Steam Engine Or The Powers Of
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Power From Steam
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Author : Richard L. Hills
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-08-19
Power From Steam written by Richard L. Hills and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-19 with Science categories.
This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.
The Governor
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Author : John Hannavy
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2022-03-10
The Governor written by John Hannavy and has been published by Pen and Sword Transport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-10 with Technology & Engineering categories.
A history of the creation and evolution of the mechanism that brought precision to the steam power and changed the world. Power without control is unusable power, and long after the invention of the steam engine, finding ways of applying that power to tasks where consistency was of paramount importance was the ‘Holy Grail’ which many steam engineers sought to find. It was the centrifugal governor which brought precision to the application of steam power, and its story can be traced back to seventeenth-century Holland and Christiaan Huygens’ development of both the pendulum clock and system controls for windmills, and governors are still at the heart of sophisticated machinery today—albeit electronic rather than mechanical. Without the centrifugal governor, precise control over the increasingly-complex machinery which has been developed over the past two centuries would not have been possible. It was the first device to give the engineman the control they needed. As machine speed increased, the governor had to evolve to keep pace with the demands for greater precision. Over a hundred British patents were applied for in the nineteenth century alone for ‘improvements’ in governor design, many of which could be fitted, or retro-fitted, to engines from every large manufacturer. Some enginemen, on taking up new appointments—their jobs depending on the precision and consistency of their engine’s operation—would even request that the governor be replaced with their preferred model. This book, the first to deal with the subject, tells the story of the evolution of the original ‘spinning-ball’ governor from its first appearance to the point where it became a small device entirely enclosed in a housing to keep it clean, and thus hidden from view. Praise for The Governor “A beautiful, well-produced book that any engineering-minded person with a passion for steam engines will be proud to own. It traces the story of attempts to get the speed of steam engines and other machinery under control. . . . The book is lavishly illustrated with many beautiful photographs of some of the author's favourite machines. . . . I found this a gloriously well-produced book which I devoured enthusiastically! I commend it to anyone with a serious interest in mechanical engineering.” —Richard Gibbon O.B.E. C.Eng F.I.Mech.E former Head of Engineering, National Railway Museum
The Steam Engine Or The Powers Of Flame
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Author : Thomas Baker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1857
The Steam Engine Or The Powers Of Flame written by Thomas Baker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1857 with Steam-engines categories.
The Nautical Steam Engine Explained And Its Powers And Capabilities Described
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Author : sir Robert Spencer Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1839
The Nautical Steam Engine Explained And Its Powers And Capabilities Described written by sir Robert Spencer Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1839 with categories.
Power From Steam
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Author : Richard Leslie Hills
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Power From Steam written by Richard Leslie Hills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Steam-engines categories.
James Watt And The History Of Steam Power
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Author : Ivor Blashka Hart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949
James Watt And The History Of Steam Power written by Ivor Blashka Hart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949 with Engineers categories.
Presents Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Ancient Near East, one of a series of Web pages about ancient world cultures contained in the EAWC WWW site. Notes that EAWC contains introductory information about ancient world cultures and is edited by Anthony F. Beavers of the University of Evansville located in Evansville, Indiana. Provides part of a short essay by Bill Hemminger about the ancient Near East. Posts WWW links to items related to the Near East such as Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim, and the Hebrew account of Noah, as located by the Limited Area Search of Ancient and Medieval Internet (ARGOS), a limited search engine that searches for links about ancient and medieval worlds.
A Brief History Of The Age Of Steam
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Author : Thomas Crump
language : en
Publisher: Constable
Release Date : 2007
A Brief History Of The Age Of Steam written by Thomas Crump and has been published by Constable this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insightful, "A Brief History of the Age of Steam" reveals not just the lives of the great inventors such as Watts, Stephenson and Brunel but also tells a narrative that reaches from the US to the expansion of China, India, and South America and shows how the steam engine changed the world.
Steam Engine Or The Powers Of
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Author : Thomas Baker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-08-28
Steam Engine Or The Powers Of written by Thomas Baker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-28 with History categories.
A History Of The Growth Of The Steam Engine
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Author : Robert H. Thurston
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-02-24
A History Of The Growth Of The Steam Engine written by Robert H. Thurston and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-24 with Fiction categories.
"[...]we now enjoy. The wonderful progress of the present century is, in a very great degree, due to the invention and improvement of the steam-engine, and to the ingenious application of its power to kinds of work that formerly taxed the physical energies of the human race. We cannot examine the methods and processes of any branch of industry without discovering, somewhere, the assistance and support of this wonderful machine. Relieving mankind from manual toil, it has left to the intellect the privilege of directing the power, formerly absorbed in physical labor, into other and more profitable channels. The intelligence which has thus conquered the powers of[...]".
The Nautical Steam Engine Explained And Its Powers And Capabilities Described For The Use Of Officers Of The Navy And Others Interested In The Important Results Of Steam Navigation
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Author : Sir Robert Spencer Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1839
The Nautical Steam Engine Explained And Its Powers And Capabilities Described For The Use Of Officers Of The Navy And Others Interested In The Important Results Of Steam Navigation written by Sir Robert Spencer Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1839 with Marine engines categories.