Archivo: Newcomen6325

Description: Atmospheric Steam Engine. The Steam was generated in the boiler A. The piston P moved in a cylinder B. When the valve V was opened, the steam pushed up the piston. At the top of the stroke, the valve was closed, the valve V' was opened, and a jet of cold water from the tank C was injected into the cylinder, thus condensing the steam and reducing the pressure under the piston. The atmospheric pressure above then pushed the piston down again.
Title: Newcomen6325
Credit: en:Newcomen engine from Practical physics for secondary schools. Fundamental principles and applications to daily life, by Newton Henry Black and Harvey Nathaniel Davis, publ. 1913 by en:Macmillan and Company, p. 219 A full version of the book can be found at https://archive.org/details/practicalphysics00blacrich, including high-resultion colour scans (300 dpi) of every page (ftp://ia310940.us.archive.org/1/items/practicalphysics00blacrich).
Author: Newton Henry Black, Harvey Nathaniel Davis
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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