Steam, Its Generation and Use - Brossura

Babcock & Wilcox Co

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1508938059 ISBN 13: 9781508938057

Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Riassunto

While the time of man's first knowledge and use of the expansive force of the vapor of water is unknown, records show that such knowledge existed earlier than 150 B. C. In a treatise of about that time entitled "Pneumatica", Hero, of Alexander, described not only existing devices of his predecessors and contemporaries but also an invention of his own which utilized the expansive force of steam for raising water above its natural level. He clearly describes three methods in which steam might be used directly as a motive of power; raising water by its elasticity, elevating a weight by its expansive power and producing a rotary motion by its reaction on the atmosphere.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1508938059
• ISBN 13: 9781508938057
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 388