stream, was afterwards employed to give motion to a variety of mills, and is at the present time employed in almost every species Of mac chinery.
Among the most celebrated hydraulic machines, we may enumerate the Machine Of Marly. This, when first constructed, appears to have produced one-eighth Of the power expended, so that seven eighths Of its power were usually lost. This mis''
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The use of water as an impelling power, both for the turning of machinery and other purposes connected with the useful arts, appears to have been known at a very early period. Vitruvius describes a variety of machines for this purpose, the earliest of which were employed merely to raise a portion Of the ?uid by which they were impelled. The most simple method of applying this element as a mechanical agent evidently con sisted in the construction of a wheel, the periphery of which was composed of a number of ?oat boards. This, on being exposed to the action Of a running stream, was afterwards employed to give motion to a variety of mills, and is at the present time employed in almost every species Of mac chinery.
Among the most celebrated hydraulic machines, we may enumerate the Machine Of Marly. This, when first constructed, appears to have produced one-eighth Of the power expended, so that seven eighths Of its power were usually lost. This mis''
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author(s) - Charles Frederick Partington
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ISBN - 9780267799022
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 344
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