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Pistons, hemp packed . . *216
friction of . . .221
Piston rod . . .214
collars . . . 222
guides . . .227
strength of . 241, App. 212
diameters of, for locomotive en
gines, as used by Messrs. Stephenson
and Co. . . . 399
Plates, explanation of . . 327
Plate 1. Isometrical projection of a rectan
gular steam boiler . . 328
Plate 2. Two sections of a cylindrical steam
boiler . . . 329
Plate 3. Brunton’s apparatus for feeding
furnaces by machinery . . 830
Plate 4. High pressure engine with four-
passaged cock . .331
Plate 5. Section of a double acting conden
sing engine for working expansively 332
Plate 6. Section of an atmospheric engine 333
Plate 7. Represents the construction of
pistons . . . 334
Plate 8. Fenton and Murray’s double engine 335
Plate 9. Apparatus for opening and closing
steam passages . .337
Plate 10. (A and B) Combinations used to
produce rectilinear motion from motion
in a circular arc . . 338
Plate 11. Plan and elevation of an atmos
pheric pumping engine for raising water
from a mine . . . 339
Plate 12. Boulton and Watt’s single acting
engine . . . 340
Plate 13. Double acting engine for raising
water . . . 341
Plate 14. for impelling
machinery . . .342
Plate 15. Maudslay’s portable engine . 343
Plate 16. Indicator for measuring the force
of steam in the cylinder . . 345
Diagrams to illustrate the com
parative stability of opposite classes of
vessels . . . 345
Plate 17. Section of a steam vessel with its
boiler in two parts . .346
Plate 18. Isometrical projection of a steam
boat engine as first arranged by Boul
ton and Watt .
Plate 19. Steam boat engine .
Plate 20. Side elevation and cross section
of a steam carriage
Plate 21. Kingston’s valves .
— blow off valves
hand pump valves .
— injection valves
manner of fixing the valves
Plate 22. Boiler of H. M. steam vessel
African
Plate 23. Boilers of H. M. steam frigate
Medea
Plate 24. Paddle wheels of Morgan and
Seaward
Plate 25. Positions of a float of a radiating
wheel, and also of a vertical acting
wheel, in a vessel in motion
Plate 26. Cycloidal paddle wheel fitted to
the Great Western
Plates 27, 28. To illustrate Capt. Oliver’s
paper
Plate 29. Exhibits the various situations of
a trial at sailing of the Medea, with the
Caledonia, Vanguard, and Asia
Plate 30. Side view of the engines of the
Red Rover, and City of Canterbury,
steam vessels .
Plate 31. Longitudinal section of the Red
Rover’s engine
Plate 32. Cross section of engines of the
Red Rover
Plate 33. Side elevation of the engine of the
Nile steam ship
Plate 34. Plan of the engine of the Nile
Plate 35, 36. Cross sections of engines of
the Nile
Plates 37, 38, 39. Engines of H. M. steam
frigate Phoenix
Plate 40. Engines of the Ruby Gravesend
packet
Dimensions and speed of
Plate 41. Section of one of the engines of
the Don Juan
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