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E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org)
MACHINERY’S REFERENCE SERIES
NUMBER 70
STEAM ENGINES
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
ACTION OF STEAM ENGINES
Principle of the Steam Engine
Work Diagram
Definitions Relating to Engine Diagrams
Construction of Ideal Diagram
CHAPTER II
RATING AND GENERAL PROPORTIONS OF STEAM ENGINES
CHAPTER III
STEAM ENGINE DETAILS
The Slide Valve
The Eccentric
Different Types of Valves
Engine Details
CHAPTER IV
STEAM ENGINE ECONOMY
Multiple Expansion Engines
Steam Consumption and Ratio of Expansion
Effect of Condensing
CHAPTER V
TYPES OF STEAM ENGINES
Selection of an Engine
CHAPTER VI
STEAM ENGINE TESTING
Planimeter
Determining Steam Consumption
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