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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"steam engine"”.
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The Corliss Steam Engine
… of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1874
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Tests and comparison of steam engine indicator springs
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Fabrication of an 1897 Herreshoff marine steam engine
A 19th century Herreshoff marine steam engine was developed using a combination of traditional and modern fabrication methods. Background on Nathaniel Herreshoff, his connection to MIT and the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company was provided. The process for selection of appropriate steam engine with …
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Fabricating sand cast parts for a Herreshoff steam engine
… program, MIT undergraduates in mechanical engineering collaborated to construct an 1897 Herreshoff steam engine for intent for demonstration at an MIT Museum exhibit scheduled to open in fall 2018. With a brief overview of the functionality and inner workings of the engine provided, this …
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A Hirn test of the Ball high speed steam engine
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Method for the design of a high-speed compound steam engine
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The effect of initial and back pressures upon the water rate of a simple steam engine
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Design, theory, development and testing of a new form of steam power generation – the practical steam engine
A new form of steam power generation, a Practical Steam Engine (PSE), is analyzed. This product focuses on applications of power generation from steam with insufficient flow and/or pressure reduction for efficient steam turbine operation. This text considers the theory, design and development of …
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William Small 1734-1775: Teacher, Mentor, Scientist
… and thus began a collaboration that produced the steam engine. While American scholars have concentrated on Small's influence on Thomas Jefferson, British scholars have focused on Small's role in the Birmingham Lunar Society or his role in the development of the steam engine. This study examines …
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SCREW PROPELLER DESIGN IN THE 19TH CENTURY GREAT LAKES: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF RICHARD F. LOPER’S PHILADELPHIA WHEEL
… the financial incentive to recover salvageable steam engine machinery from wrecked and abandoned vessels during the period, propellers were frequently broken or removed from Great Lakes vessels long before any historical or archaeological examination could take place. With the relative scarcity …
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The Relationship Between Economic Growth and Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption Growth in Net Energy-Importing Emerging Economies
… rights—and technological innovations—the steam engine. Using interdisciplinary sources, this chapter shows that mainstream explanations are based on narrow empirics. More importantly, this chapter shows that switching from water to fossil fuel-based energy sources during the Industrial …
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Negotiated ecologies: Indigeneity and ecocriticism in 19th century Bolivia and Chile
… became more mechanized, the introduction of the steam engine led to faster transportation across great expanses, and an intensification of resource extraction in the mining industry occurred, all of which further distanced Andean peoples from the environment and the other species which also …
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Industrial Development in South Leeds, 1790-1914
… century. As flax-spinning passed its peak the engineering industry was expanding until by 1914 it was the major employer of male labour in the district, with an international market, for its products. There were other important trades which developed during the century, chemicals, glass bottle …
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Industrial Development and Location in Leeds North of the river Aire, 1775-1914
… number of worsted mills. In addition individual engineering and leather firms were by now catering for a more than local demand, and during the second half of the century these trades, along with the manufacture of clothing and footwear, rose to prominence, providing employment for almost a …
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Možnosti mikrokogenerační výroby v místech, kde nejsou primárně dostupná plynná, nebo kapalná paliva
Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá využitím mikrokogeneračních jednotek v místech, kde nejsou primárně dostupná plynná, nebo kapalná paliva. V rešeršní části jsou popsány dostupné technologie a aktuální stav trhu s mikrokogeneračními jednotkami, které využívají pevná paliva, především biomasu. V …